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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 17 September, 2025 12:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Adrian Tymes <atymes@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Seemingly Conscious AI Is Coming<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 2:44<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>So how do you married fellers deal with that?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In my case, by having married someone who will not be offended by the honest truth from me, and who expects the honest truth from me. It's so much easier than having to lie to those you live with - and given as I need her trust and true advice on far more serious matters, it is best to avoid such lies to her.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marrying a true partner is not for everyone, but it's worked well for me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Adrian, well done indeed sir. Best wishes to you and your secure bride, as always.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I too once aspired to such lofty marital ambitions, but instead chose to marry young, well before the more matronly features of a woman’s body begin to stalk her with such universal determination and inevitability. But marrying young also has its advantages. As one of my biggest mathematical heroes Blaise Pascal poetically opined: The heart knows reason that reason knows not.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Of course lust figures into that equation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The pants/butt question does not arise often, but when it does, if one opts for the violent seizure strategy, I have discovered that if one can subtly arrange to get a serious concussion resulting in actual loss of consciousness or an injury serious enough to require EMTs and an ambulance ride, preferably with blood on the floor, these factors can add authenticity to your game plan, and may even cause her to forget the whole thing before you return from the hospital in a few days.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>As one adds years, new strategies become available. Consider a more recent one I employed to my success. As soon as one senses the question, it can be interrupted before the words “…look fat…” are even uttered. At that moment, a man must scream, and declear in a panic that his time-release Viagra has just kicked in, that it is a dire EMERGENCY, the kind where 911 cannot be of any use. Toss in “Help me, Wifey wan Ka-spicy! You’re my only hope!” (Spontaneous humor is always an asset, if you are good at that sorta thing.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This strategy does carry risk, for if you are then unable to come up with the necessary… hardware… to complete the ruse, if your scoring drive fails, that particular gambit can put you in a worse position than where you started, for now you have planted doubt and insecurity in her mind. You may hear that question again with renewed sincerity, even if she is not actually wearing pants at the time the dreaded question is repeated.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Proceed with caution, as you ponder the great mystery of how the hell we managed to wander so far down this bizarre memetic path in this forum, not particularly well-suited for this sorta thing. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Oh wait, retract that last part, I did that, never mind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>