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         link: proverbs
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-A dog moving sideways is sick; a man moving sideways is drunk.  Thus if
-you want to be mindful of the movings of the universe sideways, become
-either drunk or sick.  By doing this you remove yourself from the
-equation, and are able to observe, without being observed, the universe
-as it dances sideways drunkenly.
-
-Shit wait.  The problem is not that by observing you are observed
-(although quantum mechanics may disagree[^1]), because obviously dogs
-don't know we're observing them when we watch them through cameras in
-their little yard while they play and eat and poop---who poops knowingly
-on camera?  The problem is *the actual act of observing that distorts the
-world into what we want it to be*.
-
-What I want to know is this: Why is this necessarily a problem?  The dog
-is made, by mankind, to frolic and poop and sniff and growl and dig.  Why
-cannot the man be made to observe the world incorrectly around him, and
-worry about it?  Men have always wandered about the earth; does it not
-make sense that also they should wonder in their minds what makes it all
-work?[^2] In fact this is the very center of the creative being: the
-ability to move sideways, to dance with reality and judge it as it
-judges you, much like teenagers at the junior prom.
-
-Of course, reality doesn't judge us back.  But that doesn't mean that it
-doesn't!  If you think it's judging you, then *observe in your
-surroundings your own insecurities*.  It is obvious that this way of
-doing things is far from vogue; usually projecting [inner pain][] onto the
-outer world is classified as pathology.  However, this is because it is
-assumed that the outer world is *on its own terms*, which it obviously
-isn't, as far as we know.  It follows that as [there is no backdrop][backdrop]
-against which to judge our quirks, the quirks must not exist.  Thus all
-is right with the world.
+A dog moving sideways is sick; a man moving sideways is drunk.
+Thus if you want to be mindful of the movings of the universe sideways, become either drunk or sick.
+By doing this you remove yourself from the equation, and are able to observe, without being observed, the universe as it dances sideways drunkenly.
+
+Shit wait.
+The problem is not that by observing you are observed (although quantum mechanics may disagree[^1]), because obviously dogs don't know we're observing them when we watch them through cameras in their little yard while they play and eat and poop---who poops knowingly on camera?
+The problem is *the actual act of observing that distorts the world into what we want it to be*.
+
+What I want to know is this: Why is this necessarily a problem?
+The dog is made, by mankind, to frolic and poop and sniff and growl and dig.
+Why cannot the man be made to observe the world incorrectly around him, and worry about it?
+Men have always wandered about the earth; does it not make sense that also they should wonder in their minds what makes it all work?[^2]
+In fact this is the very center of the creative being: the ability to move sideways, to dance with reality and judge it as it judges you, much like teenagers at the junior prom.
+
+Of course, reality doesn't judge us back.
+But that doesn't mean that it doesn't!
+If you think it's judging you, then *observe in your surroundings your own insecurities*.
+It is obvious that this way of doing things is far from vogue; usually projecting [inner pain][] onto the outer world is classified as pathology.
+However, this is because it is assumed that the outer world is *on its own terms*, which it obviously isn't, as far as we know.
+It follows that as [there is no backdrop][backdrop] against which to judge our quirks, the quirks must not exist.
+Thus all is right with the world.
 
 [inner pain]: telemarketer.html
 [backdrop]: philosophy.html
@@ -60,4 +50,4 @@ is right with the world.
 
 [^2]: I attempted to strike this terrible pun from the account, but
     Hezekiah demanded I keep it if he were to continue the relation of
-    his prophecy-slash-advice column
+    his prophecy-slash-advice column.