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Factual Comedy

Comedy about real-life phenomenon (not imagined things).

Chuck writes Factual Comedy but presents it in a fictitious but fact-based novel.

by but for June 2, 2018

Identity-giving

Treating someone in certain ways to give them an identity that is better or worse than the one they have.

After people's appearance, the next thing that comes into play when they interact is the identity each person has of themselves. As they interact, people project their identity and in subtle ways, verbally or nonverbally, others accept or reject it, and sometimes they attempt to give the other person the identity they think they should have of themselves, and that identity can be better or worse than the one the person has of themselves. An example of identity-giving is when one day, someone treats someone else as if they were a genius.

by but for January 17, 2021

salaried slave

A funny way to call an employee.

Slave owners figured out that they can exploit human beings more profitably by tricking them and enslaving them covertly. The trick works like this. Employers post a help wanted ad, interview candidates and hire the ones they see will be more productive. They pay each employee a salary. By hiring a worker employers, some of who are in reality slave masters, have shifted the burden of maintaining a slave from themselves to the employee because now the employee is the one who must obtain his or her own food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. That is what salaries are for, and that's why some 'Help Wanted' ads should really be called 'Slave Wanted' ads, some employees a 'salaried slave,' and some employers 'slave masters.'

by but for December 24, 2017

romance is a business

Romantic relationships are a business because every man and every woman in a romantic relationship does all they can to get the most from the other person and give much or little in return. (Dear Urban Dictionary Staff: This definition and the sentence below are edits to my original post)

ROMANCE IS A BUSINESS because many people who fall in love start giving the most they can to the person they fell in love with without asking for something in return, the true purpose at the core of falling in love is always to at some point get or take the most from the person they fell in love with.

by but for February 28, 2020

corelate

The essence of the verb "correlate".

Who added the second "r" to the word "corelate" to make it "correlate"?

Does anyone or anything benefit from that addition?
Was it best to do so?
I am certain the second "r" confuses and is unnecessary.

by but for May 28, 2018

scientific living

Living by applying the scientific method to make the most important decisions, all along doing all one can to never make a decision based solely on an emotion.

Individuals who live scientifically make the most important decisions only after taking the scientific method's six steps: 1) asking a question, 2) doing background research, 3) constructing a hypothesis, 4) testing the hypothesis by doing an experiment, 5) analyzing the data and drawing a conclusion, and 6) writing down the results.

Scientific living also entails doing a great deal of observation, writing down as much as possible what one perceives, along with prioritizing, planning, and calculating likely outcomes.

The opposite of scientific living is living 'spur of the moment.'

by but for January 8, 2018

diff

The apcope of "different." A simpler way to say "different."

She is "diff," means she is "different." It is an apocope, a type of word that cuts off the last syllable or syllables of a word; the way bike, (all) caps, deli, demo, diff, dis, exam, fries, gas, info, intro, limo, peds, perp, rehab, rep, specs, stats, and others do.

by but for April 15, 2022