but for's definitions

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

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

positive or negative

Two extremes which help classify each person, place, thing.

They met Saturday. The man complimented her beautiful face telling her her features were those of classic greek or italian women. She thanked each time he found a different way to say that and did everything within her power to create the most positive first impression by speaking perfectly and looking at him lovingly, which he also complimented her on. When by coincidence her mother, father, and brother entered the supermarket, they saw her talking with the man at a table in the eating area and said hello to the girl but did not approach them. Seeing how unattractive the members of her family initially looked to him turned him off, but over the weekend he fell in love with her, and Monday he realized that he considered external appearances unimportant, and that—thinking twice—the members of the girls family were also unpretentious. So, in time he got to know them and like them. Seeing they were poor, a few weeks later, he invited them to be partners in a new childcare business.

Though most people generally agree on what is positive and what is negative, one individual may interpret a thing to be positive, and a different individual may interpret it to be negative. Do you consider that chain of events to be positive or negative?

by but for February 13, 2018

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

PLEASURE SCIENCE

This new field studies the pleasures human beings feel and searches for ways to feel more pleasure, more often, and for longer periods of time.

We live to feel pleasure. There are different types of pleasure. Some are intense than others. Some last longer. Some are easier to come by. Pleasure Science studies pleasure to find ways to feel more pleasure, more often, and for longer periods of time.

by but for May 2, 2018

thought typing

Typing one's thoughts as one thinks them. When thought typing, the writer sends his thoughts from his soul and brain via his nerves to his fingertips which merge with the keyboard's keys which are connected to the computer and display the words he thinks and types on the screen.

'Thought typing’ transcribes one's thoughts to a computer screen. 'Thought writing' transcribes one's thoughts to a piece of paper.

'Thought writing' and 'thought typing' are not the same as writing. Writing asks the brain to articulate a thought or emotion one feels so one can write down the clauses or sentences the brain is articulating in response to that prompt.

by but for December 16, 2017