When I was a kid, I used to fantasize about living in the subways. It was likely because of some post-apocalyptic sci-fi yarns that got deep-seated into the inner recesses of my fertile imagination, but I would soon find that the reality of living in the subways is what's often equated with "poverty", and that the fantasy falls far above what any actual sub-dweller could hope to enjoy. So that made me very sad on some levels, feeling guilty on others, and more skeptical of a number of lifestyles as they're portrayed in various media. Obvious, I know, but necessary —

Some years ago, I coined the term "lowmind" not as a requisite insult (e.g., it isn't a corollary to "dumbass", nor "idiot"), but to describe the unfortunateness of someone who's metaphorically living in the subways of their brain, and failing to realize how much there is above the surface that they're not breathing. Like fresh mental air.

Today, I coin a new word, "lamethink". If ol' Orwell can have his doublespeak, and portmanteaus are birthed more than rabbits in a sordid warren, then so can I, craft my terms, and use them as I choose to engage. Lamethink doesn't requite much of a peripheral definition: it's simply lame + think put together, and had 0 (ZERO!) Google hits before I typed it on my keys.

"Lamethink" should not be used cruelly, derisively, or in an otherwise malicious way to hurt someone, but rather, to expose and exploit the weaknesses that come with narrowminded, negative thinking.

An example of lamethink is when I proudly mention the online world of Second Life, and someone goes, "HUR HUR… GET A FIRST LIFE!" or something to similarly — well, lame effect. It baffles logic. Why is this? Let's look at it simply, directly, and rationally:

You can't have a Second Life without having a First Life.

Thus, each and everyone already has a First Life. It may've been funny the first few times, but copycat car-pile-ons joining the chorus and sharing nothing worthwhile trespasses the borders of useless redundancy — it's so moot that it's like saying Grimace, Barney the Dinosaur, and Tinky Winky should all join the Purple Lovers' Club.

There, I've said it.

And being more of an AND person than an OR person, I'd rather have both. As I saw on a questionnaire the other day (for reasons I may yet reveal),

* Please complete this sentence: "Second Life is….

I wrote,

a positive supplement to a healthy First Life."