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# a/b test the world
- URL: https://herr-klamm.ghost.io/a-b-test-the-world/
- Published: 2026-07-13T10:38:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T12:25:49.000Z
- Author: Stephen Bender

a/b Am I being fair to city people? No. Do I have a chip on my shoulder? Yes. Do I want to go to a city again larger than San Francisco? No. Do I want to go to San Francisco again? No. Did San Francisco change for the better since 1998? No. Was San Francisco always evil? Yes. Was it better during the 1960s? Yes. Was it good then? No. Was the counterculture good? No. Was the counterculture just a different form of selfishness? Yes. Was it a true rebellion? No. Was it seeking power for the people? No. Was it seeking power for it's leaders? No. Did it actually have an honest point? No. Wasn't it against the war? Yes. Was that the real reason for it? No. Did people just want to do whatever they wanted? Yes. Was that the real motivation behind it? Yes. Wasn't the real motivation Civil Rights? No. Was it just self-seeking under a new guise? Yes. Didn't it liberate women? No. Didn't it give women more rights? No. Did it give women the opportunity to fight for their own rights? No. Were women always fighting for their rights and the counterculture latched onto it? Yes. Was it sexist? Yes. Was it hypocritical? Yes. Was it honest? No. Was it different from the existing society? Yes. Was it better than the existing society? No. Didn't it help black people be free? No. Did it provide a context in which black people themselves could fight for their freedom? No. Were black people always fighting for freedom and then the counterculture latched onto it? Yes. Were the Articles of Confederation a good idea? No. Was the Constitution good? No. Was the Declartion of Independence good? No. Was the Bill of Rights good? Yes. Was that the only good thing about the Revolution? No. Was it a revolution? Yes. Was it a real revolution or the imposition of settler colonialism over innocent people? Yes. Should America have been founded? No. Is it evil? Yes. Is every country evil. No. Are most countries evil? Yes. Are the American people today evil? Yes. Were the American people always evil? No. Were they evil in 1977? No. When did they become evil was it after 9/11? Yes. Were they evil when the New Deal got through? No. Were they evil in 1860? Yes. Were just the people evil in 1787? No. Were they themselves victims of persecution? Yes. Did they kill all the native Americans eventually? Yes. Are they monsters? No. Were their leaders sometimes monsters? Yes. Was the British Empire evil? Yes. Worse than Nazi Germany? Yes. Was the Spanish Empire more evil than Nazi Germany? Yes. What about the Mongols? Yes. Did these empires kill more people than the Nazis? Yes. But what about the technique, the gas chambers, isn't that diabolical? Yes. Isn't it the most evil conception ever devised to kill people? Yes. Why isn't it the worst thing ever, is it the relative numbers? Yes. So, the technique is irrelevant? No. But the numbers are the numbers? Yes. Do the Jews run everything? No. Do 'the jews' run anything? No. Do certain capitalist billionaires have disproportionate influence over American forgeign policy vis-a-vis Israel? yes. is that bad? yes. is it going to help israel in the long run? no. will they themselves destroy israel one day? yes. will the israelis themselves destroy themselves? yes A civil war like back in the day? yes. israel will disappear? yes. like the crusader states? yes. will the jews of israel all be killed? no. will many end up abandonning it? yes. and then the ultras will run it into the ground? yes. will iran be a great power? it is a great power already; always was. is it written in the stars? yes. will america be destroyed one day? yes. is that written in the stars too? yes. Will it happen soon? no. will it happend one day? yes. will I live to see it? no. will my niece and nephew live to see it? yes. will it be a nuclear war? yes. how do you know, when? 2077\. that's just 100 years after i moved here? yes. that's a fake number? yes. you have a negative appraisal of humans? yes. is it objective? no. will the environment collapse? yes. will i live to see it? no. will my niece and nephew live to see it? yes. what year? 2066\. did you just subtract 11 from 2077? yes. you don't know the date? no. why do you have a bad attitude? look in the mirror fool. Is the British Empire the most evil empire in history? Yes. Worse than the Mongols? Yes. Is it because it was everywhere and lasted longer? Yes. So, the British are the worst ever? Yes. Do they have a good reputation due to their manners? Yes. People like the queen? Yes. Why do Americans of all people love the queen; are they stupid? Yes. Aren't they just ignorant? No. Are 50% of them stupid? No. Are 40% of them stupid? No. Are 35% of them stupid? No. 30%? Yes. It says that 55% of Americans can't read at an 8th grade level; are they stupid? No. Are they ignorant? yes. are they lazy? yes. is it their own damn fault? yes. should the government help them? \[pause\]. Should they take care of themselves first and then ask for help? Yes. Is that good for their dignity? yes. is free money smart? no. is the american welfare state generous? no. should we have social democracy? no. should we have anarcho syndicalism? no. should we have something else? yes. should we live up to the best ideals of our founding documents? yes. should we ditch the filibuster? yes. should we make all campaigns publically financed? yes. should we save the earth? yes. is it worth it? yes. can we do it? no. do you know that for a fact or are you just claiming that? it's a fact. you don't know that? yes, i do. how could you 'know' it? i surmized it many years ago; and so did you. i'm not certain of this? yes, you are. i'm trying to be optimistic, is that dumb? yes. how should i spend my vacation? working. i want to relax also, how about working 3 hours a day? no. how about working half the day and relaxing half the day? yes. Do you get sick of me asking these things? no. do i do it too often? no. how many times have i done it? twice. should I do it again? no answer. have i figured out life? yes. have i figured it out for anyone else? no. should i write? yes. why? you enjoy it. should i sell books? yes. why? you enjoy it. is it because the money is good? no. is the money good? yes. anything else we should know? be kind. what about my responsibilities? what responsibilies? what i owe my family? you've done what could be done. isn't that sad? yes. should i try again, but later? yes. what about my mom? she's got this. how do you know? because she's quiet. it scares me. remember what she said. 'take care of yourself. i love you.'

we used to play this every christmas. it breaks my heart, in the best way, under the best of circumstances. it is so beautiful. it makes me hate germany so much.