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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Pandemic Lockdowns: A Retrospective on a Preview

Like everyone else
I dealt with
My anonymity
By becoming
A recluse
Or was it
Vice versa–
I became a recluse to deal with my anonymity in order to be like everyone else
 
I only know
This was
The first case
Of mass confusion
Without any witnesses

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
Why Brainiacs Are So Often Maniacs

A lot of brainiacs fail to believe… Because their excellent brains Fail the brainiacs What does a brain do? Because of the ever-shifting tides…
Look Ma, No Plans!

You can either learn to ride a bik… with no hands in order to show off or to free your hands for another task
When an Unstoppable Force Hits an Immovable Object, You Get a Clown Car That Is Infinitely Vast but Going Nowhere

For a long time, the centrists were at the center of attention where the action was But now they find themselves at the center of a hall of mirrors
Haiku

It’s the odd couple that isn’t always trying to even the score
If We Just Retrieve What We’ve Already Learned, the Golden Age Will Be a Fait Accompli

Post-pandemic life is like being a… Who comes home only to find Her parents have replaced Her obviously dead goldfish With a new one
A Consonant Question

Consider the vowel: In Marxism, the last shall remain… as the second A in materialism always becomes the second E in mat… And in capitalism, of course
In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I Am Cameron

If I’ve learned one thing from Pa… it’s that until I believe in God I will be enslaved to others That would have been enough! But I also learned that
“Einstein’s theory of gravity seems to predict that time itself is destroyed at the center of the hole: time comes to an abrupt end there. For this reason, a black hole is sometimes described as the ‘reverse of creation.’”

In spacetime, the fourth dimension… Enabled the fourth estate to Document all the comings and going… But technology has made everything… So, those days are long gone
Own Your Choices, or They Will Own You

We confuse freedom for the act of choosing when our frontal lobe has no choice but to choose just as a heart must beat
It’s Inevitable

The first and most important task when you’re joining a non-hierarch… is finding out who’s really in charge The first and most important task
Relationships Begin with Chemistry and End with Alchemy, but Where Chemistry Is a Science, Alchemy Is a Mystery: The Work of Marriage Is Never Done, Which Is How It’s Done

If the honeymoon is over And things have gone leaden Rejoice, you have a lot of work to… Which is known as the golden age
In No Uncertain Terms, Certainty Is the Forbidden Fruit

Descartes wanted certainty He got it Now we’re stuck with it Uncertain how we get unstuck Does this mean we’re doomed or sav…
Satisfaction Is Always Self-satisfying

If we had our druthers We would be insufferable Instead, we suffer As if desire were a curse And not our saving grace
If You Knew the Right Choice to Make There’d Be No Choice to Make

At bottom freedom consists of the possibility that you are wrong
All Predictions Come True and Large Language Models Predict That the Next Word After Game Will Be Over

All the games people play Are iterations of the same game: Playing along Playing along is a language game And the only way to win the game



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