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Our generation was born in the 80s when intellectuals believed in the construction and relativism of everything. We have been searching for new things since post-modernism but nothing new happened. Things like the internet only reinforced it. Young people took it, removed the intellectual and activist portion, and added irony, cynicism, fashion and a modified consumerism.

As a result, you cannot express a message directly. If you want to be sincere, you must package it as too-sincere, as a cheese product. Any sort of positive emotion gathered is an after image, or a subconscious response. M83's album, Saturdays=Youth, is an example that comes to mind. We are given the freedom to listen to the cheese (sappy teenage romanticism) because we know it is intentional, self-conscious cheese, or a parody on the 80's, but we continue to listen to it because it still works on that basic level. Pop is irresistible because it operates below our chosen, conscious aesthetics.



There has to be a way to get out of this post-modern bullshit period. Nicolas Bourriaud gives a possible out- the "Altermodern". http://tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/altermodern/  . Unfortunately, even if an alt. modern comes about, I see that as temporary, then a depressing return to what we have now.

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   That is IPA in IPA.

International phonetic alphabet is used to show how to pronounce words I don't know how to pronounce, so I don't have an opportunity to learn it. And that's a huge problem.

15 minutes ago I was riding home on my new great bike. Ahead, a plume of smoke and confused cars. I speed forward and see van smoking. The smoke is thicker and billowed more than steam would. With many onlookers, and nobody helping a lightbulb went off --- bystander effect:  you should do something.


The van reversed back into the parking lot, and waited for a few seconds, I approached. A woman on a powered wheelchair emerged from sliding doors. A guy in a red truck had it parked 50 feet away, and was on the cellphone. I confirmed that he was calling 911.

The story becomes humorous.. I ask her to please back away from the van. She does a bit, but is concerned over her CELLPHONE which she left in the van.









So I try to coax her farther away. She gets the brilliant idea --- I should should get her cellphone. I say "no", and she's flustered. Then she remembers a fire extinguisher in the back of the van, and she wants me use it. That's more reasonable, but I still don't want to because:



I don't want to get her more angry, because I want her to listen to me. As she tries to persuade me to get her extinguisher, pass the buck.  "911 will tell us what to do, if that's the right thing". She instinctively knows what 911 would say, they would tell us to go away and wait for firemen.

The fire grows with visible flames on the hood. The extinguisher man has the sense to get out, he can't win. The guy in the red truck helpfully points out the the tires can explode.

I really had a tough time keeping the woman as far back from the van as I would have liked. She'd ignore me and take her joystick and maneuver around me. She was a decent looking woman in her 30's. To her, I was a young, annoying, dork-like obstacle -- in her way. 




I am self-conscious around disabled people, I do not touch them, or baby them, unless they ask for help or whatever. But I almost needed to grab her chair. The entire situation must have looked like a scene from Arrested Development.



















The firemen arrived, the car near totaled. We watch as the fucker burn, with a small crowd. The woman made some phone calls, upset about the van, and repeating how " he could have saved it, I had a fire extinguisher in the back". (Can you rub it in my face a bit more?!). The firemen put out the fire, but the car was destroyed. I picked up my bike and rode off. Finally, it should be noted that my bike is great and everyone is safe and sound.

-Here's a post BBC made showing handwriting samples. What get's me is- these are not legitimate. Entrants fancied their submissions to look unique.






Aside: As a schoolchild I played handwriting games to make note-taking less boring. We can spot these games because we played them.


Misrepresentation or creative representation may be good. Elise E. did make the most interesting piece. If you constantly do this sort of thing, it could become your actual handwriting. Not bad. Pose long enough and it becomes truth.

tags: handwriting, honesty, liars, poseurs

I have a prediction to make:

Someone will release an advert driven captcha device.

For example, a garbled text could read:

"I realize that most people save $200 if they switch to Gecko".

The act of typing the advertising into a box may be more powerful, psychologically, than static advertisements.

I don't care about protecting this prediction (patent), and there is a good chance somebody already has. This is just insurance so that I can say "I predicted that".

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