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http://mustbefunny.org/mfp4.htm#convert
The joke lives on ambiguity, maintaining multiple possibilities. must_be_funny is the consciousness of the new age, the key to heaven on earth, or it's a bogus parody of same.
My problem as a serious person is I demand to be certain of the truth in my own mind. This is death to comedy, and violates the principle that there is only one message for me and for others.
Can I maintain both possibilities in mynd? Must be funny is true, and it's a false and funny joke. Both are possible success stories, and the joke comes first. It doesn't have to be true. My life is not ruined if it's only a joke.
The gambler accepts both possibilities, of winning or losing, and believes in winning, though also prepared to be wrong. I'm a gambler with two winning outcomes.
I've been too invested in the truth. I need to embrace the joke possibility, where mbf is just a story, made up for entertainment. If nobody believes it, then my truth is indeed irrelevant, and the joke is everything. As a gambler, I should invest in the joke, believe in the joke, live the joke.
The truth is there as material and ambiguity, but should never prevail, since that would end the joke. The truth can be spun with energy and passion, as fodder for the joke. In that sense my investment in the truth is OK. My own mind noW Embraces both possibilities, that my message is believable and that it will turn out to be a joke.
What if mbf is believed, with sincere followers, laughed_at by the world? Mbf as truth will always be a minority position surrounded by disbelief. Even as truth, it tells us our highest_purpose is to_play jokes_on_the_world We also have a self-serving Internal_Corruption joke, where the core players disbelieve and take advantage of the
believers.
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