Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

I am an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. atalkinghorse.substack.com/archive Directly above Earth's center! Joined July 2018

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

2 weeks ago

Let's form a group to unite and put an end to this us-versus-them mentality. I know some will oppose our good efforts, but together we can defeat those people. It's us versus them!

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How to create an army of homicidal maniacs: Start with a collection of mentally ill people. Coddle them, reassure them of the reality of their delusion. Pump them full of drugs and hormones. Then point and tell them there's a group of people, bad people, out to harm them. Boom.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

3 weeks ago

Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

3 weeks ago

Thinking of a line from Robert Graves' novel, "I, Claudius", when the Emperor Claudius realizes he can't quietly end the corruption and evil, and so he must let it expose itself before it can be overcome: "Let all of the poisons that lurk in the mud, hatch out."

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

I don't want to be negative or pessimistic, but this is how I process. Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" captures my mood: 🎼...Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died...

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

I'll share the one thing that happened on this troubled day that made me feel good for a moment. I took a walk and noticed a discarded scrap on the sidewalk that looked like a folded $100 bill. I picked it up, unfolded it, turned it over, and saw the message below.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG still on my mind. At the moment, two takeaways in my head. 1) Real life is complicated, and our task is to boil down a messy question to its most essential component(s). 2) Anything can be rationalized and "spun" any way you choose, positive or negative.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

Tonight I compulsively tuned out the world and watched the 1961 movie, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG. It's a fictionalized take on a post-WW2 trial. The world was and is broken; how do we find the least-bad way forward? I don't know. I'm exhausted. I'd better sleep now. God help us.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

You call people who disagree with you Nazis and wannabe Hitlers; what did you expect would happen? You on the left have, more and more, become the very monster you swear you are fighting. This is the devil's trap, and it's easy to fall into.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

4 weeks ago

Run for the shadows, run for the shadows! 😮

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Mark Twain's haunting meditation on age upon turning 70. Take a moment to clear your mind and read it slowly.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Just watched The Critical Drinker's review of the new series "The Savant", and was struck by the notion that the protagonist might have been vaguely inspired by @DataRepublican (take note, @data_republican), except totally inverted and evil. 🤔 youtube.com/watch?v=hklsd1…

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Lucky for me, those around me cannot imagine what I'm imagining... 😱

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Okay, I'm easily amused. This "Retard Finder" blurb came on my feed, only the truncation showed a post from "Retard...". 😆 @IfindRetards

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

What does this mean? Seems to me the only time you need a safety net is when you're flying. 😕

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Mildly amusing: "The Algorithm", in its wisdom and irony, juxtaposed Elon Musk's "Liftoff of Super Heavy" with this weight loss post.

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

a month ago

Yes, that's the way of things. I like to think I'm a reasoned and reasonable person, but we're all human. Whadya do?

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

2 months ago

The government doesn't want you to know this! 😮

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

2 months ago

Heh, getting lots of "likes" from generous lottery winners, gals with nudes in profile, and Elon Musks. I must be doing something right! 😀

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Mr. Flake @MrFlake2

2 months ago

The gods of fortune cookies are, with their calculated miscutting, again having a laugh at my expense. My new fortune: "You cannot change." Thanks for the words of encouragement, I feel so much better now. 🙄