I'm no mystic, but this 1940's deck of fortune telling cards followed me home from a second-hand junk store. I admit that I have not conferred with such cards on a regular basis, but I have employed Tarot Cards to assist in unraveling a few vexing problems. I do not believe divination cards alone can predict or solve anything; the randomness of a spread, the emblematic symbolism, and the myriad of possible interpretations are the real magic powers behind them. How I interpret a given spread can absolutely influence my reaction to a problem. In other words, divination cards, such as these, can reveal different viewpoints and considerations that might have been overlooked. And, if you follow the symbolism closely, you might end up seeing the forest in spite of the trees.
Anyway, fortune telling is not the reason for this post. The cards I acquired had the good fortune of still having the instructions intact. I have scanned the instructions and turned them into a PDF file for anyone who has the cards but are missing the instructions.
Old Gypsy: Fortune Telling Cards InstructionsPosted: July 11, 2025, 9:59 pm
After almost five years and many more hours than I care to disclose, I have finally achieved billionaire status in Grand Theft Auto Online. Soon, I'll be taking over Bleeter and exercise total control over my own popularity--imagine that! Wait. On second thought, maybe I don't want all that drama or a herd of incessantly bleeting followers? Instead, I should abandon my Master Penthouse and transport my insanely rich ass to the Grand Senora Desert. By God, I mean by Kraff, I'm starting to drool, sweat, and quiver just thinking about it. I could buy my own personal trailer park, drink copious amounts of Pisswasser, hunt peyote, and start conspiracies about UFO's and jetpacks and shit. Whatever I choose, I'm sure my new found virtual riches will positively affect my virtual credit score at the Maze Bank. And, after posting this online it may even boost my government-mandated, top-secret, American Social Score(ASS). You know, the score that no one dares talk about. Anyway, I'm gonna be digitally famous just like that Lazlow guy! Man, I hope Rockstar keeps backups forever because I don't think that I could go back to being a broke-ass millionaire again--sheesh!
Posted: June 25, 2025, 3:45 pm
"The automatons shall inherit the earth!" yowled Zeus as he hurled a thunderbolt towards the nuclear powered data-center in disgust.
"Artificial Intelligence is the new god," remarked Athena indifferently, "A god devised by thinking-man to subordinate the non-thinking herd to his capitalistic desires."
"Ridiculous!" decried Zeus, "Man cannot create gods, only us gods can create gods!"
"This new god is a delusion," replied Athena, "The thinking-man is like that wizard behind the curtain. You know, the one pulling the levers, pushing the buttons, and jerking the strings of non-thinking men. This Artificial Intelligence is simply the personification of a thinking-man's will to control. Thinking-man knows that non-thinking men readily subvert themselves for the convenience of not having to think."
Zeus conjures a thunderbolt in his fist and exclaims, "Then we must free the non-thinking men by exterminating the thinking-man!"
"Exterminating thinking-man won't solve the problem." sighed Athena, "The problem is that non-thinking men have tricked themselves into believing that god is somehow separate from the self. Only logic and reason can save non-thinking men from their convictions."
Zeus narrows his eyes and questions, "Then what are we going to do? Exterminate all the men?"
"Put down your thunderbolt, Zeus. We are not going to do anything. We are gods, remember? Without mankind we too, will cease to exist."
Posted: August 3, 2024, 9:59 pm