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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 23, 2022 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

“…the Triffids awake.”

 

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s (weakly) contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Once a week, since the dawning of the Age of Self-Reflective (current iteration of the Era of the Virtual World), we’ve been posting a list of then things, places and people that we could, at some later point in time, blame for inciting a state of gratitude*. This process is, fortunately, hypo-chronological, so, for instance, we can cite, in conjunction with Grat 8; Grat Number 6 (we also mentioned the acceptability of non-orderly ordinals, did we not?). We certainly hope so. Anyway, on with the list.

1) Phyllis (ever one should have an open-air home office)

2) Una (cool is as cool does)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine when was the last time, (not counting the previous 234), we said, ‘sine qua non‘?  ok 235

4) the Six Sentence Story the place for flash fictionae

5) serial stories: ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘, ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ and ‘Tales from the Six Sentence Café & Bistro‘

6) road-trips from back in the day that demonstrated/illustrated/pontificated on the manifestation of secondary aspects relative to one’s predominant worldview. This example: our own predominant clark(Outsider) worldview as affected by a strong, secondary scottian(Predator) aspect. (Very clarklike tourism: on our way home from Salt Lake City (Hey! Joe!) we stopped by in Denver, rented a car, drove to Estes Park. Tried to participate in a guided tour of the hotel, bailed after thirty minutes of a three two hour tour… went to the parking lot took the vid-selfie, got back in car, drove to airport. Made it home by the rules.)

 

7) Something, something

8) Friend of the Doctrine Kristi might be looking to get the old band back together. (The old band being the bloghop ‘Finish the Sentence Friday’) …stay tuned.

9) work is varied, challenging and available. A mature individual might say, “What more could you want from life?” (In our defense, we might add, as a coda, “Well, there is that.”)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (from the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules)

 

* from the French, au gratin; verb: to insist that even though one hates cheese, one should at least try it, one might be surprised…

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RePrint Ruesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 19, 2022 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

What say, as a theme to today’s obviously non-original content, we go with one of the first encounters we all had, as children going to school, with fact that the world of adults was, at heart, misleading. We refer to the moment the teacher says, “Alright class, this time you’ll grade your own tests.” The soaring jubilation gets as high as a scottian boy’s rubber band launched paperclip, or a rogerian lad’s paper airplane.

It, (the process of being both the taker of a test and the judger of the answers) was not what some us inner, pre-civilized (aka pre-school) children expected.

what I meant to say is clearly not what you think you heard

July 19, 2010

Monday.
Get the hell up.
You know of the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) and you will recognise at least one roger or one scott in your world today.
You will not approach this individual or otherwise make them aware of your knowledge that they are just like we talk about here.
You will do your best to maintain your composure, unless you are reading this with a friend and/or friends, in which case, listen to the clark among you.
When you spot your first roger, it will most likely be in an ‘organised environment’, ie.e school or work or any other place that you are compelled to follow certain guidelines as to your own activity.
Make a note of your first sighting (being extra careful if you are spotting a scott, do not, under any circumstance allow the scott to see you taking notes.)
If you are a roger (yeah, right!) do not allow other herd members to observe you doing anything that is out of the ordinary.
Clarks…you will have no trouble…unless you start to think that this Wakefield Doctrine will win the love of the herd or the backing of the scott.
When you have spotted the first, the rest will be easy.
Expect to make mistakes initially deciding if a person is a scott or (an aggressive) roger.
Don’t be concerned, it happens to the best of us at the beginning.
You will notice, rather quickly, that rogers are using the personal pronoun way, way, way more than the scott…
You will (then) notice that the scott has the attention span of a 3 month old puppy on amphetamines

Everyone ready?  Good.  We know you can do this thing.  If you have any questions or concerns you can always write a Comment (yeah, fer sure lol)

We here at the Doctrine will be standing by, both Progenitors and DownSprings to help where we can, but knowing about the Wakefield Doctrine (and seeing the world accordingly) thing is a lot like…riding a bike?…nah a bike is inanimate and while fun will not turn on you if you stray from the herd…or totally prey on you until something more attractive comes along, …like learning to play an instrument?…no way! playing an instrument has a set technique and therefore is totally predictable so that if you hit certain keys on a keyboard you will always get a certain sound/tone….like sex?….maybe…it sort of has the always the same almost always enjoyable and worthwhile, except when it is not and then the results are to be regretted for a life time…yeah sort of like that.
But all of us here, at Doctrine central, admire you as you got out into the world today, armed with a knowledge and a  power that is shared by 10s and 10s of people here and there around the globe.  Now you know how Noah must of felt…you gotta get out in the world and do something that you will be glad you did, but you better not let the neighbors get too close a look at your backyard…or something like that.

New Readers?  No rush, no hurry.  The above is directed towards Readers who have been here a while, for now you should just enjoy the videos, spend some time in the Pages (Table of Contents) or browse through some old Posts (Archive Read ’em and Sleep)…you will get the hang of this Doctrine thing pretty quick we betcha.

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Reprinti Miandondi -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘A Doctrine Primer’

July 18, 2022 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

The Wakefield Doctrine is gender neutral, age neutral and culture neutral.

The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

The key to the Wakefield Doctrine lies in understanding how we relate ourselves to the world around us.

From the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine, we all have the perfect personality type: developed at a very early age and practiced as we grow and mature is in response to the world as we experience it.

No one can, with any official authority, tell another person which of the three (clark, scott or roger) is their predominant worldview; it is always left to the individual to discover for themselves the character of their relationship with the world around them and the people who make it up.

While everyone settles into (and develops their personality type) one and only one of the three predominant worldviews, we never lose the potential of ‘the other two’.

You can take a clark to a restaurant, but you can’t make them relax

You can lead a scott to water, but only if they don’t have any other plans at the moment

You can’t teach an old roger new ways to describe their world.

The three predominant worldviews:

  1. the Outsider(clarks) they’re there, around you like the name of your first dog/cat, just a matter of not trying too hard to see them. clarks live in the social shadows because they believe they cannot stand the light. However, they are not (necessarily) what people call introverts. clarks cannot stand scrutiny but will not tolerate being ignored
  2. the Predator(scotts) they are so not difficult to detect. they are decisive, impulsive, confident and immune to the ill-effects of subjective reflection, in other words, they are natural leaders. Mercurial rather than temperamental, scotts are fiercely loyal to their friend and lethal to their enemies
  3. the Herd Member(rogers) they are so there, all around you. rogers are the dominant demographic, the majority, the consensus and the will of the people. rogers know the universe is quantifiable and, as such, quantifiable, knowable and procedural; they know there is a Right Way to do things and it is their responsibility to make sure you know what that is.

All reality is, to certain, albeit small, degree, personal. It is not so much a matter of scale, as it is a matter of the tone of potential interaction.

The Wakefield Doctrine is not the Answer, it is a very useful Question. (The Question: what is the nature of the other person’s relationship to the situation we are currently experiencing?)

Employing the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine, one is in a position to know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

 

…well, it’s kind of a reprint! There two thousand, sixty-four other posts in this blog that, in one way or another, say what we’e said in this here post here. Only using more words.

 

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Mostly-Monday Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 5, 2022 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Quick post.

Damn! That comic strip used to get us so mad as a burgeoning adolescent, or would that more properly be, a ‘bludgeoning semi-adult’? No, we stand by our reaction, even allowing for our less-than-developed personality.

Wait a minute! Did we just say ‘less-than-developed’? lol We did!

Sorry, it’s funny ’cause it’s so not true. You know the expression, ‘…has an old soul’? That comes from people observing young clarks without the benefit of a certain personality system. (ok, one hint: it rhymes with ‘the Wakefield Doctrine’)

Why would someone make that adjudication?* The Doctrine is simple when it comes to how personality develops. It, (the Doctrine, not the personality), insists that personality develops as the person(ette) encounters the world and develops strategies and coping mechanisms. ‘Cept with the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, we maintain that it is the character of the individual’s relationship with the world that holds the key to how they figure the best way to live. There are three possibilities: as an Outsider, as a Predator and as a Member of the Herd.

rogers fit right in, they manifest as the norm for the group, scotts are miniaturized ‘uncles and aunts our parents don’t talk about all that much, except for during exceptional arguments centered on family or from cousins who visit only in the summer (and leave precipitously and earlier than anyone thought)’. clarks: … you wanna know the biggest fear, the fundamental ‘don’t-let-that-happen’, the ultimate scary story/fairy tale?

scrutiny1

No clark seeks out, enjoys or willingly submits to scrutiny. (While scotts welcome the challenge, because, you know, that ranking of the pack thing they do and, besides they loves themselves a good fight and rogers, hell it’s like hearing they’re a shoe-in for Homecoming Queen/King? Whatever)

gone too far… any questions, that’s why god invented a Comments box. More, another day, about old souls… wait, chances are if you’re still reading, you’re a clark or, at very least (and nothing to be ashamed of) a scott or a roger with a significant secondary clarklike aspect. And you’ll know what we mean.

From July 2010

Monday.
Get the hell up.
You know of the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) and you will recognise at least one roger or one scott in your world today.
You will not approach this individual or otherwise make them aware of your knowledge that they are just like we talk about here.
You will do your best to maintain your composure, unless you are reading this with a friend and/or friends, in which case, listen to the clark among you.
When you spot your first roger, it will most likely be in an ‘organised environment’, ie.e school or work or any other place that you are compelled to follow certain guidelines as to your own activity.
Make a note of your first sighting (being extra careful if you are spotting a scott, do not, under any circumstance allow the scott to see you taking notes.)
If you are a roger (yeah, right!) do not allow other herd members to observe you doing anything that is out of the ordinary.
Clarks…you will have no trouble…unless you start to think that this Wakefield Doctrine will win the love of the herd or the backing of the scott.
When you have spotted the first, the rest will be easy.
Expect to make mistakes initially deciding if a person is a scott or (an aggressive) roger.
Don’t be concerned, it happens to the best of us at the beginning.
You will notice, rather quickly, that rogers are using the personal pronoun way, way, way more than the scott…
You will (then) notice that the scott has the attention span of a 3 month old puppy on amphetamines

Everyone ready?  Good.  We know you can do this thing.  If you have any questions or concerns you can always write a Comment (yeah, fer sure lol)

We here at the Doctrine will be standing by, both Progenitors and DownSprings to help where we can, but knowing about the Wakefield Doctrine (and seeing the world accordingly) thing is a lot like…riding a bike?…nah a bike is inanimate and while fun will not turn on you if you stray from the herd…or totally prey on you until something more attractive comes along, …like learning to play an instrument?…no way! playing an instrument has a set technique and therefore is totally predictable so that if you hit certain keys on a keyboard you will always get a certain sound/tone….like sex?….maybe…it sort of has the always the same almost always enjoyable and worthwhile, except when it is not and then the results are to be regretted for a life time…yeah sort of like that.
But all of us here, at Doctrine central, admire you as you got out into the world today, armed with a knowledge and a  power that is shared by 10s and 10s of people here and there around the globe.  Now you know how Noah must of felt…you gotta get out in the world and do something that you will be glad you did, but you better not let the neighbors get too close a look at your backyard…or something like that.

New Readers?  No rush, no hurry.  The above is directed towards Readers who have been here a while, for now you should just enjoy the videos, spend some time in the Pages (Table of Contents) or browse through some old Posts (Archive Read ’em and Sleep)…you will get the hang of this Doctrine thing pretty quick we betcha.

Hey a big shoutout yo to Renasainces Rauneasce Renoven  Ronin…one of the first Friends of the Doctrine.  He stopped by and said hey last night (see Post, “don’t you people ever go to bed”).  He will hopefully be sporting some fine Doctrine apparel and we hope to see a photo of his hat (for his damn head) in front of a landmark from his part of the country.  Ronin has taken it to the next level (for many blog writers) and has written a book.  ‘Hats off”(our damn heads) go to his site and read a spell.  That being: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Ronin  kutgw, dude.

So, busy week coming up.  New issue of the Good…the Bad…Decide Right Now!!  The topic will be Animal Shows so get watchin and start votin…not yet

So, get out there and spot them clarks, scotts and rogers.  RUUn Readers!….Ruun!!

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* ok. a near-miss at coming up with a rogerian expression… not bad, though, right?

  1. Scrutiny (French: scrutin; Late Latin: scrutinium; from scrutari, meaning “those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value” and originally from the Latin “scruta,” meaning “broken things, rags, or rubbish.”) is a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a likely mistake or failure). In Roman times, the “scrutari” of cities and towns were those who laboriously searched for valuables amidst the waste and cast-offs of others. The modern English “scrutiny” is derived from this root, indicating a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a hidden mistake, misstatement, or incongruity). (From our friends at Wikipedia)

 

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RePrint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 4, 2022 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

 

Let’s get all holiday-reminiscent on this, the most loud of holidays. Remember the first principle of the Talmud of scotts*: “There ain’t no such thing as too much… well, pretty much anything… but especially sound!!”

From July 3rd 2012:

a chart providing the average shelf-life of ideas for Posts* …..the Wakefield Doctrine ( happy scottian Holiday!)

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the personality theory that you can learn, understand and use today!! )

childhood memories involving  learning to become a better person:   …………………………… 6 hours
childhood memories involving learning bad habits and behavior:      ……………………………  3 days
childhood memories involving doing something publicly embarrassing to adults:    …………. 2 years
adolescent  fantasies   that result in being scarred for life:
(physically scarred): 3 years  (emotionally scarred): 5 years
workplace situations that result in receiving a raise:  ………………………………………………… 6 hours
workplace situations that result in being fired: ………………………………………………………..  3 months
workplace situations that result in being arrested: ……………………………………………………. 4 years
relationship maturity demonstrated in daily life:  ……………………………………………………..  1.4 hours
relationship immaturity demonstrated in public: ………………………………………………………  4 days
a Post trying to illustrate the ephemeral nature of creative ideas: ………………………………….. 75 minutes

Quick reminder about the Holiday tomorrow:  If you do not know that July 4th is one of the most scottian of holidays, then you need to write  in one of the Comment boxes below 50 times

“scotts love loud noises, it lets them believe they can have an effect on the world“.

Seriously, picture the coming Holiday:

  • takes place at the height of the Summer season
  • eating and drinking to excess is encouraged
  • minimal clothing allowed in virtually all public places (including churches and hospitals)
  • outdoor sports activities including chasing frisbees, being dragged behind a boat and the use of explosive devices (such explosives, that were it December instead of July,  a visit from Homeland Security would be the immediate result)
  • …minimal clothing

So for you non-scotts reading this, three July 4th Survival Tips:

  1. stay indoors
  2. keep the lights off and the glow of the TV shielded from windows and doors
  3. turn up the air conditioning and ….wear extra clothes

We hope that helps.

 

* like the Tao of Pooh? yeah, sure, exactly like that

 

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