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deceptive tonality

Telling a lie in tonality that makes the lie more believable, and kills any doubts.
Some people use a deceptive tonality to reinforce a lie they are telling. For example, they will answer, “No,” but in a tonality that says it would be unthinkable for that person to have said or done what they are saying they did not say or do, and they may even intimidate the listener so he will feel stupid if he ever doubted or dared to question their statement.
by but for May 3, 2022
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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 onto 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 and writes down the clause or sentences the brain has articulated.
by but for December 16, 2017
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Perfect Political Representatives

Perfect political representatives ask their constituents what they need and want him or her to do ‘for them’ in the legislative body, list those things in order of popularity, and post those requests on their website. Before voting on a bill or proposing one to the legislative body, they ask their constituents to vote on them, post the total tabulated votes, and based on those figures vote for or against a bill or present or do not present a new bill to the legislature. Excluding anything strategic, they also webcast live what they say and do as candidates and as elected political representatives.
Perfect political representatives only exist in novels.
by but for January 20, 2018
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Genetic Quality

The term encapsulates the fact that each individual's genetic quality is superior or inferior to other individual's and that each individual merits a specific rank on an imaginary 'genetic quality ladder' which is determined by numerous characteristics, such as their physical structure, appearance, intelligence, personality, talents, and abilities.
Thought the "Declaration of Independence (1776) states that "all men are created equal," those five words only mean that every human being is 'created' by means of sexual intercourse and that every American is entitled to the same legal rights. As everyone can see, each human being's genetic quality is superior or inferior to other's genetic quality. Even siblings possess different levels of genetic quality. Each individual's position on the "genetic quality hierarchy ladder" is determined by the quality and refinement of her or his physical features and by her or his level of intelligence, personality, and other talents and abilities. To scientifically determine an individual's 'overall genetic quality rating, different genetic characteristics are assigned a numerical value and added to determine an overall score. Anyone who denies that some human beings are genetically superior to others may have been fooled by other human beings, be attempting to fool others into thinking that is what she or he thinks, and/or may also be fooling themselves into thinking that everyone is genetically equal.
by but for October 16, 2017
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rejectionist

The other part of a receptionist's job.
Miss McCallen receives mail and packages, and welcomes visitors to the company's headquarters, but as an experience "rejectionist" is also very good at preventing unwelcomed visitors from seeing the company's executives.
by but for December 6, 2017
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a likely benefit triggers action

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."
by but for March 5, 2018
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parallel message

Another message individuals express by means of the tonality, volume, pitch, or pacing they use while expressing the main message. It can support, compliment, refute, deny, or even contradict the main message.
When the girl said, "You're welcome" in a tone which said, "You're not fucking welcomed you fucking idiot," I knew something was up. To understand parallel messages say any word in the opposite intonation of what it means. Say "beautiful" while making a face of disgust. Say "ugly" as if you were saying "beautiful."
by but for April 19, 2018
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