I, Human

As a "humans", I've only written once in the Humans community.

Funny that, isn't it? I mean it's not funny like Norm MacDonald's drawn-out joke here, but odd funny that I'd seen that community many times and scooted passed it. Others have written in it plenty of times, but not I. I mean, there's no rules, but as a human, it seems it's worth rectifying that omission. Or else I am playing against the bot-catching, Captcha style checks that regularly pass me as a human. Or something. (As further evidence of my humans-iness, I completely forgot that I had already written in Humans a while ago, so edited this piece accordingly to reflect that. As it originally said I had never written in the Humans community.)

I mean I feel human. Let's be clear, though, we don't even need to say that do we? I feel. Full stop, period. That looks so weird - "Full stop, period." If you read it replacing the symbols with their actual names. Full stop comma period full stop/period.

I love being a Humans. I also hate it. The burden and responsibility that comes with having one of the most advanced and powerful computers on the planet in my head. One that I regularly use for senryu rather than solving the worldwide problem of hunger and starvation. That's easy, though, to be fair. We just need to be nicer to one another, you know, more like the humans we are supposed to be.

I know there is red tape, disputes and border arguments that result in the killing of many millions of innocent lives...but come on...aren't we all just the same?

Most reading this, if I know my core reader group well enough, will already agree with me on that. Oversimplification it may be, but as humans we have a tendency towards overcomplication anyway.

Take this essay as an example. Completely flying from the seat of my pants, which is a phrase that always makes me smile, because I imagine pants (underwear, the British variety, not trouser, pants, like Americans).

Human beings impress and surprise and disappoint me on a daily basis. We have that innate ability to do all those things in quick succession as a species. Animals don't. Animals are quite predictable...even the more unpredictable species are still predictable in their unpredictability. You may have noticed I love repetition and the way things sound sometimes.

My good pal across the border, Dana Crandell, you've probably read his highly superior writings and if you haven't you should. Anyway, what was I going to say? Oh yes, in one of my recent pieces, sorry not sorry for the self promotion, Idealism/Pragmatism, I wrote "annuls" instead of "annals", and this was pointed out by Dana. The funny thing is that he pointed it out while suggesting my poem was an "interensting dialogue". Proving that even the mighty have their moments in the sin bin.

Humans. We are humans.

You see...this is the point that I just came up with for this rambled aimless mumblings. Hannah Moore highlighted that it's good manners to write comments that you actually write when you are reading someone else's words on this platform, rather than copying and pasting, like some unnamed asshole has been doing. She was far more eloquent and wrote it better. So read it.

I'd add to that... see, this is where the nice connective piece of tissue (tendon, ligament) comes into play. that it's just a good humanly thing to do. Like wiping your arse properly after emptying your bowels in the toilet (or using a bidet, if you are fortunate to have the undercarriage spray system in your abode).

I would also like to add that the following image does make it look like some messed up His and Her's toilet arrangement, but it's not. I mean... you do you. If you wanna take turns emptying bowels and then spraying water up there, switching positions on the dual thrones with your partner, then go for it! No judgement here.

Incidentally, Hannah is a writer you should already be subscribed to, and if you aren't, shame on you and your kin. Joke, but not a joke?

Also, the harbringer of death to AI and non-human content, Judey Kalchik deserves a shout-out - sorry for not including it sooner -

As a show of my "proud to be human" stance, I have written this in a stream of consciousness style, which is why it is aimless and like opening up my brain for a few brief moments and then running scared. Oh look squirrel. Oh look senryu idea.

Anyway, I guess I just want to say, keep up the good work, the actual humans on this platform that are always being supportive or writing their (hopefully, clean) arses off and bleeding onto their keyboards and phones.

Let the blood flow, proclaim to the world, what your heart know.

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Thanks, as always, for reading!

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