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Each sentence is a melody

The fact that “each sentence is a melody” because we say each syllable of each word in a different tone, which translates to a different musical note. We also say each syllable in a different volume.
The fact that each sentence is a melody because each word you said because each syllable of each word is said in a different tone, a different musical note.
by but for June 12, 2022
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Fictionpedia

An encyclopedia of the authors and most unique characters, places, things, events and other things contained in the most popular works of fiction.
The "Fictionpedia" had an entry for "goof gas," a gas which was dispersed by a special handgun Boris Badenov used in one of the "Rockie and Bullwinkle" cartoons. Cartoons are a big part of the Fictionpedia and may one day be part of a "Cartoonpedia."
by but for October 20, 2017
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Reality Maintaining Words

The set of words which (established and) maintain reality.
"Could we change reality by suppressing, hiding, or extricating the Reality Maintaining Words?", asked Professor Spot Tricks. "How many RMWs are there anyway?" Asked Joe. "How many RMWs do you estimate there are", asked Dick. "How many RMWs do you estimate exist", asked Bernd. The instructor commended Bernd because "exist" is concise, whereas "there are" is prolix, and clarified that listing all the RMWs would exact mountains of time, so it is more likely that only an estimate, not a specific number, could be achieved. Then she asked the students, "And could we change reality by promoting the use of a different set of words?" "Yes", said most students. "What would you call those words?" "Reality Correcting Words", said Sally.
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The Most for the Least

A phrase which encapsulates the idea that it is rational for every participant in an interaction to always endeavor to get the most by giving the least.
The fact that every participant in an interaction always endeavors to get the most by giving the least reveals that every human interaction is a negotiation. That reality of life is called getting "the most for the least."
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confrontation point

The time when and the place where an individual or a group confronts someone.
Buster had had it with Mary's daily whining and he asked her to stop it. The time and place someone confronts someone else is called the confrontation point.
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Bias Conflict

Short for Inextricable Cognitive Bias Conflict. An extremely common, automatic conflict which erupts between individuals because every individual can only perceive and interpret events anchored in their biases which are generate their cognitive biases.
Each one of two men rents a room in a house in Lakeland, Florida. Along with the landlady, the three live in a Bias Conflict because until each one comes to comprehend Cognitive Biases, each one will continue perceiving and interpreting everything based on their inherent biases.
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Good for A but bad for B

The expression which debunks saying that something is "fortunate" or "unfortunate", because they do not specify who benefits or looses as a consequence of an event or outcome.
"Fortunate" and "unfortunate" are now debunked and archaic words. They are being replaced by "good for but bad for".

Because saying that a thing is " fortunate " or " unfortunate " does not specify who benefits and who looses. Thus, it's best to, for example, say, " It's good for A but bad for B that ____________________ ( a specific thing happenend ) " .
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