Faith
“Faith” means not wanting to know what is true. Is the “not” placed best in that sentence? Or is it that “faith” means wanting to not know what is true? One placement indicates a conscious will to ignorance, the other simply the lack of real passion for truth. We might ask which is more prevalent [...]
Things One Is Never Supposed To Say
How do you manipulate people? It can be done with a well-placed compliment — especially whenever one is about to say something difficult and questionable. Speak to people on their intelligence level, though it be far below your own. In general, do anything possible to avoid explicitly distancing yourself from them. There is no one [...]
Growing Misanthropy
There’s one nice thing about increasingly feeling that I don’t like most people: I just don’t care who I offend anymore. I’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. And if I’m wrong? Oh well.
Another Sort Of Doublespeak
Sometimes an entire double language is required to say what you mean to those who can hear while the rest of the world goes on thinking you’ve said just the opposite.
Overtones
The most beautiful things are those which overtly say one thing and imply what might seem just the opposite, but this implied message in fact is merely a very different note that as a sort of overtone creates beauty with the fullness it adds through a harmony so subtle as to seem hidden.
Public Matters
In social settings, the quality of a joke matters far less than the good mood and confidence with which it is made. Yet another reason why being social is easier than many make it out to be and why it corrupts the quality of much that we do.