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(Us, Love it or Leave it) The illusion of choice gives us the misplaced pride and paranoia we need to dislocate ourselves from one another, from our suspiciously obvious commonalities. We are now, more so than ever, controlled and convinced that the counterfeit dichotomy of either/or is an easier "truth" to accept. We celebrate our [...]
At some point in the foreseeable future, we will be consumed by our own excess in the form of our own waste. When will the debris so outweigh the useful, pointful fractions of creation left that the flotsam is the focus? Well, honestly… It seems we may be well beyond that point. We aren’t the [...]
The worst of humanity require the anonymity of belonging to a large group of like-minded others. In most any type of group, once our individuality can be masked, the true nature of man shouts its ignorances into the sea of muted but understood collective voice. Riots, rallies, religions, the raucous and witless “repartee”; if you [...]
(Further main character advice to himself from the outtakes of Diminishing Return) If you feel the need to justify your thoughts and feelings by bringing attention to the fact that they are popular opinions agreed to by a large percentage of society, please keep in mind the many other undesirable and numerous things also considered [...]
Currently reading: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Vonnegut was as close to understanding the meaning of life as anyone who has ever existed, though I’m sure that in his own estimation he would say he was farther away from that understanding than anyone could ever calculate. The rest of us are that same exact incalculable [...]
Joseph D. Newcomer 