Episode 27

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26th Aug 2025

Modern Censorship, Word Policing, and Tyranny in America EP. 27

The Hidden Cost of Speaking Freely in Modern America

Hello, Earnest Mann here! In this episode, I explore what it means to speak the truth in a society that claims to value free speech—but punishes it in practice. Inspired by a conversation with my friend Roy, a former sociology professor, I unpack how modern censorship, word policing, and cultural schizophrenia are strangling real conversation and personal freedom.

Why Speaking the Truth Is No Longer Safe

I begin by comparing today’s America with the 11th-century Catholic Church, where dissent could lead to death. While you may not get burned at the stake today, your life can still be socially and economically destroyed for expressing unpopular truths. I’ve seen this happen up close—cancel culture isn’t just a buzzword; it’s real, and it's devastating.

Tyranny Through Language Control

Referencing Aristotle, I examine how masculine republics transform into feminine democracies, eventually succumbing to tyranny. That tyranny emerges when people are forbidden to speak plainly—especially for reasons so absurd, they insult intelligence. And yet, it’s our new reality.


The Fool’s Errand: Deception by Design

I explain how society keeps us distracted through false promises, endless distractions, and celebrity obsession, siphoning our energy through emotional manipulation. Evil isn't always dramatic; often, it simply lies with a smile, sending us chasing after meaning in places it knows are hollow.


Advanced Perception and the Power to See Clearly

Thanks to Sapion Analytics, my practice of advanced perception, I see what’s happening. But can you? That’s the question I pose to you. This isn't paranoia—this is awareness. And awareness is power.


The Call to Escape Mediocrity

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Transcript

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Imagine

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this. You are on a sailing ship at sea.

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You have been looking for a small island

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that allegedly is perfect for living.

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But I'm going to tell you why it's not.

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Hello, my name is Ernest. Welcome.

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I was having a conversation the other

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day with an old friend who was a

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sociology professor at a well-known

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university. He wishes to remain

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anonymous for reasons that will soon

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become apparent. So, we'll just call him

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Roy.

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I've always considered Roy extremely

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interesting to talk to, and I have very

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much appreciated the fact that he has

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always supported my ideas on Sapion

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Analytics, aka advanced perception.

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But what we discussed just recently,

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what I was able to get across is truly

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enlightening and also terrifying.

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I believe that what I'm about to tell

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you will only get across effectively

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through historical example. I'm going to

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mention some religious historical facts.

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So, if you're religious, don't get a B

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in your bonnet over this. As I said,

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it's for illustrative purposes.

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If you were living anywhere that the

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Catholic Church had a very strong grip

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on society in the 11th or 12th century,

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you really needed to mind your tongue.

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At least your thoughts and statements

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get you branded as a heretic, which

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could bring a great deal of social,

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financial, and physical harm upon

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yourself, such as being burned at the

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stake. Definitely not pleasant.

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But what if I told you currently in

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America, you can speak your mind only to

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a certain extent?

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Because even though at least in America,

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you can somewhat speak your peace and

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you're not going to be crucified, burned

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at the stake, or beheaded. True,

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but you can have your life andor your

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family's life completely destroyed by

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speaking. And I know this to be an

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absolute fact because I have witnessed

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such destruction personally many times.

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This is why Aristotle said over 23

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centuries ago, masculine republics give

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way to feminine democracies and feminine

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democracies give way to tyranny.

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This is the reason why America as well

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as the UK have become nations of

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violence, corruption and indifference

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because this is the fruit of tyranny and

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tyranny is exactly what happens as a

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consequence of word policing.

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And nothing destroys a society, which in

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turn destroys a nation

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faster than curtailing and controlling

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language, especially for the most

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idiotic reasons imaginable.

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If I may give you just one more very

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short illustration.

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You've signed up to be a crew member of

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an adventuring ship during the age of

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sail.

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You are told that there are two primary

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rules which you must always obey.

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First, if you discover significant

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flooding or anything else which could

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seriously threaten to sink the ship, you

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must report it to the captain

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immediately or be hung.

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Second, if at any time you report to the

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captain that you have discovered

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significant flooding below deck and that

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the ship is seriously threatened with

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sinking, you will, without further

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questions or argument, be hung.

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What I just described is a perfect

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description of schizophrenia.

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Welcome to America.

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This is the living reality that the vast

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majority of us, myself included, find

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ourselves in.

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The difference with myself, however, is

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because I have incorporated the practice

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of advanced perception to such an extent

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in my daily life. I am fully aware of

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this situation. But the question you

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should be asking yourself right now is,

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was I

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You see what this is comes down to being

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on a fool's errand which is being

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produced by evil intent.

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At this point I just want to reiterate

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that as far as this subject is concerned

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even though I would very much like to I

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cannot at this time speak in simple

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direct language.

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This is the reason I speak so obliquely.

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Not that I'm trying to be annoyingly

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pretentious. I'm trying to protect my

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own life.

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So, where the hell was I? Oh, yeah. Evil

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fools Aaron.

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There is evil. And because it is evil,

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it lies to you. It doesn't care about

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you whatsoever.

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It only cares about itself. But in order

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to get what evil needs, which is your

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life force, it has to pretend to care

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about you. Sometimes going to great

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lengths of deception, depending on the

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level and brightness of your life force

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to get that life force.

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And this is what I keep explaining to

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the point of sounding like a broken

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record. I wonder how many of you get

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that joke because you won't get the joke

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if you don't even know what a record is.

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Anyway,

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one of the many things the evil does is

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sending you on continuous and

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neverending fool's errands, knowing full

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well that what it is you seek is not

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there or any of the other places evil

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puts forth with very definitive

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language. Meanwhile, evil is taking from

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you exactly

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what it wants.

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So with all this in mind, I'm announcing

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that I am in the process of forming a

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group or society, if you will, of those

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possessing the desire to escape an

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otherwise dull and mundane existence and

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engage in something they personally

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could never have imagined for

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themselves.

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You see, when a situation has become

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extremely unpleasant,

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that can be anything from a person

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you're living with, your neighborhood,

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or your nation. You basically have two

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potential choices.

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You can try to correct the problems with

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that situation wherever and whatever

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that may be. And if that is not

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possible, you must leave. And assuming

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you're not being emotionally or

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psychologically held against your will,

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the very next question which should come

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to mind is where the hell do you go?

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Now, please bear in mind I'm not talking

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about a situation where you want to get

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away from your lover. So, you're

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temporarily willing to live with friends

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or family, assuming they will have you,

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or you live in a crappy neighborhood or

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perhaps even a crappy state, and you

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really just want to get out of there.

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This is not what I'm talking about. What

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I'm talking about is a person who is not

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otherwise in a crisis mode situation.

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but a person who is simply just very

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tired of and disillusioned with the

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modernity of contemporary American

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society which has mainly been

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conditioned to the point of endless

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celebrity obsession. A breaking news

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story that urgently informs us if and at

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what time Taylor Swift farted or if the

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Menendez brothers are actually going to

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get parole.

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If I could just take a moment for this

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pitch. Here's the amazing and incredible

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No, seriously, it it holds a a lot of

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ramen noodles.

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I'm talking about the kind of person who

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empathizes with me in absolutely

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detesting that seemingly endless parade

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of self-absorbed

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nothingness vacuum people who constantly

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whine and moan. usually in a fetal

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childlike position with those sweaters

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that go halfway up their hands,

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complaining about their inability to

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feel anything.

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Want to feel something? Here's a

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suggestion. Find yourself a very long

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and steep staircase. go to the top and

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throw yourself down that staircase.

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Assuming the angle and length of the

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staircase is sufficient, I can

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practically guarantee you when you reach

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the bottom,

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you'll be feeling something.

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Well, that's all I've got for today. I

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hope you found this helpful or

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interesting.

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And if you have any questions at all,

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you can reach out to me via my website

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link in the description below.

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And if you really want to give me a

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compliment, telling a friend about the

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show would be the best compliment you

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could ever give me. Until next time,

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this is Ernest and I usually always am

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Stephen Cobb

As I don’t wish to presume you have all the time in the world, here’s just a tiny little bit, about the Earnest Mann you’re reaching out to…..

I’m just a relatively normal man, I say relatively, considering all that life has put me through… so far.

In the shortest possible terms, I believe it would be extremely difficult, for anyone to have experienced all that I have in life up to this point, and not be expected to show some signs of physiological and psychological wear and tear as a consequence of those experiences.

Yet because of those experiences, are what produces something that simply cannot be bought or learned at University... character.

A very good lady friend of mine, once described me much like a well-old catcher’s mitt, used... but well oiled, comfortable and dependable to the user…

Well, if that’s what some folks consider to be character, I guess I don’t have any damn problem, being compared to an old catcher’s mitt at all! Ha, ha, ha.

As far as employment and business, I’ve done it all. From being a deckhand on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea, – and almost dying as a consequence – to extensive experience, in the entertainment business, the restaurant/bar business, sociological research and sapient defense metrics to name just a few of my many life experiences.

Now, throw in a good deal of experiencing – and surviving – bizarre life situations, which I definitely would not have made it through, if not for utilizing my self developed Advanced Perception, and voilà, you end up with….well…. me, and sometimes, to be completely honest, sometimes, I was also very damn lucky! Hahaha.

So if your life’s not so great right now, or more accurately, if it’s gone to hell in a handbasket, reach out to me via the contact page below, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can, and we’ll see if we can’t make things better, perhaps, much better.
Until our paths fatefully meet friend, take care – Earnest.