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Count of monte Cristo . He'll be familiar with your voice by the end.

Where the red fern grows

The collective works of HP Lovecraft

I read your comment and I feel you. I have a little advice.

First a but about memI "left" reddit for the same reasons. Left is in quotes because I was permanently banned because I argued with a major mod. Specifically I said after they banned me from a sub "ouch ouch ouch, sorry sprained my ankle tripping over 3 identical communities" to which they replied "don't message me again" and I of course did with a "or what? You'll silence me? That's not very intimidating"

Anyway my point is this:

There's no point in arguing with stupid people.... But if you are going to I recommend being dismissive or different. They are prepared for aggression they can't handle being dismissed. It really messes with bigoted people especially.

An example from my life

Guy at the gas station to me: can you believe the cashier is speaking Spanish? This is America lol

Me: it's 7 o'clock in the morning. Can you save the racism until after breakfast please.

An example of "different " would be this

I live in Orlando, we have Nazis who protest. I LOVE to walk by and say to a random one "you don't look good bald. You're heads too boxy to pull it off"

It fucks with them more than yelling I promise you lol. They aren't expecting that kind of thing.

What time is it?

Please be pedantic. I enjoy it. That isn't sarcasm, I love a good "technically...."

Yes you're right. It is fun to think about tho.

Yes you're right. It's just something I like to think about.

I read this once before and it's one of those facts I find endlessly fascinating. It's simple and obvious why it wasn't normal before recent times...

It just scratches my nerd fact itch I guess.

It's right up there with

• social security numbers were promised to never be used as essentially your "human number" for things and would only be used for ss benefits

And

• minimum wage WAS designed and WAS intended to be a livable wage. It very specifically was proposed and made law with the point being it's the lowest wage which a person can support themselves. People saying "minimum wage isn't supposed to be livable wage!" Are wrong.

Oh and

-we see the color that is not absorbed by an object. So essentially we see every color the object ISNT.

"If you think the point in life is to be happy and live long I can see how you'd be confused"

Not sure where I heard it but I think of it often.

I'm a father and I think of god the same way I think of being a parent. I want my kids to learn things and I want them to return home and tell me about it.

I saw a post in atheism mostly about this. I decided not to post. I don't believe in forcing my views on other people who clearly didn't ask for them.

It's the best system money can buy.

That cracked me up lol

I'm not nonbinary but my son just calls me Michael.

Elephants evolved to be stealthy to not spook the plants. I remember just yesterday I went to pick an orange but stepped on a twig.... The entire orchard bolted. Huge pain in the ass. The farmer was pissed.

Btw I'm being silly not insulting your comment.

Slow and steady winning the race. I've heard that's why we are fascinated by zombie movies. Like us they use persistence and numbers to attack their prey.

I'm sorry. I can't offer much but I can give something small. I have suffered from depression a few times in my life and landed on fire to mask it as a protest for whatever.

I didn't do it obviously it was a very long time ago. 20 years i think and It actually didn't enter my mind at all when asking this question until I read this comment and remembered my past.

If I ever get that bad again, and I hope I don't, I promise not to use fire.

Not much but it's something.

Yeah I grew up on a farm and smelled some pretty bad stuff but it was just a bad smell. If I knew it was human that would be harder even if it smelled mostly the same. It would be psychologically worse.

I know burying a dog that got hit by a car and took a few days to find was worse than finding a missing cow in the same state. I loved the dog, I liked the cows but that dog was my dog. It was worse smell psychologically even tho the cow is bigger and was probably logically more smelly.

Sorry for the double reply but I wanted to give some examples that aren't related to politics. I'll use leather because I loved my job selling leather back in the day

Customer "I saw this at another store I went to do you guys get it from the same supplier"

Me: I made that myself. Yeah it's common when someone comes up with a unique design it often gets reproduced overseas and imported back by stores who prefer that route. I just wish they'd at least pass the cheaper price back to the customer. I'm sure you know (other store) has almost the same price maybe it's a bit less a dollar or so maybe... I don't shop there myself obviously, but when you look at reviews... I just don't hear very many good things about his business personally. This belt is made by us directly and you'll see similar designs here and there but I can't guarantee thier quality like I can mine"

What did I really say? Did I say the other store stole my design? No. Did I say they import it from somewhere else? No. Did I say they overcharge? No. Did I say my price was the same? No. Did I say they have bad reviews? No. Did I say I've heard bad things about them? No. Did I say his belts weren't the same quality as mine? No.

I said practically nothing that I dressed up in a tuxedo. That's sales. Btw I'm never that shady I just know how it works

Edit: one more did I say I invented the design on the belt? No. I just said I did make it. That scallop tooled design has been around for 200 years and everyone knows it. I just said oversees business steal designs. That is true and if you assumed I meant this design... That's just you. I did not say that.

Edit 2 one more to show me using that skill to help people.

Hardhead: can you make me a keychain that says Harley Davidson on it.

Me: I can engrave names and words on keychains sure. As long as it's not a trademark or copy write. Names are fine.

Heard head: Harley Davidson like the motorcycles. Can you do that?

Me: if it's your name or nickname

Hardhead: no it's the motorcycle company. I ride a Harley.

Me: that would be intellectual property. I can't do that.

Smarter Friend: go wait outside hardhead... Yes sir I'd like to make a keychain for my friend named Harley Davidson.

Me: absolutely

Smart friend: he was born in 1986 can you put that on there? Also I have a nickname I call him. "Fatboy" put that next to his birth year.

Me: no problem sir.

Sorry for the long replies you did not request its just how wording changes things is fascinating to me lol

Thanks. Ive been a salesman since 16 so I see the stuff he's doing. Before he ran for president I actually liked trump as a salesman. He was good, still a sleezball and shady but I had respect for the "art" if you will. Not the person.

So I make fun of him a lot and it's simple for me because it's just "take sleezy sales strategies I already know, add what I know about trump from the early days and now, a liberal sprinkling of alzheimer's and garnish with an arrogant god complex."

That's a perfect trump speech recipe if you want to try it at home, or for a party.

That's where you get stuff like

"you wouldn't believe it" setting your customer up by telling them what they are about to feel. That makes them start to feel that way before you even say the thing.

"Some say it's more, I could be more, probably more but let's say 200"

1. fake humble, like you're giving a conservative estimate when actually you're doing the opposite. However you specifically did not guarantee more, you just said some people might say that and you might agree. That's not a lie technically.

"Others said It couldn't be done" whoever you think those other people might be... That's who's lieing to you and I'm now confirming that you can't trust them. You can trust me because I loved them wrong... And that's kinda like proving you right isn't it? Because you didn't trust whoever you are thinking about and you were right to feel that way. And I'm right and safe. So trust me because we're basically a team now. Against the people you think I'm talking about.

Anyway that's enough examples but you can see things like "who said it couldn't be done" it vague so the customer can fill it in themselves with whoever they want. You can see things like "biden had more than 10 "forms or whatever"" woah I didn't say ten. I said maybe ten and I think probably, but I also said I didn't know. It was an opinion not a lie"

Even "Hussain" Obama. The name has negative appeal but it's just a name not a political stance hell he didn't even pick it himself. But you dont trust that name so I'm going to make sure you keep hearing it.

Sleezy sleazy sales tactics. And with age he's gotten worse. I mean he was always a bad person but with age he's getting worse at the "art" if you will.

And you see I'm quick to accept when I'm wrong.

Plus although I do assume probably too quickly Im quick to ask questions from people who know more.

This I think helps me more than simply not making connections could