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Did you decode something other than Batshit Crazy? <br>
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I took my dog to the vet, suspecting congestive heart failure. The vet took some x-rays, and directed me to a cardiologist. Meanwhile he agreed to the usual treatment which worked. After waiting for an opportunity to see the cardiologist (now with a functioning
dog) he said it was a standard case after taking more x-rays and an echocardiogram.</div>
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My point is sometimes things are just as they seem to be. No fancy decoders needed and only time wasted sorting it out.<br>
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Marcus<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FriAM <friam@redfish.com><br>
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<div class="PlainText">Marcus' post hides my own response to your question. There is no good decoder. There is only a good choice of decoders, fit to purpose. Going back to Lovecraft, I used to live next door to someone who believed in the Illuminati, the bad
formulation, and the "12 men who rule the world". I'm confident he actually believed it because we had many many conversations over badly made margaritas watching the rafters go by on the river. His goal was to make just enough money to go off grid before
they recognized him as a threat.<br>
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When I'd talk to him, I decoded Lovecraft as a Freemason for the purpose of a) confirming his ideas just enough to get him to listen to me (e.g. there *is* something very much like the Illuminati) and b) show him that *some* of those guys aren't as Machiavellian
or as Evil as he may think they are.<br>
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But when I talk to my fantasy/sci-fi friends, Lovecraft is just a super-dork in the EA Poe, D&D, gamer, category.<br>
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You choose your decoder.<br>
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On 5/21/20 9:51 AM, thompnickson2@gmail.com wrote:<br>
> Are there circumstances in which Frank might have a better decoder of Glen's behavior than Glen have? Come to think of it, what is it to have a 'good' decoder?
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