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A masked psychological technique applied perhaps intuitively by members of the dominant race, class, or ethnicity in society primarily by denying eye-contact, ignoring, and sometimes pretending to be a non-person or seeming to be unhappy or even angry at their victim for no apparent reason to intimidate, injure, disempower and put-down members of society's less powerful groups.
The descendants of the currently dominant race which invaded and occupied that part of the world apply the psychological technique social scientists call "attention deprivation" (denying their victims eye-contact, ignoring them, and sometimes pretending to be very unhappy or even angry at them for no reason) to dominate the descendants of the people who inhabited that part of the world thousands of years before them.
by but for October 1, 2017
Get the Attention Deprivationmug. Pleasure science studies the pleasures individuals feel and searches for ways they can feel more pleasure, longer, and more often.
The fundamental purpose of life is to feel pleasure. Some pleasures are more intense, some last longer, some are easier to feel. Pleasure Science searches for ways for humans to feel more pleasure, more often, and for longer periods of time.
by but for May 2, 2018
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by but for April 11, 2022
Get the unresourcefulmug. CHARNAME (n.) — The combination of "character" and "name". The name of a character in a narrative, such as, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Batman, Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Buggs Bunny, Dr. No, James Bond, Spock, Captain Kirk, etc.
By giving a character a name that sounds like something, the writer can hint at or emphasize a character's trait(s). Character names (charnames) let writers say things indirectly. A character's name can be political, sexy, musical, funny, or anything else, and accomplish any intended purpose. Any word can be a person's name, and any first name can be paired with any last name. A middle name can be one letter, as in "Johnny B. Good". Letters alone are also effective, as in "J.R.", or "U.R. Ugly" or "U.R. The Best" or "Dount B.A. Fool"—the possibilities are endless. The letters B (be), C (see), G (gee), O (oh), P (pee), R (are), U (you), and Y (why) sound like a word. Letters also sound like and remind people of things. For example, the letter X reminds people of sex, and is often used in brand names, as in "Exxon". "Spok" sounds like "spook", "spooky", or "spike". "Kirk", sounds like "quirk". "Poppins" says or hints at "pop in" or "pops in". "Colonel Klink" reminds people of "kink" or "kinky". Though individual members of audiences make certain subconscious connections between character's names and the things they imply, most people never ask themselves what might be behind, beneath, or connect to a character's name.
by but for March 26, 2019
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All thoughts are invisible. They become audible when spoken and visible when written or typed. Words make thoughts audible, or visible—thus legible ( legible thoughts ) .
by but for September 25, 2018
Get the legible thoughtsmug. The way two or more people feel when they see or meet one another for the first time and feel repulsed by the way the other person looks, thinks (based on what they say and how they say it), acts, smells, sits, stands, walks, or runs.
by but for October 21, 2017
Get the Mutual Repulsionmug. A way to describe or explain something that happened; though the reason it happened, or how it came about, cannot be easily, or ever be, figured out.
When “surprisingly”, then “unexplainably”, did not say exactly what I felt, my brain gave me “unfigureoutably”. It’s funny, it works, and might even be admitted into the lexicon as a funny word, a type we need more of.
by but for July 5, 2022
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