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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Recent Headline: “The robots are here. And they are making you fries.”

“You want fries with that?”
used to be a line
to mock the working poor
 
How ironic that
“You want fries with that?”
now heralds the beginning of the end
of the dignity of work
for the rest of us

Autres oeuvres par Chris Gaither...
Time After Time

Writing history is hard especially when it’s about the past
Of Course the Oracle Was a Woman

The Matrix is man-made And women have to live there Though, being closer to God They have one foot out the door Which is why it’s said
Haiku

We hit it off: she’d declawed her cats and I’d plucked my cacti’s needles
“Man is free to think on his own but it is God’s plan that will always last”

Man’s job is to think of a way To put God’s plan into action What is God’s plan And how do we take action? God’s plan unfolds
The Great and Terrible Cause

I believe in the great man theory of history because the good man theory of history is so obviously false
Date Due

The most surprising aspect of the… though perhaps it shouldn’t have b… was the amount of paperwork it gen…
Bad Things Happen to Good People and Good Things Happen to Bad People Because We Have Divided the World into Good and Bad People When, Instead, We Are All God’s People

One interpretation holds that the… And the Tree of Knowledge of Goo… Are one and the same tree Which makes sense to me Since when Adam and Eve decided t…
I’m Afraid You Don’t Understand. But I’m Not Afraid.

Once again, we find ourselves unable to avoid asking– Why do so many people hate Jews to the point of wanting to see the… But let’s refine the question,
It’s a Slow Process, It Costs a Lot of Money, and It Involves a Lot of Drudgery, but in the End, You Get to Be Alone with Your Clone

Imagine all the things They wouldn’t allow If they were invented now Anything fast: No motorcycles
If “The Sun Is a Huge Glowing Sphere of Hot Gas”, Then All Light Is Gaslight

No one wanted to wear augmented reality goggles until our design team hit upon the idea of making them look
No One Expects the Umpire Calling Balls and Strikes to Be Right; They Just Need Him to Be Consistent

We are all of us unreliable narrators Some of us just make a living at it
“Anger leads to hate”

You’re only a real materialist If you demand that believers Do the impossible And then get angry When they prove you wrong
Life’s a Beachhead

You will find The courage to be great If you first Dare to be grateful
Center of the Multiverse

I finally realized that when Smokey Bear says Only you can prevent forest fires Only I really believe him
Greed Is Could

1. Make so much money you could he… 2. Remind yourself that “there’s n… 3. Tell yourself you need to feed… 4. Eat like kings



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