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word-direct

The fact that the words individuals hear or read control the ways they think, feel, and act.

Human beings are directed by the words they hear or read, and also greatly influenced by the ways their parents, the members of their family, friends, neighbors, classmates behave, and by other role models, all of whom—intentionally or not—by example, intentionally or not, get others to do or not do the things they do. So, I am writing the lyrics to a song to word-direct as many people as possible.

by but for April 20, 2018

getting 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."

by but for April 19, 2018

Common Nonsense

Common nonsense is every member of society's basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things in a nonsensical way that is shared by, thus common to, nearly everyone and can reasonably be expected of nearly all people without need for debate.

Because "aspartame," the chemical used to sweeten most chewing gums, is made from laboratory-created bacteria shit, chewing gum, as popular as it is, and as cool as some younger people think it is, is a manifestation and an infestation of common nonsense in the nation.

by but for October 21, 2017

undermove

To move one's body less than one needs to move it to be healthy.

All the conveniences Americans have at their disposal makes them undermove. To not walk—which is what our bodies are designed to do a lot of—I used to drive three blocks to the grocery store. No wonder so many people wind up getting knee surgery. Undermoving atrophies muscles.

by but for December 24, 2017

deroganym

A derogatory word or name.

'Nitwit' is a deroganym.

by but for December 24, 2017

hypo-perception

The unconscious reaction to big failures which reduces the intensity at which the individual perceives and experiences life.

After not getting elected to office plus other failures he experienced, including not finding his correct mate, Isitin Jones slid into a state of hypo-perception.

by but for September 21, 2018

third person journaling

Writing down the things one is experiencing, thinking, and feeling as being those a character in a fictitious story is experiencing.

"Third person journaling" allows one to detach oneself from oneself and perceive and express things differently and more objectively than when writing about oneself.

by but for May 2, 2018