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K “Exist.”
J “Resist.”
K “Exist and Resist?”
J “Exist and Resist.”
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K “Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’26 . . . Exist and Resist. . . . If I could offer you only one tip for the future . . . Exist and Resist. You have been studying and partying and extracurricularing at a frantic and frenetic pace. Now is the time to . . . Exist and Resist. We are all anesthetized and lobotomized and desensitized. And do not realize it. Unable to act. Unable to think. Unable to feel. Unable to react. Unable to respond. Unable to able. . . . The Smarty Pants phone is not that smart. Spurn and reject and repudiate and put down your false lover – the Fondle Slab – and step back. Stand up; sit in. . . . Your fears are so well-founded; the saber-toothed tiger lurks everywhere and is on the prowl all the time. And breeding. . . . Read “Everything Is A Fight Today.” Please répondez s’il vous plaît. Oh, And Happy Solstice! (June 17, 2024) for a discussion of our plight and the fight today. Listen to Bob [Marley]. ‘Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our mind.’ Free your mind. Yourself. Live, love, learn. Exist and Resist. Go.”
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K “Wear sunscreen. Wear hearing protection; listen attentively. Wear chainsaw safety chaps; cut with care. Eat dessert: First. Learn to tie a bowline (and a bow tie). Stop, pause, think. Eschew fear. Transcend: Maintain FL 44; Make A Few Discrete Dives And Diversions To TPA (Traffic Pattern Altitude). Find the First Amendment. Plant a garden. Do something, anything (good). Exist and Resist.”
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J “Last year’s advice melds into this year’s advice. I exist, ergo I exist; I resist, ergo I exist.”
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[See the original “Sunscreen Column”, the Wikipedia article “Wear Sunscreen” and listen to “Everbody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”.]
[See the e-commentary at The Möbius Loop Of Stupidity, Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Incompetence, Indifference, Arrogance, . . . Oh, And Happy Thanksgiving! (November 25, 2019), Graduation Advice: Do Something, Anything (Good) (May 12, 2025), Graduation Advice: Plant A Garden (May 13, 2024), Graduation Advice: Find The First Amendment (May 15, 2023), Graduation Advice: Transcend: Maintain FL 44; Make A Few Discrete Dives And Diversions To TPA (Traffic Pattern Altitude) (May 16, 2022), Graduation Advice: Eschew Fear (May 10, 2021), Graduation Advice: Stop, Pause, Think (May 18, 2020), Graduation Advice: Learn To Tie a Bowline (And A Bow Tie) (May 13, 2019), Graduation Advice: Eat Dessert. First. (May 14, 2018), Graduation Advice: Wear Chainsaw Safety Chaps; Cut With Care (May 15, 2017), Graduation Advice: Wear Hearing Protection; Listen Attentively (May 16, 2016) and the advice to youth at Go East, Young Person (August 25, 2014).]
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Wear sunscreen. Wear hearing protection; listen attentively. Wear chainsaw safety chaps; cut with care. Eat dessert: First. Learn to tie a bowline (and a bow tie). Stop, pause, think. Eschew fear. Transcend: Maintain FL 44; Make A Few Discrete Dives And Diversions To TPA (Traffic Pattern Altitude). Find the First Amendment. Plant a garden. Do something, anything (good). Exist and resist.
I exist, ergo I exist; I resist, ergo I exist.
Act. Act up.
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