“Fun fact: your coping is killing you faster than drinking is killing me.” – Dr. Freckles
Don’t trust the media … unless …
“Don’t trust the media, unless it makes you feel better about reality.” – Dr. Freckles
Leisure Suit Larry …
“Leisure Suit Larry is now Geezer Shirt Garry, and Pitfall Pete was eaten by hippos.” – Dr. Freckles
Cannibal Pain
“The first time humans eat humans, you will see a teardrop. The second time you’ll just see BBQ sauce.” – Dr. Freckles
Growing old …
“Growing old isn’t for the young.” – Dr. Freckles
UNIVERSAL WAVE
“You are surfing on the wave of the universe.” – Dr. Freckles
Fishermen and Hunters
“Great fishermen and hunters are also great ecologists.” – Dr. freckles
Built to last …
“Have you noticed? – nothing built in the last few decades is BUILT to LAST.” – Dr. Freckles
MEGA FAUNA BBQ STYLE RIBs …
“You bring BACK the MEGA-FAUNA so you can have a steak like you saw in the Flintstones.” – Dr. Freckles
Mammoths …
Giant Tree Sloths …
Saber Tooth Tigers …
And other giant furry tasty creatures …
(probably pigs that weigh 16 tons)
Hesitation DOES NOT indicate humanity …
“Take advantage of hesitation in your opponent, don’t mistake it for humanity.” – Dr. Freckles
Ted Bundy probably hesitated and made several mistakes during his first human kill.
The Composer
“I could compose soundtracks for Swedish style porn films.” – Dr. Freckles
The Skeptics …
“The best advocates for fear are those who feign skepticism.” – Dr. Freckles
Ammo Vending Machines … (AVM over ATF)
ROSS gets FREED …
“Check the 24 hour chart on Bitcoin once ROSS gets FREED.” – Dr. Freckles
CRAZY PEOPLE and Optimists …
“The pessimists might be right, but it’s the optimists who have kids.” – Dr. Freckles
The goals of storytelling …
“The core goal of all storytelling is to GET PEOPLE to incorporate the narrative into their own memory.” – Dr. Freckles
“A secondary goal of storytelling is to get people to RE-TELL the story, thus spreading its effect.” – Dr. Freckles
Think about the APOLLO MOON story …
No matter what you believe about it, it gets embellished on, facts change, people even make up stories around the event that are not true …
“I was HERE when it happened …”, kind of like the “JFK” I was here stories …
The retelling of the story naturally mutates it … but more so, the MEDIA PUMP around the story gives it heat and permanence outside the scope of human memory, and becomes a MEME in the context of culture. I guess.
It does become a retained memory.
My dad told me a story once, when I was a kid, about some dude that was running his car on water – it was the 1970’s, and we were sandwiched between two OIL SHOCKS …
Then, when I was 11 or 12, I heard a similar story on KOMO 1000 AM Paul Harvey …
And it’s hard to say for certain how the story spreads or who spreads it, but it can spread on its own if its the RIGHT story.
Now think about COVID …
Paragliders …
The HERO STORY of ASSANGE …
George Floyd …
You ever wonder WHY they are doing all these derivative remakes in the movies and pop culture? – Because if you see it from the right angle, it looks like concertina wire around the collective unconscious.
Do I believe it’s “all lies”? – no …
Do I think you need to be a talented Sovietologist to see through most of it? – yes.
Am I good at it? – sometimes.
The hardest thing to overcome is wishful thinking …
What makes a good story a GREAT STORY? – it’s a story you WANT to believe, and probably NEED to believe.
Western Civilization (and other supremacy cults)
“Western Civilization either created this shitty timeline or failed to prevent it.” – Dr. Freckles
The stories we tell each other …
“They can’t take away the stories we tell each other in the darkness.” – Dr. Freckles
The Devil is a kidnapper …
“The Devil is a kidnapper, he kidnaps children.” – Dr. Freckles
GRAMMAR and SPELLING … (or spellin)
“I should have been born in the 17th century, when you could still speak English freely.” – Dr. Freckles