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My Tagline

Daily writing prompt
If humans had taglines, what would yours be?
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My tagline would be ‘a simple woman’, which is meant with a bit of irony. For example, I think I’m very simple. I’m a Quaker, which is almost the definition of simple. I live an ordinary life. Simple, right?

My friend Les (rest in peace) thought I was anything but simple. I suppose, what with my active spiritual life, my bipolar disorder, and my musings about the world, I am anything but simple. One might even say I’m complicated. I don’t think so.

I wish I had a better tag than that. But “mostly harmless” has already been taken.

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Mostly Harmless

Daily writing prompt
If humans had taglines, what would yours be?
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If I had a tagline, it would be the tagline for humans in the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which is “mostly harmless”. I’m pretty innocuous, being almost 60 and overweight and thus doubly invisible to the general public. I write relatively light romantic fantasy (If I weren’t female I don’t know if it would register as romantic at all, given gender biases). I have a silly sense of humor. My only vice is sweets.

I didn’t say entirely harmless. That suggests there is some small fragment of dangerous in me. After some soul-searching, I’d have to say that it’s my ability to argue. I have logic, metaphors, and a great bullshit detector on my side.

I consider my ability to argue dangerous because it can change minds. Sometimes. There are some people who don’t want their minds to be changed, who cling to falsehoods and spurious sources. They want to argue to convince themselves they’re right. I will find the truth in their statements and abridge my arguments, and if they’re right, I will change my mind.

Truth is dangerous. This is why little old me is “mostly harmless”.