Theoretical Life
I first became aware of the “Theorem of Situational Shielding” while learning to drive. One of the corollaries to this theorem is âCar Glass is Opaque When Looking From the Outside Inâ. A short sit in slow traffic on any given day will demonstrate the concept. The woman belting out âDonât Cry for Me, Argentinaâ in the car next to you. The guy thoroughly cleaning out his nasal passages in the car behind you. The genderless idiot now ahead of you who daringly cut his wheel in the âDeath Blossomâ maneuver of precision driving so he can be ahead of just one more car. Itâs all done because the drivers involved believe that the power of Situational Shielding provides anonymity behind the wheel. They sit behind a one-way glass mirror of their own imagination, and so cannot be seen by anyone else.
The Theorem of Situational Shielding has other corollaries as well. The woman walking down the sidewalk who grabs the back of her jeans and yanks down that which is riding up into her crotch is a believer in âNo One Sees It if It Lasts Less Than or Equal to Two Secondsâ. The guy who cuts ahead of the line waiting to ask the Home Depot clerk in aisle 9 where something is believes that âItâs OK if They Donât Call You Out On It.â That, by the way, is the same corollary parents of young children depend upon when their progeny run amok in dining establishments.
The one corollary of the Theorem of Situational Shielding that weâre seeing a lot of these days is the âWords Have No Fixed Meaningâ corollary. This is sometimes restated as âI Can Get Out of Saying Something by Claiming I Meant Something Elseâ. This is the âwhy apologize when you can claim to be misunderstoodâ approach we see fairly frequently in the news these days. I was going to apply this to specific examples in politics, but I think Iâll cut my losses at this point. Feel free to apply the concept of âWords Have No Fixed Meaningâ to any specific political situation you feel appropriate. I already have.
Speaking of BS and related matters:
I see the wee Fart Cloud will be released upon the world this weekend. Three cheers for the little gaseous emanation!
this is great! did she sing it well at least?
and…GO Fartcloud!!! Yipee!
Considering your geographic area, I wonder if you could possibly be referring to this:
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(I hope I got the embedding right.)
The embedding I tried didn’t work. DD is kind of primitive in that way. Anyway, you can copy and paste this URL into your browser if you like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alO9asqx_g4
I like the way you think, Sal. 😉