THLOG 1

While thinking about my thlog, where to write it and what to write about, I remembered something that came to my mind during our discussion of first order thinking! Interestingly enough, I had a pure moment of first order thinking while hearing my other classmates give examples of first order thinking. As soon as the idea popped into my head I raised my hand and gave my own example of first order thinking. To explain my example of this type of thinking I will first delve into a funny story that I witnessed a few years ago on the mean streets of Beverly Hills. As an Aston Martin driver took his sweet time to parallel park, all while blocking a whole lane of traffic during rush hour, a taxi cab driver lost his temper and decided to let the Aston driver know what exactly he was thinking. When the traffic seized momentarily and the taxi driver had the chance to evade the car blocking traffic while progressing forward, the cabbie rolled down his window, looked directly at the other driver and yelled, "F**K YOU B**CH, AND YO MOMMA!" After I witnessed this marvelous insult for the incompetent driver who could not parallel park, I realized that cursing someone out immediately after they do something to warrant that kind of language, is a prime example of first order thinking. While the curser quickly tries to find words to insult their foe, they need to think of something hurtful, original, and possibly funny to maximize the effect of their insult. In that time period, there is not enough time to think about what to say. First order thinking often produces greatness, as seen in Beverly Hills, although it may be unfiltered and raw, it is exactly what the mind thinks in that moment and is the most organic response.