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Standards Of A Con Artist
For those worried that AI will steal our jobs, let me put your mind at ease: you can always be a thief.
Whether you’re a photographer or writer, people who create something out of nothing don’t talk much about what they do or why....
All of us go home each evening, and at some moment in time, with whatever degree of consciousness, we go back over all the signs, seeking justification that aids in the continuity of our discourse. This happens when our adolescence is lost and the adulthood we once claimed to crave begins to turn into a real and narrowing system of responsibilities that constrain us. Yet we cannot become aware or understand quickly enough to grasp the risks of being “well-adjusted.” We cannot reprogram our mi...
Degenerates are like a judge accepting a bribe in exchange for a favorable ruling. The judge's name is Sisamnes and his court decision leads to an unjust outcome. As punishment for his corruption, the king orders Sisamnes to be flayed alive, removing his skin in a brutal and public execution. The skin of Judge Sisamnes is used to cover his court chair. This furniture made from flesh becomes a symbol for future judges to rule without corruption. One of the earliest written legal codes was in a...
You attend a music festival under the vibes of a hippie flip. The term, “hippie flip” was something you found out about two hours ago...
I've got fat fingers. They're not nimble. My hands are small. My fingers are like Shrek's "dirty green sausages," but with brown skin...
I don’t know what I prefer to do until I've decided what sort of life I want to lead or how I want...
Sometimes I sit alone in a parking lot--late at night--pointing lasers at innocent people...
I saw a homeless man sleeping on the cold concrete floor last week. In hoodie and jeans, he was raw dogging...