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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

Honesty is the best policy
but it’s not an
evidence-based practice

Other works by Chris Gaither...
The Move to Blockchain Will Provide the Illusion of Anonymity While Blocking All Cash Transactions

Our civilization has gotten around God’s injunction to be our brother… by being our little brother’s book…
The Majors Outlawed the Shift in 2023

I don’t believe in myself So, I must control God I believe in God So, I can control myself
Oral B-minus

Would my dentist still want me to floss if he knew that’s how I justified not going to the dentist
The Superego Only Has One Mechanism, Guilt, Because That’s All It Needs to Rule Uncontested; In This, the Superego Is the Opposite of God, Who Accepts All Contests Even Though It Is No Contest

Chapter 1- Defense Mechanisms, an… We all defend ourselves– If you are unprepared to defend yo… It just means that Your defense is unconscious
Haiku

I can’t guess your age but I can guess your age when you got that tattoo
My Sixth Sense Is a Sense of Urgency

There’s always a deadline when I read a lifeline so I’ll cut right to the chase: Conjoined with your avatar you will live forever
We Have an Arranged Marriage

Some people have baggage; I come with furniture Fortunately, my wife enjoys rearranging
Scorpios Remember Everything

In Blade Runner Replicants are slaves Birthed in an adult body With false memories implanted To make their burden somehow beara…
Death, Ego Death, and Death’s End

Our bodies are exactly as strong as gravity’s resistance makes them… in recognition of mortality we symbolize this through the know… that gravity is the weakest
Wants and Needs

More than anything else They want to kill Jews Because More than anything else They need to be right
The Real “Hard Problem of Consciousness” Is Understanding That Life Is Hard but That’s Not a Problem

You have a real life if there are no easy solutions You have a real problem if there are no easy solutions but there is an easy way out
Happiness Is a Thin Layer of Gilt

After years of therapy I was able to go from survivor’s guilt to thriver’s guilt
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Becalmed

In my third marriage I went all in on being present in the moment When she left she said that being with me
Everyone Has Flaws; the Trick Is Knowing Your Fatal Flaw

It wasn’t false modesty exactly You might call it un-unpretentious if you were being pretentious
This Is Just a Phase We’re Going Through

We pass through birth, life, and death like H2O phasing through ice, water, and steam so yes



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