it's going around these days.
it's NEW.
not sure if improved, yet.
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Posted to michael.silverton.palo-alto.ca.us
A fucked up kind of mutually respectful stalking
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Posted to michael.silverton.palo-alto.ca.us
Pens Like a Junkie
context isn't everything. it's the only thing.
except for everything else.
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WTF is a #MadScientistClown Anyway?
It's been brought to my attention that, apparently, the interwebz are still unfamiliar with the makeshift sociological archetype of #MadScientistClown even though we're surrounded by 'em! Especially in the most forward-accomplishing technology innovation circles.
Part #MadScientist: You know, we lock 'em in the basement like Brent Spiner in Independence Day; yet, we're utterly dependent upon them to tell us WTF to DO to fix our worst problems; especially when the shit hits the fan. Then, in return for their specialized eleventh hour ass-saving roles, which, like firemen -- only a billion times moreso -- save our bacon when we most need saving and then go back to "doing nothing" ... except staying fit and fully trained for the next time they need to save our bacon ... then, we marginalize, guffaw, ostracize, and isolate like any find upstanding family's Embarrassingly High Functioning, Mildly Autistic Polymath, right? Okay.
Part #Clown: You know, in a rodeo, those greasepaint-coated near-do-wells who ONLY put their very lives at risk in order to divert attention of the raging bulls and broncos who would like to put an end to us for daring to challenge Nature Itself in it's home arena. ("It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!") and all that rot. Or, in the circus variety, those Universal Pain Sponges who absorb all the discomfort and discontent of The Entire Crowd and transform it into antics that help us all Let Go Of Our Own Pain, if only for a little while. Then, in exchange for that liberating emotional catharsis, we relegate them to the social station of Loser Carny, and never give them the time of day; until they get back in Their Place; namely, acting as our own collective emotional toxic waste dump. Nice.
#MadScientistClown gets to be all of the above! Entertainer, Innovator, Goofball, Researcher, Ass-Saver at the Eleventh Hour when the Herd is Stampeding, and permanently "it" in that uplifting and existentially affirming Seventh Grade Playground perennial, Smear The Queer; which, admittedly needs further explication on Wikipedia to include the full-force gang tackle to the ground implied by "smear" in addition to the obvious reason for said smearing: being "queer."
Note: for those who hadn't noticed, yet, far too much of contemporary human society is frighteningly, functionally equivalent to a Seventh Grade Playground. That may be why we still have an ACLU, an EFF, etc.
So, for my own part, similar to supporting Boy With No Arms, People with No Water, and Old People that All Suck; I simply tend to side with the underdogs, I tend to identify with the #MadScientistClown archetype and agitate for greater inclusion and tolerance for Cognitive Diversity.
For instance, a #MadScientistClown might write things like:Most of the thoughts here are his [own] and not those of his employer. However, being the founder of his own company means he can say [whatever] the hell he likes. [Even recklessly Without Attribution, or Undaunted by Threat of Retribution.]
So, a #MadScientistClown is also -- how else can we put it -- just plain mav'ricky.
But as for my portion; blue skies, smiling at me; nothing but blue skies, do I see ... do you want to change it? -
Posted to my.phreadz.com
WTF is a #MadScientistClown anyway?
http://phreadz.com/x/ABQQPP1HRD/
For more information on how you too can become a #MadScientistClown (or realize that you've always been one) see http://tr.im/madscientistclown It's FREE! by : silverton
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