Litany against decaffeination

The Litany Against Decaffeination.

The Litany against decaffeination (also known by its first sentence, I must not decaffeinate) is a parody of Frank Herbert's Litany against fear.

The Litany

The complete text reads:

I must not decaffeinate. Decaffeination is the mind-killer. Decaffeination is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my decaffeination. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the decaffeination has gone there will be a steaming hot cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Only the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and I will remain.

Shortened version for social media:

I must not decaffeinate

Decaffeination is the mind-killer

—I will face my decaffeination—

Where the decaffeination has gone there will be a steaming hot cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

Only the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and I will remain

Litany against fear

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

-- Frank Herbert

https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear

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  The Treachery of Substances is a short documentary film by René Magritte and Jerry Stiller.

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  June is a novel by Frank Herbert 1.1 (as told to OrbGazer).

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  "Hamiltons all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite comic regress involving actor, director, teacher, and poet Allen Hamilton Bates.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Hamiltons all the way down
• June
• Litany against Minnesotan
• Spice-Lord
• Such a fine line between drinking coffee and not drinking coffee
• The Treachery of Substances

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Frank Herbert (nonfiction)

External links

• Dune (2021 film) @ Wikipedia
• Dune (2021) - trailer @ YouTube
• Paul uses The Voice for water @ YouTube
• Enter Baron Vladimir Harkonnen @ YouTube
• Dune: Part One (2021) - Baron Harkonnen Bath Scene @ YoUTube
• The Emperor has spoken @ YouTube
• "How does it feel to walk on a new world?" Atreides arrive on the dune planet of Arrakis | DUNE 2021 @ YouTube
• Paul and the palm trees @ YouTube
• I Should Have Married You | Will You Protect Paul? @ YouTube
• Hunter Seeker Assassination Attempt @ YouTube
• Bene Gesserit arrive on Caladan @ YouTube
• Gom Jabbar Scene @ YouTube
• The Box @ YouTube
• Baron and the Reverend Mother discuss the demise of House Atreides @ YouTube
• Fremen meet with House Atreides @ YouTube
• Reverend Mohiam uses The Voice on Paul @ YouTube
• Integrity of the suit @ YouTube
• The Spice Harvester Scene 1/2 @ YouTube
• Sardaukar : The Emperor's Blades : Dune 2021 @ YouTube
• Wonderful kitchen - Dune (2021) @ YouTube
• Lady Jessica uses the Voice on Harkonnen soldiers @ YouTube
• Kwisatz Haderach awakes @ YouTube
• Paul and Jessica prepare to enter the desert as Leto lies dying @ YouTube
• Paul's Vision with Chani after the Sand Worm experience @ YouTube
• Meeting Paul Atreides face to face with a sandworm @ YouTube
• Facing the Sandworm @ YouTube
• Thumper @ YouTube
• Stilgar attacks Lady Jessica @ YouTube
• Sardaukar eaten by sandworm @ YouTube
• Sardaukar vs Fremen Ambush Scene @ YouTube
• End fight scene YouTube

• Lady Jessica | I will remain @ YouTube

• Timothee Chalamet replaced by Elmo in Dune @ YouTube

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (3 July 2024) updated image
• Post @ Twitter (9 May 2021)
• Blog post @ Boing Boing