Dumbing it Down. Changing the rules of boxxing and doxxing.

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Christian Kids Speculative

Hello, Hi and Hiya,


Be careful how it is packaged.

More on this later.


In the meantime.


This is high up there stuff.

Coming from the higher ups.



High. high. high. high. high.

Hi. hi.hi,hi.hi.hi.hi.hi


This is higher order stuff.

Of and of a higher order.

Of the highest order.

Stuff.

Higher order thinking kinda of stuff.


Thank God and goodness for a few simple things:

A person who gets “it”.

A person willing to “say” it..

A person willing to back it up.

A person willing to fight. It.


Masterfully. Methodically. Mindfully. Moderating.


The Ultimate Content Moderator.

The Ultimate goal of Moderation.

Everything is best in Moderation.


Everything.


Turn the cheek AND turn away from any and all:


”Support to do harm to my family”.


Wouldn’t you agree with this genius phrase, and I do paraphrase this genius thought, idea and goal. Because the first person to say it “out loud” has the street cred to “back it up”.

Over you.

Over me.

Over us all.


So. Best be respectful to and of the process.

Lest you be the one left behind.


And not one individual cares to be the one left behind. How to assure this does not occur. There are hundreds, thousands, millions of ways to attack the issues. The issues du jour. There are so many psychological means at the disposal—images and likenesses—in a pander and ponder order of hope that the higher ups will


“Lend all your influence to our demands”.(BD)


What you see is what you get.

Acute or Slow Burn?

Dumbing it down. Is one way. To work. In the past. When life moved a bit slower. However, as the pace picks up, as it has been picked up.


Deliberately and desperately in some cases.


How will we now?

What we do not know”

I don’t know.

I dunno.


Is it wishful thinking to think it is best to empower people of all ideologies?

No fair in responding “I dunno”. Or “I don’t know”.


Respect. The message.

How will our foundational institutions ever have a chance at bonafide value, respect if they are allowed to deteriorate into a brush of slow burn danger or even acute danger?


What is the difference?


To you.

To me.

To us.

To them.


A lot of value. In humankind.

In creature kind too.

How do we get there from here?


Is it what we value?

No fair in saying “I dunno” or “I don’t know”.

Yes. Indeed groveling has its fans. Unfortunately.


So.

How will you box your message.

On all fours?

On bended knees

Tight corners.

Non-stop saturation.

Chew folks up like delicious popcorn

Chew their opinions up like delicious popcorn

Plug your ears.

Plug your nose.

Cover your mouth.

Close your eyes.


Shoot spit balls out of your mouth in the direction of your competition. At all costs?


Or. Run kicking and screaming the other direction.


Flee on a spree that is free of fleas?


That sounds good to me.

Hbu?


In an attempt to “get it” Will I recommend, Will I choose to:

Flee,

Flea,

Free,

Spree……..


Will you. Will I,


Binge eat, drink, look, shop or listen.


But. First:


I offer you this:

Swamp lyrics from and of “The Talking Heads.🤣

”Now let me tell you a story,

The devil he has a plan,

A bag of bones in his pocket😩

Got anything you want.


No dust.

No rocks.

The whole thing is over.

All those beauties

In solid motion.

All those beauties, they’re gonna swallow you up.

Let’s Go.


Hi, hi, hi, hi,hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi


One time too many

To far to go

Hi,

We’ve come to take you home.


And when they split those atoms, it’s hotter than the sun.

Blood is a special substance, and they are gonna pray for that man.


So wake up, young lovers.

The whole thing is over.

Watch out!

Touch monkeys, all that blood gonna swallow you whole.

Let’s go.


Hi., hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi


What’s that?

Who’s drivin’

Where we goin’

Who knows


Hi,

We’ve come to take you home


How many people do you think I am?

Pretend I am somebody else.

You can pretend a millionaire washin’ his hands.

Rattle the bones, dreams that stick out.

A medical chart on the wall.

Soft violins, hands touch your throat.

Everyone wants to explode!


Now, when your hands get dirty.

Nobody knows you at all.

Dont have a window to slip out of.

Lights on, nobody home.

Clock, click.

See ya later.

Beta, beta

No time to rest.

Pika, pika

Risky Business

All that blood’ll never cover that mess

Let’s go!


Hi, hi,hi,hi,hi,hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

So soft, hard feelings

No tricks, let’s go.


Hi, we’ve come to take you home

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi,

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi,


Hi, hi, hi,hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi,hi, hi, hi, hi


Intimidation. harassment and coercion. Tricks of the trade. Come packaged in many different ways. Many kinds of mail. Snail. Door to door. On the wire. “Special” delivery.


Normally. One can see behind a disingenuous smile. The loud laugh. The shoot, the click, the bait and the send. So long as there is no impairment blocking the way. But time is moving way too fast.


Near to impossible to stay abreast of it all. The slash. The burn.(BS)


The woke virus that has entered the bloodstream does not have time. For you. For me. Mixed in with the global desperation of:


Politics, Perception. Power. (BS) We are all at stake. All is at stake. For the global community, culturally, language-wise, humankind, creature kind, and Civil Liberty. Wise. For us here in the US, near to impossible to cram all the Constitutional information into our brains now.


What’s done is done.


We can, however, choose make a choice to stay in our lane. (LK). And. Mind the gap.


Mind the gaps of others. Otherwise we will gain zero allies, have no friends to call and dreadfully add to the list of enemies who wish to do harm to us, our families, our nuclear family.


How you choose to face tomorrow is still within your reach.

Do no harm.

Do your diligence.

Discipline up.


How does that work for you—for dumbing it down?


Not good.

O.k.

How bout this,


Vibrance has its benefits.

Originality has its benefits.

Caveat.

Be careful how it is packaged.










December 16, 2022 17:30

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