The sound of a car alarm repeatedly set off by the guy coming down of oxy who keeps trying to get into his car and miserably failing.

Step one.

Identify the Inevitable; They are usually large.  And they don’t like to get pushed around.

Step Two.
Look the inevitable strait in the eye.  Scream, “FUCK YOU! DIE!”

Step Three.
Offer the part of yourself that is you but is not attached to you a cup of tea.

The air in front of you will gladly except it.
End.

The spectrum of available information is really quite wide these days, and unless you grow up rooted in some kind of serious tradition, be it sacred or cultural or purely an invention of your immediate family, you are bound to have some pretty strange ideas about the world. Our general outlooks on life can be so different, even though we may spend lots of time interacting, which is a big change from really any other time in history that I can think of. You can go on the internet and nine times out of ten find whatever it is you are actually already looking for, which is a feat already. But what about those times when you find some shit so weird that it makes you question whether or not the shit is real? Let’s face it- the internet is killing truth. Whatever you claim to be true, I can find evidence for the opposite argument. Not that that actually makes it any more true or false- it just demonstrates the relativity of our understandings of the world around us to the world around us.

We’re going to war with Iran. They’re only shooting for 35-40% public support. The big kickoff will be on September 11th.

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*Shrug*