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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Self-deceiving Is a Fool’s Gerund

“Self-deceiving Is Perceiving” Is the Gerund Phrase

We can’t fool God
But we can fool ourselves into thinking
We fooled God
 
The surest way to do so
Is to fool ourselves into thinking
We are God

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Winning Is Impossible, so I’m Going for a New Personal Best

Life is defined by failure But you can transcend failure If you die trying
A Dominant Performance

The sign used to say: Gentlemen may remove their hats All others must Now it reads: Ladies and gentlemen may wear thei…
Win, Lose, or Blah

In the first half of life I tried it your way and succeeded which is how I got over you In the second half of life I did it my way and failed
Haiku

It feels like I’m writ– ing an unauthorized au– tobiography
I Was Born into a Family, but I Wasn’t a Member Until I Paid the Price of Admission

All raw deals Are some version of the following: If we screw up You’ll keep your mouth shut Because if you draw attention to i…
God Falls to Pieces so That We Might Come in Pieces

Each of us are broken Off from one another So that together We create our mosaic Moshiach will come
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Sherman’s March to the Sea Was a Bloody Omen

The culture war is a total war burning down everything from sea to shining sea
The Life-support System Only Works if You Believe in It

All fiction Is serious fiction Because all fiction Is life and death Everything on the internet
The Presidency Reduced to a Device in the Divorce Plot

It took the spies of Five Eyes to tell that Putin wasn’t bluffin’ But just ask the staff at Five Gu… and they’ll tell you Trump’s MacG… He longs for Daddy’s approval
Overcoming the Fear of Showing the World Who You Really Are

You both cause and cure real self-… by performing fake self-loathing for an online audience The cure takes when you’ve no authentic self left
There Are No Words to Describe the Future

If you want to predict the future determine what is most taken for g… and imagine a world without it I predict a future where words will be replaced
The Internet Is a Cipher That Makes More Ciphers

What is the internet? It’s not a thing in space and time It’s a nothing in timeless cybersp… You could represent it with– “The symbol zero denoting the abse…
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
Haiku

When people give you the silent treatment have them put it in writing
A Lot of Teams Don’t Even Have Him on Their Draft Board

If my wife could re-draft she says she’d still take me but only after trading back to the second round



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