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No comment at all seems a proper non-response.

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Yes!

I also love this line: "Stupidity’s never blind or mute." 🎯

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I listened to political talk on FoxNews the other day for the first time in years. What immediately struck me was how similar it was to sports chatter.

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Now that you mentioned it...

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"Speak only if your words are better than the silence."

Buddha (attributed to)

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As someone who has been fairly deaf for a long time and is now recovering from an ordeal of a cochlear implant, I can tell you, miraculous as it is to begin to hear, I also miss the quiet. A neighbor asked, "Why did you put yourself through all that? You weren't missing anything! No one has anything to say!"

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One of the greatest bosses I ever had in corporate life would often answer a Yes/No question with a simple "Yes" or "No." It was disconcerting to a lot of people who would never have considered or anticipated that approach.

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I tend to be a passionate thinker. I listen to my first instincts but my mind has other ideas. We argue to state our viewpoints. It seems pointless after debates lead to emotional wars. There is always a reaction of social consequence. If we shout or become angered, we miss the beauty of words. Silence is golden for sure. My mom indicates that less talk is equated with happiness. She is more stoic than myself.

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But I don't think there's no message among the chatter. It is just noise to cover up the cons and sell the supposed pros. Selling any discourse at all costs, fast and furiously, no matter the content, is the priority. The stupidity is falling for the gamblers' or charlatans' tricks.

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What a wonderful piece. I think I am guilty of too much talk and a demand on others to respond, respond, respond. Thank you for making me more sensitive to their silence.

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Talking and saying nothing.

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Sometimes a hug will do instead.

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Interesting perspective. And there are also simply passionate writers.. as passionate composers…regarding stupidity… I like this - and it comes always from those who cannot relate to be stupid in a stupid moment when trapped, but throw it on others to be stupid. Take care and try some stupid might take you out of it ;)

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Yes, so much chatter.

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Deleuze is one of my favorites. A Thousand Plateaus especially. πŸ‘

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Coding the flows

on a thousand plateaus,

the men without faces

in steely high places

control all the signals

and signs,

while you pay your dollar

and then pick your flower

but can't see the hidden design.

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Sounds like advertising to me. Which I don’t watch or listen to if possible. I don’t think Deleuze was at all subliminal. Or in β€œsteely high places” unless you know something I don’t.

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I'm a writer, so I frequently think that I have the right words at hand whenever needed. But I often find myself overdoing it. I use 27 words instead of, yes. It annoys others, especially my wife. It's my effort to get things "just right" by being very specific, but that's often a fallacy. In written language brevity is key, exactness is appreciated. In spoken language we blather artfully and put our listeners to sleep. A lesson learned.

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your get my angry like

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