Specificity+Ambiguity+ Preferences=Cha, Cha, Cha.

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๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ƒโ€ฆโ€ฆ.


One, two, Cha- cha,-cha.

Three, four, Cha-cha-cha.


Tolerance. Cha-cha-cha

Intolerance. Cha-cha-cha


Shuffle โ€˜em any way you like.

Any way you โ€œpreferโ€.


๐ŸŽฐ๐Ÿชช๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’ณ


Oink.

Meow,

Roar

Chirp,

Too.


Tick tick the clock rocks and the explosion occurs,

Like, Wow, Man, Yesterday.


Just make it up as you go along?

Fake it til you make it?

At this โ€œstageโ€ of the game.

And.

It is safe to say the game is staged,


The answer is anybodyโ€™s guess.

Anybodys.

Everybodys.

Anyone.

Someone.

Etcetera, etcetera.


Cha-cha-cha.


Who gets a โ€œpass.?โ€


The answer: Babies. Puppies. And all small creatures under the age of:


Fill in the blank______________________________.


See where this is going?

Cha-cha-cha.


I thought so.


Cha-cha-cha


Nowhere.

And.. Fast.

Fastly even.


Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation as the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation of the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation was the sincerest form of flattery.


Epically Echoic actually.


Cha-cha-cha


Just remember to check behind you, over your shoulder and glance back every now and then.


Because. That which is left in the dust. Is smokey, at best.


When the knock on the door comes. The โ€œtattarrattatโ€. The choice is yours. Whether to โ€œignoreโ€, โ€œstonewallโ€, turn and run like he**.


Or.

Answer the call.


Have I lost my marbles?

Years ago. When the foundational skinny sticks would not or could not or whatever,


Hold โ€˜em any more.


Then.

KaBlam! Went the story. The old, and tired story.

It actually feels quite good.


Cha-cha-cha.


Sign language aside.

We grunt.

We groan.

For various and unspecified reasons sometimes.๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ’ฉ.


Hey. Life often goes back to where it may have begun.

Who chooses to follow the rules then discovers the real meaning of respect.


Find out what it means.

To me.

To you.


Bend the knee?

Not me.

Yes.

Me.

True: There is submission. And. There is surrender.

See the fine line? I did not think soโ€ฆโ€ฆ..


Bend the knee is a form of beggingโ€ฆ. just sayinโ€™.


Fealty, Realty, Loyalty, Schoymalty.


It may simply all come down to respect.

When you find out. I respectfully ask you,


Let me know.


The bad news: My clothes are going out of style.

The good news: If I wait long enough, they will come back into style!


A win win!


Provided I mind my pโ€™s , Qiโ€™s and donut consumptionโ€ฆ.


๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ


Cha-cha-cha


Admittance. Of the problem. Is the first step toward repair.


Cha-cha-cha


That brings us to the ultimate epically echoic standard.


RESPECT.

Find out what it means.



โ€So act that you treat humanityโ€ฆ.always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.โ€ (IK)


That is quite enlightening.

Wouldnโ€™t you agree?

Would or wouldnโ€™t you agree?

Best to consider and answer very carefully.

I would hate to lead, ask a leading question, of you, in the mist and midst of the confusion.



Skeptical, are yaโ€™.


Maybe all it comes down to is:

Personal space, baby.


Reason is the source of morality. Aesthetics arises from a faculty of disinterested judgment.


Ouch!

Disinterest is bad.

Bring it on IK!


IKโ€™s religious views were deeply connected to his moral theory. He hoped. Hoped. That perpetual peace could be secured through an international freedom or republican states and international cooperation.


Cha-cha-cha

So.

Where does that leave today.

Forgetful?

Of one anotherโ€™s worth.

Or.

Disregarding.

Of one anotherโ€™s worth.


When you find out.

Please let me know.

In the meantime.

I will practice respect. It closely aligns with character.


By the way. IK. Changed his name along the way. To Emanuel. The household wherein he was raised stressed pietist values of devotion, humility and literality. (wk)


Strict.

Punitive.

Disciplinary.


Mathematics and science took a back seat to mathematics and science.


Put that in a pipe and smoke it?


Cha-cha-cha


In the meantime.

What can you do?

What can be done.


When language fails us all, even the ga ga-ing, cooing, drooling baby.


RESPECT.

Admiration for someone or something other than the self.



Gestures and gesticulations.

Barriers and blockades.

Exist in proper and positive sending of the best of messages.

Sometimes, we fail. In our attempt.

Redundancy renders us well, redundant๐Ÿ˜


What is left to do? When all else seems to fail.


Do more.

It is best and even better to be safe than sorry.

Always and Alway.

The ownership of all ownerships.

The โ€œIโ€ in the me takes the onus of the mistake while still walking side by side with that which and who we do not always understand.


Say what?โ€ฆโ€ฆ


Walls.

Barriers.

Can be peacefully moved along.

Really.


The sender of the message must consider which barriers to communication are present to be able to frame the message in a manner that can be understood. (DK)


Thus avoiding the angry middle finger.๐Ÿ˜Ÿ


There are numerous barriers to communication that we can run into when trying to communicate clearly.


Barriers.

Are everywhere.

Everywhere.



Some barriers include age, gender, position, physical size or presence, physical distance, culture and even language.


OMG!


That relates to just about all of us.๐Ÿ˜ณ


Cha-cha-cha.


Equity, Scmhmecuity.

Equality, Schmequality.


Communication.

Ugh.


This is tough stuff.

Tough stuff.

This communication stuff.

Too simple, too easy to resort to the middleโ€”-finger again.๐Ÿ˜ณ


โ€What position do you play?โ€ (AA)


Position is always easy to see. The barrier is one of the most prevalent. We are less likely to communicate as effectively with the people we report to because we are worried about thingsโ€”our jobs, our tasks, how others may perceive us. (DK)


Cha-cha-cha


What position do you take?


Cha-cha-cha.


On an on and on and on and on and on.

Back and forth and back and forth.

Game, set, match?


Almost.

Not quite.


As the sender of the message, seek transcendence. A barrier transcendence.


Seek: A life-is-good-peace-is-possible-in-the-real-world-mentality!โ€


Hurray!

Cha-cha-cha


Knowing. That you are sending a message to another, a co worker, a child of yours will result in a position barrier. You, as the sender, need to be considerate, carefully consider how the message needs to be worded. (DK)


Word.

Words.

Too many words.

Not enough words.

And so on and so on and so on and so on.

Etcetera. Etcetera.


Say what?


The peace that passes understanding.

The come he** or high water.

That:

You ainโ€™t going anywhere.๐Ÿ˜ƒ

The medium is the message?


No. You are the message. The messenger and all things messag-ey.


Be a good and loyal and faithful messenger.


How?


Humility.

Not.

Humiliation.

Is the name of the game.

The pole position of all positions.













June 07, 2024 18:14

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