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RICCIARDO ‘EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE’ ON SIM AHEAD OF RED BULL TEST (x)

[wisedabarber]

March 23, 2020

All In All

A Spiritual Reflection

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By Simon P. Faison

Introduction

This is a pivotal time in human history. Where the choices of a select few (whether you believe its the so-called new world order or the superpowers) over the next few days and months shall, directly and indirectly, affect the shape of our very lives to its core.

Many of us now sit in a state of perpetual uneasy, worried about what tomorrow may bring or what new disaster the next news feed will bring cross our phone screens. Many are wondering if the government will pay lost wages to those laid off, will they help the small business owners who still have bills piling in pay they mounting dents, or is the economic recession they are talking about that is going to follow this really going to be worse or equal to the Great Depression?

Coming from a life that has experience some of the best and worst this world has to offer I can say this with a certainty that only years of experience and true study can teach you.

That when the winds of uncertainty sweep the world. It will not be the ones who first look outward and towards others for answers to the problems of the world, that will be able to rise above the chaos and survive in the coming storm.

It will be and always have been those who look first inward for answers to the fundamental problems of life. That is not only able to rise above the chaos and survive but are also able to drive the chaos back and lead humanity out of the darkness of despair of today and into the light of a better tomorrow.

Those are the ones who are remembered as sages, saints, prophets, and even revolutionaries. But what does looking inward have to do with solving the problems of our world?

Inward Looking

Now when I speak of looking inward, I’m not speaking of that inward-turning that makes one num to the world around them. Where the only thought is to self-service and self-preservation. This is a negative detachment from the world which is to the detriment of one's personal intellectual and spiritual well being.

The inward-turning or inward-looking of which I’m speaking of is of true inward-looking/introspection. Where you are not looking to drown out the world around by focusing exclusively on self to the point where the affairs and happenings of the world are only meaningful when they directly affect you or your perceived comfort. But when you looking truly inward past the false reality of this world and the manufactured reality of who you are perceived as but to the core of your very being and to the discovery of your true and immortal ”Self”.

This happens when you truly reflect on and ask yourself those tough questions like; who am I? why am I here?, Who is God? and just how can my life be better?

It is when you do this, true inward-looking, that you are able to tap into your true immortal ”Self”, known as your ”Higher Self. The human race has called this Higher Self many by things dependant on the culture and environment from the soul, Kia, chi, to Ba and countless other names. Though the names may be different the fundamental understanding was still the same. Our Bodies are but a shell the true essences of who we are is our ”Higher Self”.

Those Individuals and at times the human race as a whole, that were able to survive these moments in history and guide humanity through the chaos, did so by first doing by looking inward to finding the answers to the dilemmas that are within themselves first and tapping into their ”Higher School.”

The Higher Self

Why find the answers to the dilemmas within themselves first when the world around them is in chaos? To answer that it should be understood that the human body reflects the world around it.

Look at it this way when the environment around you is full of chaos and uncertainty your body reflects it within its self, in the forms of stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders as well as physical elements. And when you find yourself in an environment where it is stable and tranquil, your body then reflects this in the form of ease and relaxation.

The same also goes for when we look inward for the answers to survive the dilemmas facing the world. We must look inward first to face the dilemma within us then when we have settled those dilemmas within ourselves. Then we will be blessed with the wisdom to deal with the dilemmas of the world.

When we are truly looking inward and tapping into our Higher “Self”, we can't help but recognize that this same “Higher Self” that is when us is the same ”Higher Self” that is in the single mother who is trying to figure out how she will be able to work and watch her kids on a job that barely pays enough for her to even pay her bills, let alone feed her kids.

It is the same “Higher Self” that dwells in that old black woman at the supermarket, who when she was younger was spread by water hoses, beaten by police and attacked by dogs, for simply wanting to be treated with the same equal right and liberties as every other human being. Yet she will call the first white person she sees a cracker or a devil quicker than spit at them, without evening knowing anything about them.

And yes, it is the same also the same “Higher Self” within the rich man that knows every single tax loophole in the book and has enough generational wealth to ensure his descendants don’t ever have to struggle a day as he or his ancestors did. So he supports those who will vote on policies to protect his wealth. And feels that everyone should not let the circumstances of life hold them from achieving success, so he is against policies that make people dependent on the government instead of driven to rise above their circumstances.

The Lower Self

When you recognize this, it is then your looking inward turns not just you looking inwards to you into your personal being, the cloak if self falls away and it becomes a looking inward of all creation because you know, you are in All and All is in you.

And though one may understand the Universality of our ”Higher Self”, one must also recognize that there are a great many individuals who due to either; (a) where they are in their own spiritual journey or (b) the circumstances that have been thrust upon them by society. That the ”Higher Self” within them is engulfed and tired down by the fetters of Ego also known as the ”Lower Self” and is unable to recognize themselves as a part of the Universal All.

These are the individuals who are blown around by the chaotic winds of this world. They are dependent on those who they Lower Self tells them that have their personal best interest at heart to tell them how they should be and how they should act.

And then there are also those who intellectually know about the universality of humanity and all existence, but they have allowed their ”Lower Self” rule over their lives and turn a blind eye to the truth. This is because the ”Lower Self” refuses to acknowledge anything that will lower it's so-called sense of self-worth or make it acknowledge the self-sameness of others.

And though it is also recognized that those same individuals still are at their immortal essence the same ”Higher Self” like us and a dilemma they face is a dilemma I face, this is because we are fundamentally and spiritually the same being.

The All Is All

Everything in existence is but different aspects of one Supreme Being (God, Allah, Yahweh, Bondye, and Neberdjer, etc.) who is in all creation and in whom is all creation.

It is through this understanding we are able to come to the understanding of how by starting with a true inward-looking of themselves, that certain individuals and at times the human race were able to persevere and preserve through these pivotal moments in existence.

By first knowing, their true Divine ”Higher Self” as the ancient proverb states “Know Thyself”. Then through true self-mastery and discipline they were able to answer the dilemmas and questions within themselves. Then through actualizing and applying these newfound truths in their lives and through the guidance and teaching of others they helped them to also realize this True Divine ”Higher “Self”. This, in turn, leads to creation collectively gaining back rule from the fetters of Ego or the ”Lower Self” over the world and establishing the rule of the ”Higher Self” which through truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice leads creation to a new age.

Conclusion

This has been the path taken by all the great Sages, prophets, and messengers since time immortal. It was also the path taken by Gandhi, taken by Martin Luther King JR and taken by Malcolm X. Those who have walked this path have influenced and changed the course of the world time and time again.

So who is it in this generation and during these times of uncertainty will take up this path and yet again and lead this world through these dark days of chaos.

These are but the musing of a spiritual wayfarer who is still but sipping at the fountains of knowledge. May The God Of Your Heart bless and guide you to further enlightenment.

I leave as I came, With Best Wishes For Peace Profound.

[clevercase]

What is keyboard and its button information

After all What is pc keyboardThe You will need to have used the keyboard. Because when you have used a pc or a laptop computer then you will need to have used a keyboard on your typing. But there can be lots of you who don’t have full information in regards to the keyboard. So to know these publish keyboard information these Hindi individuals can be very useful.

If you already learn about Computer then you’ll have information in regards to the definition of keyboard in Hindi and why it is used. By the best way, let me inform you that we use pc keyboard to do information entry in pc. With this, we will additionally do typing with the assistance of it. So at the moment I assumed why not offer you full information about the kind of keyboard so that each one your doubts can be clear. Then directly let’s begin and know that What is a keyboard known as.

What is a pc keyboard – What is Keyboard in Hindi

The keyboard is an enter machine. It is primarily used to enter instructions, textual content, numerical information and different sorts of information in a pc. In order to work together with a person pc, enter units resembling keyboard and mouse are used.

After this, these entered information is transformed into machine language in order that the CPU can perceive the info and directions which can be coming from enter units.

How is the keyboard linked to the pc?

If we speak about time first then PS / 2 or serial connector was used to attach the keyboard with the pc. But if I speak about now, then USB (common serial bus) and wi-fi connectors are used.

It is now very simple to attach them. The drawback of Wiress Keyboard is that on this we now have to alter the battery once more and once more. Otherwise it is extra moveable than different keyboards.

Keyboard varieties – Types of Keyboard in Hindi

There are many various kinds of keyboard layouts that are manufactured based on area and language. Today I’m going to inform you about these varieties.

QWERTY: This format is used essentially the most on this planet and it has been named based on the primary 6 letters, which you’ll see within the earlier high row. It is utilized in nearly all nations. It is used a lot that many individuals suppose that this kind of keyboard is mehjud.

AZERTY: It has been developed in France, QWERTY format based on one other variation and is additionally thought of as customary French keyboard.

DVORAK: This format is designed to scale back finger motion in order that it may be typed extra rapidly and quick than QWERTY and AZERTY keyboard.

If I speak about now, then the keyboard which is used these days, They are largely ‘QWERTY’.

Keyboard button information

In the keyboard of a pc, many letters, numbers, symbols and instructions are positioned within the form of the button, and every of them belong to some particular class. So if you already know which class belongs to which key, then you may simply learn about their perform.

Some keyboards have particular keys, whereas others don’t, however all keyboards have the identical alphanumerical keys.

Alphanumeric Keys

All keyboards have a set of keys mehzud which is known as alphanumeric keys. This time period “alphanumeric” means both letters or numbers, however no symbols or command keys. These quantity keys are current in two totally different elements of the keyboard:

One on high of those letters and the opposite on the appropriate of those letters. These quantity keys which seem above the letters are double of the image keys. If you press the Shift button and maintain the quantity then no matter image can be in that quantity key can be typed. On the highest row of the keyboard, letters resembling “Q, W, E, R, T and Y” That’s why the keypads in cellphones QWERTY Keypads They say

Punctuation Keys

Punctuation keys are called those which relate to punctuation marks. For example, “comma key,” “query mark key,” “colon key” and “interval key.” All these keys are located on the right side of the letter keys. Just like the number keys, if you hold the punctuation key and press shift then you can use another function.

Navigation Keys

In the keyboard, navigation keys are visible between letter keys and numbers keys and they are also to the right of the keyboard. Navigation keys mainly consist of four arrows: up, down right and left. These keys move cursor like a mouse in the display screen. With this, you can use these navigation keys to scroll the website history.

Command Keys and Special Keys

Command keys are called those keys that give commands such as on “delete,” “return” and “enter.” It depends on your keyboard whether there are special keys in it or not. For example, for lowering the volume up, for moving videos back and forth. The other special keys are “caps lock key,” “shift key” and “tab key.”

Types of Keys

Here, I will give you information about different types of keys in the keyboard and will also tell about their use. In a normal keyboard, the keys are divided into the following six categories based on function. Whose description is as follows.

Keyboard picture

1. Function keys

Function Keys is at the top of the keyboard. These are written from F1 to F12 in the keyboard. Function Keys are used to perform a particular task. They have a different function in every program.

2. Typing keys

These keys are most commonly used. Typing keys include both types of keys (alphabet and numbers), collectively called Alphanumeric keys. Typing keys also include all types of symbols and punctuation marks.

3. Control keys

These keys are used alone or with other keys to perform a certain task. In a normal keyboard, most of the Ctrl key, Alt key, Window key, Esc key are used as control keys. Apart from these, the Menu key, Scroll key, Pause Break key, PrtScr key etc. are also included in the control keys.

4. Navigation Keys

Navigation keys contain Arrow keys, Home, End, Insert, Page Up, Delete, Page Down etc. They are used to move around in a document, webpage etc.

5. Indicator Lights

The keyboard has three types of Indicator light (indicator). Num Lock, Scroll Lock and Caps Lock. When the first light in the keyboard is lit, it means that the Numeric Keypad is turned on, and if it is closed it means that the Numeric Keypad is off. Secondly, light indicates to us about Uppercase and Lowercase of letters.

When it is closed, the letters are in lowercase, and when it is moving, the letters are in uppercase. The third, known as Scroll Lock. This indicates to us about scrolling.

6. Numeric keypad

We can also call them Calculator keys, because a numeric keypad has almost the same (some extra) keys as a calculator. They are used to write numbers.

How many buttons does the keyboard have

Key / Symbol Explanation Windows PC keyboards have a Windows key that looks like a four-pane window Command Apple Mac computers have a command key. Menu PC keyboards also have a Menu key that looks like a cursor pointing to a menu. Esc Esc (Escape) key F1 – F12 Information about the F1 through F12 keyboard keys. F13 – F24 Information about the F13 through F24 keyboard keys. Tab Tab key Caps lock Caps lock key Shift Shift key Ctrl Ctrl (Control) key Fn Fn (Function) key Alt Alt (Alternate) key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key) Spacebar Spacebar key Arrows Up Down Left Right Arrow keys Back space Back space (or Backspace) key Delete Delete or Del key Enter Enter key Prt scrn Print screen key Scroll lock Scroll lock key Pause Pause key Break Break key Insert Insert key Home Home key Page up Page up or pg up key Page down Page down or pg dn key End End key Num lock Num lock key ~ Tilde ` Acute Back quote grave grave accent left quote open quote or a push ! Exclamation mark Exclamation point or Bang @ Ampersat Arobase Asperand At or At symbol # Octothorpe Number Pound sharp or Hash £ Pounds Sterling or Pound symbol € Euro $ Dollar sign or generic currency ¢ Cent sign 4 Chinese / Japenese Yuan § Micro or section % Percent ° Degree ^ Caret or Circumflex & Ampersand Epershand or And * Asterisk mathematical multiplication symbol and sometimes referred to as star. ( Open parenthesis ) Close parenthesis – Hyphen Minus or Dash _ Underscore + Plus = Equal { Open Brace squiggly brackets or curly bracket } Close Brace squiggly brackets or curly bracket [[ Open bracket ] Closed bracket | Pipe Or or Vertical bar Backslash or Reverse Solidus / Forward slash Solidus Virgule Whack and mathematical division symbol : Colon ; Semicolon “ Quote Quotation mark or Inverted commas ‘ Apostrophe or Single Quote < Less Than or Angle brackets > Greater than or angle brackets , Comma . Period dot or Full Stop The Question Mark

Some of the primary management keys and their utilization

1. Esc key Esc key is used to cancel any at present working job. Its full identify is Escape Key.

2. Ctrl Key The full identify of Ctrl Key is Control Key. It is utilized in Keyboard Shortcuts.

3. Alt key Alt key is full identify Alter Key, it is additionally utilized in Keyboard Shortcuts.

4. Window Logo Key This key is used to open the Start Menu.

5. Menu key The Menu Key works equally to the mouse’s Right Click. It opens the choices associated to a particular program.

6. PrtScr key This key is used to take a picture of a pc display.

Use of Navigation Keys

1. Arrow keys There are 4 Arrow Keys – Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow and Right Arrow. They are used to maneuver cursor and webpage within the path of Arrows.

2. Home Key Home Key is used to convey cursor to the start of a doc. With this assist, a Webpage and Document can come without delay.

3. End key The End Key is used to convey cursor to the top of a doc. With the assistance of this, a webpage and doc can go down without delay.

4. Insert Key The Insert Key is used to show Insert mode on and off.

5. Delete key The Delete Key is used to delete the textual content after Cursor, the chosen textual content and information and folder.

6. Page Up Key The Page Up Key is used to maneuver the Cursor and a web page upwards.

7. Page Down Key The Page Down Key is used to maneuver the Cursor and a web page down.

Use numeric keypad

The numeric keypad is on the appropriate aspect of the keyboard. It has numbers from Zero to 9. Along with it, there are additionally signal of addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and decimal signal.

Numeric Keypad is used to put in writing numbers. These numbers are additionally positioned elsewhere within the keyboard, however they are often written rapidly with the Numeric Keypad. Apart from this, Numeric Keypad will also be used like Navigation Keys. Num Lock have to be On to make use of the Numeric Keypad.

How many perform keys does the keyboard have?

Today’s conventional PC keyboards have 12 perform keys, from F1 to F12. There are 19 perform keys in Apple desktop pc keyboards, F1 to F19.

How many keys does a numeric keypad have?

Most desktop pc keyboards have a numeric keypad, and when you rely all of the numbers and symbols then there are 17 keys in it, whereas the Apple keyboard has 18 keys. Due to the small display of laptops, they often don’t have a numeric keypad.

How many quantity keys does the keyboard have?

A keyboard consists of 10 quantity keys, from 1 to 0.

How many alphabetic keys does the keyboard comprise?

A keyboard consists of 26 alphabetic keys.

How many symbols are there within the keyboard?

An English QWERTY keyboard has roughly 40 symbols (e.g., @, #, $, and% that don’t comprise letters and numbers) above 28 keys. This distinction is as a result of some keys have greater than two symbols.

How many rows of keys within the keyboard are mejud?

If we calculate from the start, then there are about six rows of keys. Three of those rows comprise alphabetic letters.

Definition of keyboard in Hindi

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[zhaoly]

this guy.. is annoying

i duod with him for a bit and it was like...... i mean that’s not the relevant part the point is HE NEEDS TO CHILL like it’s just he says things sometimes that are just like... he’s trying to teach me about the game and I’m like dude. I KNOW the fuckin game. like... i dont even know if he realizes how he’s coming off like that, and honestly I bet that he says these things because he perceives me as some girl who needs help learning the fuckin game and i’m like dude please stop...

he offered to give me VOD REVIEWS and i was like..................... no thanks......... and his response was “dont worry i like helping people” and i was like????? UR KIDDING RIGHT? YOU THINK I SAID NO CAUSE I THINK IT’LL BE TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR YOU??? FOR REAL??

i dont need ya goddamn help! holy... like dude.... I climbed from silver to dia last season like I KNOW how to play the fucking game........... like I don’t know if you noticed or not but I did finish at a higher rank than you so what kind of help do you think you can give me??? 

then i logged in yesterday and i mentioned how lulu is suddenly a top tier pick and this dude is like “I told you she’s good again”

and i’m like BITCH WHAT? BITCH WHAT? YOU TOLD ME? YOU DIDN’T TELL ME SHIT god DAMN I recognized this MYSELF not to mention that she JUST started getting popular, literally like a couple of weeks ago she was barely played.. i mean she was picked on occasion in pro play but not THAT frequently until recently when she jumped up in priority you honestly did not tell me squat... literally i was just catching up on lcs games today and jatt was like “yeah lulu was barely seen until like 1-2 weeks ago and is now top pick” and i was like SEE? LITERALLY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED LIKE EVEN JATT SAID IT LIKE OOOO MY GOD

and he just makes little comments like these here and there and i’m like.......... please stop trying to tell me what/how the game is going because i KNOW. i fuckin KNOW.

I also recognized that the recent/current meta is NOT for me so I decided to stop. you want me to break the game down for you??? then i will fucking break it down

1) snowball....... the game was so fucking snowbally. that made it SO hard for me as the support to do any shit when the rest of my team fell behind early. Like it just made it way way harder to do anything from behind. and the first tower gold was fucking ridiculous. i STILL feel like it’s too much even after they shaved off the 100g but that’s just me.

2) caster adcs.... i h a t e playing with caster adcs. everyone’s playing these goddamn lethality building caster adcs and it’s just jhin mf varus every fuckin game! my play style does not mesh with them at all and my lulu? my lulu hates em. I REALLY enjoy playing with aa adcs so much more, I play well with them and that’s probably also because I prefer playing those types of adcs myself so I’m more comfortable with them. unfortunately they weren’t meta & took way too long scale into relevancy w/ their needed stats being multiplicative and they simply existed as a walking bag of gold for literally every tank/bruiser/assassin.. so these long range casters w/ lethality were king

I also don’t like playing janna with those casters because I feel like janna is also better with aa-based adcs. shit’s a pain in the ass to play with casters!... karma might’ve been okay but i just wasn’t really feeling her, and I also felt she got outclasses in terms of lane poke by...

3) meta supports like malz and zyra.... lulu struggles into poke, janna even more so, but i wanted to hold out for after laning, however the game was already over like 90% of the time.. plus people don’t know how to fucking lane/trade with janna, i’m like you know we cant win that trade right???..... you know people don’t pick janna for her laning phase right??

i dont think janna is a bad pick in higher levels of play but where i was currently sitting + the different meta just made it not work. janna & lulu are more team dependent and i’ve found from personal experience that it gets SO much fucking easier once you reach a certain point and your team actually has the basics down and you actually have a team you can rely on.

ANYWAY.... the point is lane bully supps + casters = obnoxious as fuck PLUS the very snowbally meta just made the whole game awful to play for me, which is why i decided to stop for a while

4) also, riot’s balancing team is kind of garbage tbh. They release WAY overtuned items/champions and i’m just like the fuck? how did this shit EVER make it to live?? like are yall even reading the things you’re inputting or are you just closing ur eyes and smashing ur num pad? like honestly

they released some way overtuned shit in the recent months that they eventually nerfed and i’m honestly just like HOW DID THOSE THINGS GET RELEASED IN THEIR CURRENT STATE IN THE FIRST PLACE? oh also NINJA FUCKING TABI

they flew under the radar somehow but i recognized long ago that they’re fucking busted!! 30 armor + 12% reduction from aas?! for 1100 gold??!?!? DO YOU KNOW HOW CHEAP THAT IS.. you get a HUGE pile of stats for very little gold!!! LITERALLY I’VE BEEN SAYING HOW RIDICULOUS THESE ARE AND WHAT DO U KNOW? in the past week pros have started building them more incl them on fucking ezreal (ew i hate that guy) BECAUSE THEY’RE SO RIDICULOUS IN TERMS OF STATS VS COST LIKE COME ONNNNNNNN i said this months ago dude.. since the end of season 6 ive been talking about the sorry state of adcs and ninja tabi are just one of the reasons why..........

anyway.... like........ that was my super long league rant because like.. this dude was annoying me and like I KNOW how the fucking game works!!! i know how to analyze the fuckin game my dude & i did recognize a lot of these trends early on so please do NOT talk to me like u know better, once you can SHOW me you know better then come back AASDJFAS;LKFASKDFJ it’s just like “let me tell you about this thing even though you know about this thing” you know? that kind of attitude from guys just irritates me to no end

also it’s annoying because he bugs me to play and he wants me to play flex with him and his friends.... and i mean i think it would be good to get back and familiar with the game but also like ughhh can you leave me alone for like 5 secs.

i know it sounds like i really hate this guy but it’s just one thing that bugs me and he is like pretty nice it’s just i HATE being talked down to, like i REEEEEAAALLLLYYYYY hate it and that vod review thing really bugged me, so this is just bugging me disproportionately. it’s not like hes a mean or bad guy he’s just been kind of annoying recently, also just cause i’m annoyed doesn’t mean i’m above using him to climb if i need to, which hopefully i wont need to

it’s just like... can you talk to me normally instead of always trying to “””teach’”” me something??????????

[mrburger]

Pillowtalk

They come to.  The serial killer is still talking.

“All evidence would seem to suggest that there really are five personality traits, although we have no prevailing theories as to why or how.  There just are, as far as the evidence shows, five.  Five separate things--and I’ll explain what I mean by “thing” in due course--that affect us each differently, and that in turn literally produce affect.”

“What are you planning to do to us?” blurts the head in the navy pillowcase.

“PLEASE DON’T INTERRUPT HIM!” begs the straw-colored pillowcase.

The serial killer considers Navy’s question.

“To be honest,” shrugs the serial killer, “I don’t really have a plan, per se.  I like to improvise.  I like to,” he swims a single contemplative hand through the air, “go with the flow.”

“You don’t have a plan?  So why even do this?”

The serial killer does something terrible to the person in the straw-colored pillowcase, and the person screams.

“I know right?  Can you believe that hurts so much?”  

Straw makes worried noises.

The serial killer relishes.

Navy presses on.

“Ah, so you were saying something about there being five personalities?”

“Five traits,” the serial killer corrects. “Thirty-two is the number of personalities.  Sort of, that is.”  The serial killer makes a face as though he’s just said something mildly but intolerably inaccurate.

“Two to the fifth makes thirty-two,” Navy thinks aloud.  

“What’s that now?” the serial killer asks, distracted.

“So I assume each trait can measure one of two ways?  And with five traits per personality that’s ... two-to-the-fifth possible permutations, no?”

Navy waits for the serial killer’s reply.  

Straw, meanwhile, slumps forward and quietly wretches.

The serial killer goes to put down whatever he was holding before and picks up something else.

Since the serial killer doesn’t answer, Navy goes on.

“But you��ll never get me to believe there are only thirty-two personalities.  People quite obviously aren’t that simple.”

“Correct,” admits the serial killer, already on his way back with a new toy in hand.  “Thirty-two’s just a heuristic.  But the reasoning behind the thirty-two is actually quite fascinating, if you’ll hear me out?”

“PLEASE DON’T--” shrieks Straw all of a sudden.  But whatever it is, the serial killer has already done it.  There is a brief utterance of disbelief from Straw.  And then screaming.

“You see, personality inventories--in their current state--are comprised exclusively of straightforward questions about your habits, preferences, and values.  You have to answer in a yes-no-always-sometimes-no-answer kind of format.”

“You can say ‘no answer?’”

“You can say ‘no answer,’ whenever you want, however many times you want.   The test will still give you a score.”

“I see,” Navy nods.  “So you're grading on a percentile basis.”

“But that was quick!” laughs the serial killer.  He gives Navy a noogie through the pillowcase.  “You do know your maths, don’t you?  Yes it’s all percentiles, meaning no matter how you answer a proper personality inventory it can still measure your results against others.”  The serial killer punctuates the last few words with some sort of repeated, violent motion in Straw’s direction.

“But then how can there be just the thirty-two personalities?  Percentile scores work on a continuum that’s as finely graded as the num--”

“I was getting to that,” grunts the serial killer.  Straw begins to make choking sounds.

“Oh, that wasn’t the ‘fascinating’ part?”

The serial killer furrows a single eyebrow. 

“Beg your pardon?”

Straw’s choking sounds quietly intensify.

“I mean I’m genuinely interested.”

The serial killer considers this a moment, and then resumes speaking.

“Whether you answer always or never to a question--”

“Or ‘no answer,’” adds Navy.

“Or no answer,” the serial killer rolls his eyes.  

Straw begins to thrash weakly about.  

“Regardless of how you want to answer, each item on the questionnaire is designed to score only negatively or positively.”

“’No answer’ scoring nil, then?”

"Do try to keep up,” sighs the serial killer.  “Lots of positive scores add up to high percentiles, meaning you are quite ... whatever you are ... while lots of negatives mean you are possessed of strong antitheses.  Scoring low or high, in short, tells you something quite clear.  Scoring averagely, however--which, it should please you to know, is how you might score if you put only “no answer” for every question--tells you something altogether unclear.  Because none of the items is designed to score averagely.”

“Ohh, I think I get it,” says Navy.  "Some items will always be designed to detect extraversion, while others will always detect introversion.  If you’re somewhere in the middle, however, there aren’t any items that describe you, and instead it’s a matter of you just giving mixed or lukewarm answers or whatever.”

“--it only means you score higher on extraversion than half of all people your same age and sex,” the serial killer clarifies, needing something he is explaining to remain at least partly in his control. 

Straw has at some point gone still.

“So while it is possible to score 'averagely,’ on a trait,” Navy revises, “and while it is by definition the most common score to get, there is technically no such thing as an ‘average’ behavior, belief, or--what did you say?”

“Preference,” answers the serial killer, eager to hear Navy finish his thought.

“--or preference ... that describes ‘averageness.’”

“Instead it’s ...?” the serial killer leaves the thought unfinished so Navy can carry it all the way home.

“... more like you’re just as apt to behave one way as the other.  It means ... you’re flexible.  Right?”

“Close enough.  Though I prefer the word ‘unpredictable.’”

“Hm, me too, now you mention it.”

“Or wishy-washy.”

“Oo, good one.”

They both share a silence.  

Straw is probably dead.

“And so thirty-two...”

“Yes, yes, because,” the serial killer waves his hands, “I mean, you've figured that out, haven’t you?”

“Right.  Sorry.  So despite the percentile grading system, we can only really measure positive or negative indicators, and thus for any given trait in any given instance we’re only able to perceive a person as behaving, believing, or preferring, say, extravertedly or introvertedly.  There is no observable in-between-vertedly.  Meaning ... two possibilities for any given trait, times two again for each remaining trait ... five traits ... totals thirty-two unique, perceptible five-trait permutations, erm, personalities.”

“Excellent, and bonus points for alliteration, but isn’t there anything else you’ve figured out?” quizzes the serial killer.

“Hmm...” Navy thinks hard on it.  “No.  There isn’t.  Not from what I understand of what you’ve told me.”

“Are you sure?”

Navy feels the serial killer preparing to do something potentially unpleasant.

“Are you going to hurt me if I’m wrong?”

“Of course!”

“Ah, well in that case ... yes, I’m sure.”

The serial killer hesitates.  Then he doesn’t do the unpleasant thing.

“Good answer,” the serial killer admits.

“But you haven’t asked me a certain really hard question yet,” guesses the person in the navy-colored pillowcase.

“Which is?”

Navy laughs sadly.  “No, that’s not it either.”

“How do you know I have further questions to ask you?”

“Because you’ve asked me countless already!”

“And now you’ve guessed the hardest one?” the serial killer swoons.  “The very hardest one?  I must admit I’ve always wondered what it is, myself.  I mostly just go with the flow, as you know.”

"Right.  You like to ‘improvise.’”

“I do,” nods the serial killer, and then he suddenly does the unpleasant thing.  

The pain is more than could have been anticipated.  Navy needs a moment to process it.  It is difficult with the pillowcase.

“My turn to talk,” says the serial killer.  And talk he does.