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Revision as of 05:38, 24 October 2022
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
In the News
Spice-Lord is a 2021 science fiction comedy film about a zoologist (Chris Pratt) who discovers a new species of worm which excretes a hallucinogenic drug.
The Treachery of Substances is a short documentary film by René Magritte and Jerry Stiller.
June is a novel by Frank Herbert 1.1 (as told to OrbGazer).
"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