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TBW's avatar

Kudos, Looking forward to the finale.

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

I wondered what happened to you. I thought the Philosopher Kings may have locked you in the tower. Thanks for another episode of TKJ. I can sense the grand finale brewing.

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TBW's avatar

Your "How to talk to hypnotized people" Internal Memo gives a valuable insight into the reality of dealing with these cumulative situations brought to us through the wizardry of a few. It walks hand in hand with the saga ICE-9 is telling, whereby it has practical use. One should not wake up those who already accepted and are comfortable with their induced sleep.

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

Thank you. I would add rather than trying to wake them up, one should offer a doughnut. Compassionately speaking.

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TBW's avatar

That is a wise approach. Let the sleeping log lie but give him some cookies so when he wakes up he is not immediately active and instead enjoys the cookies and likely continues with his sleep :) :) Humor and Wisdom walk hand in hand, indeed.

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

Humor is *the* one thing that helps us survive. There have been countless stories from both world wars and internment/concentration camps that humor kept people alive. Which is why mockery works so well. As el gato posted a long while back, meme them until they cry then make memes of them crying. Laughing in the face of evil absurdity is so effective that satire has now been criminalized. Which is probably a clear marker we are at end-stage civilization.

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TBW's avatar

All true. The one that laughs last, laughs best. Those who dig a hole for other to fall into, end in the hole themselves. So, for the survivors there will be a lot of humor one way or the other, since the whole plan will not work out as planned. Those without skin in the game, expecting algorithms, mercenaries, robots to do the job for them will not come on top as they all plan, because the whole "project" is based on pretending, over promising and hiding failures.

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Dav's avatar

We can only hope that wake before the punchline is delivered.

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