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"Know more know better" is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. "Know more to live better" is a counterpart.
by but for September 25, 2018
Get the know more know bettermug. by but for September 13, 2018
Get the Comma Confidencemug. People and animals decide how to act based on a sophisticated and usually subconscious cost /benefit analysis they conduct.
People and animals have already run a cost/benefit analysis of each behavior they repeat, and know the benefit(s) repeating each of those actions will yield.
When a human or an animal foresees that it is very likely that a specific action will produce a specific benefit, he or she will execute it.
Thus, "a likely benefit triggers action."
When a human or an animal foresees that it is very likely that a specific action will produce a specific benefit, he or she will execute it.
Thus, "a likely benefit triggers action."
by but for March 5, 2018
Get the a likely benefit triggers actionmug. A takeoff on idiolect (1948), which means, "the language or speech pattern of an idiot at a particular period of life", specifically, "the language or speech pattern of one individual idiot at a particular period of life".
Though his idiotlect as a teenager was more pronounced, at 36, it is still clearly discernible. Idiolect could be called "idiolex" to emphasize "lexicon" (a person's vocabulary).
by but for June 20, 2018
Get the idiotlectmug. ‘Profact’ is short for ‘propaganda-fact,’ a false statement usually presented by a mass media outlet as being a fact, to deceive and condition, trick, and manipulate audiences. Profacts are weaved in between facts, and are almost omnipresent.
Surprisingly, a Macintosh computer’s dictionary’s definition of the word ‘illusion’ stated the following: "The illusion of family togetherness", as an example of that word (2010). That definition is one example of the many ‘profacts’ which permeate society.
Though that definition appears innocuous, in reality it indirectly tells readers that "family togetherness" is an illusion—an anomaly, something rare. Though in reality, "family togetherness" is basic to a healthy family life.
Presenting "the illusion of family togetherness" as an example of the word "illusion" is malicious because it attacks the family by distorting reality, and sets an example and acts as a role model for primarily young people—because they have not lived long enough to spot a lie. Moreover, reading that malicious definition could even begin to dehumanize anyone who believes that false statement.
Though that definition appears innocuous, in reality it indirectly tells readers that "family togetherness" is an illusion—an anomaly, something rare. Though in reality, "family togetherness" is basic to a healthy family life.
Presenting "the illusion of family togetherness" as an example of the word "illusion" is malicious because it attacks the family by distorting reality, and sets an example and acts as a role model for primarily young people—because they have not lived long enough to spot a lie. Moreover, reading that malicious definition could even begin to dehumanize anyone who believes that false statement.
by but for December 18, 2017
Get the PROFACTmug. Two or more stupid individuals that are alive, but “stupids” could include the stupid individuals who have passed away.
The quantity of people who often do stupid things, compared to the quantity of people who do not do stupid things, or do them rarely, is growing.
Though probably everyone wishes there were very few or preferably no stupid people, confronted by their presence (which in some ways often emanates their stupidity), and sometimes injured mentally or physically by their stupid actions, we all need to give that group of people a name to help everyone deal with the growing number of what I compassionately call “stupids.”
I wrote, “compassionately,” because God gives each person the amount of intelligence they have.
Though probably everyone wishes there were very few or preferably no stupid people, confronted by their presence (which in some ways often emanates their stupidity), and sometimes injured mentally or physically by their stupid actions, we all need to give that group of people a name to help everyone deal with the growing number of what I compassionately call “stupids.”
I wrote, “compassionately,” because God gives each person the amount of intelligence they have.
by but for May 21, 2022
Get the stupidsmug. The wise, health-and-happiness-increasing philosophy encapsulated into one-word based on the belief that "bad things happen for a good reason," and advises everyone to laugh about things which happen, or about any other thing, instead of worrying and crying about them.
Seeing that society is at times drowning in the network of lies which systematically distort reality and transform many consumers into overconsuming but extremely happy overindulging zambies, Feelex Smart decided to follow aphorism writer Pro Fact's advise and laugh about it, instead of Ken Greenball's advice to react to things by saying, "Fuck it!" Pro Fact considerd condensing the term Laugh About It into one word—laughaboutit, but decided to make that transition in the future.
by but for October 25, 2017
Get the Laughaboutitmug.