$1,000 for Proof of Coherent Meaning
A Call for Evidence in Twelve Acts
In an age where language is monetized, weaponized, and algorithmically defanged, The Underground Mirror issues a rare challenge to the readers still capable of wrestling with truth unsupervised:
We offer a reward of $1,000 to any individual who can provide satisfactory, verifiable proof that they meet the following twelve conditions—not metaphorically, not aspirationally, but actually.
The Challenge:
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You know what you mean.
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You know what anyone else means.
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You know what everyone means.
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You know what anything means.
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You know what everything else means.
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You mean what you say.
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You mean what you mean.
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You mean what everyone else means.
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You mean what everyone else says that you mean.
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You can express what you mean.
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You know what it signifies, what you mean.
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You know what it matters, what it signifies.
This is not a puzzle. It is a test.
A trial by meaning.
A gauntlet thrown at the feet of postmodern exhaustion.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions may take the form of a written argument, diagrammatic proof, revelatory utterance, annotated silence, or any other medium sufficiently rigorous to withstand interrogation. (Submissions etched on stone tablets are not acceptable.)
All entries will be reviewed by The Mirror’s editorial tribunal and an indifferent cat named Spinoza. We will tolerate no weasel words, corporate euphemisms, or TED Talk syntax.
This is not a performance. It is an invitation to disarm.
Terms:
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If meaning is demonstrated, payment will be rendered in full.
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If failure is demonstrated, it will be published.
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If ambiguity persists, welcome to the fold.
Why?
Because someone, somewhere, must still believe that words are not just vapor.
Because coherence is now an act of rebellion.
Because language, like liberty, demands its witnesses.
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A journal of disobedient reflections.
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Note: Successful entries may destabilize your career, your worldview, or your ego. Read at your own risk. Meaning has consequences.
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