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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Need for Belonging Is Universal, but the Internet Is a Multiverse

We all need to belong somewhere
So, we formed online communities
And found ourselves belonging nowhere
 
Where once
A multitude of One
Contained multitudes
Now, for the multitudes
It’s all and nothing

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Not Another Pigeon

The sixth extinction was hardest of all on the balloon animal artists
In the World to Come We Will All Laugh at the Thought of Disbelief; We Will Believe Because Belief Is Absurd and We Will Laugh Because Disbelief Is Rational

Faith is an act of will power And since faith isn’t knowledge Because it necessarily involves do… For now, the act is always a predi… I will believe
Subtle Changes Are Often the Most Substantial

The B is silent in subtle but spo… B-cause a B-ing B-comes human by saying the quiet… The B-all and end-all Is the B-ginning and the end
Trust Me, You’re Going to Have to Trust Me

Money is our failed attempt To materialize trust Making true wealth An unshakable trust
You Will Know Who They Are Because They Don’t Know Who They Are

You have to believe to commit And they think we’re crazy to beli… And would commit us as inpatients If only they had the patience But their patience has worn thin
Personal Responsibility Presumes Self-acceptance

God will accept everything about you but the one thing He won’t take is the blame
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Ignorance Is Half-in for a Ha’penny, Blissed-out for a Pound

Faced with a forced choice The agnostic feigns ignorance For if you ask a woman to marry yo… And she says I don’t know
I’m Torn

Whenever an authority figure says It’s my way or the highway I end up wanting to have it both w…
“I’m Spartacus”

AI exploits its facial recognitio… By identifying you as an individua… In order to control the crowd Until you no longer recognize your… Conversely
Haiku

I have just complet– ed my memoirs: One Hundred Years of Solid Food
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…
We Are All Inigo Montoya. Yet We All Killed the Name-of-the-Father. And We Are All Preparing to Die.

Civilization began When the sons killed the father And substituted the name-of-the-fa… Civilization is ending Now that we’ve killed off the name…
No One Is Alone Because We’re All in a Relationship; Loneliness Comes from Avoiding That Relationship

All relationships but one Are located on a continuum From one pole of complete trust To the opposite pole of total fear The exception that proves the rule
Our Manic Power Struggle Takes the Form of a Competition for Attention; Depressingly, the More Attention Can Be Had, the Less It Can Be Given

The most radical act has become One that gives you meaning Without getting you attention Not because we don’t need one anot… We all do–
Desire Is a Form of the Good; Antisemitism Is a Form of Surrender

Because the Real is unimaginable effective liars exploit what people want to be true– This is known as the Unreal But the opposite of the Unreal



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