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Spencer- You have elevated "Hello" and given it "status" way beyond its intrinsic value. Your listeners, I believe, know all your "Hellos" come from the heart and the manner of saying each one is fun but not all that important. I, for one, think that "a Hello is a Hello is a Hello" to paraphrase the famous "rose" comment. It was fun while it lasted but its okay to be all over now. :-)
You don't have to invent new ways to say Hello, so long as you avoid the default, worldwide habit of saying "Hi guys", which I hate. Just get to it. In radio every second counts. I was unaware of this buy/sell thing. Is it a thing? Is it like Etsy? Like medieval barter, neo-feudal co-op pre-civilization underground economy? Great. We're devolving. Another "dropout" idea. And so now they too have given in to groupthink, mindless conformity, and trying to elevate something which isn't elevated and isn't supposed to be. I'm not religious anymore, but I know fake religion when I see it. Chesterton warned us about this. But who didn't? Why do people leave the ground? Why isn't Earth enough? Why all the spaciness? Lack of sleep? My dog loved the world. He lived in the here and now. Why can't people be more like my dog?
Spencer- You have elevated "Hello" and given it "status" way beyond its intrinsic value. Your listeners, I believe, know all your "Hellos" come from the heart and the manner of saying each one is fun but not all that important. I, for one, think that "a Hello is a Hello is a Hello" to paraphrase the famous "rose" comment. It was fun while it lasted but its okay to be all over now. :-)
Try shalom one day
Never give in, cower to, or enable bullies:
It may be uncomfortable and may even hurt. But it can’t happen.
Never give in. Never give up!
You don't have to invent new ways to say Hello, so long as you avoid the default, worldwide habit of saying "Hi guys", which I hate. Just get to it. In radio every second counts. I was unaware of this buy/sell thing. Is it a thing? Is it like Etsy? Like medieval barter, neo-feudal co-op pre-civilization underground economy? Great. We're devolving. Another "dropout" idea. And so now they too have given in to groupthink, mindless conformity, and trying to elevate something which isn't elevated and isn't supposed to be. I'm not religious anymore, but I know fake religion when I see it. Chesterton warned us about this. But who didn't? Why do people leave the ground? Why isn't Earth enough? Why all the spaciness? Lack of sleep? My dog loved the world. He lived in the here and now. Why can't people be more like my dog?