Simple Definition of SHAKEDOWN 
- A thorough search of something
- A thorough test in order to make sure there are no problems or defects
There’s a reason why #SHAKEDOWN narratives need to exist. Counterfeit narratives exist in the public domain. The only way to answer counterfeit narratives is to counter them, which is what the #SHAKEDOWN narratives seek to do.
Beyond knowledge and insight, when we search for the personal lessons, and we’re honest about our own failures – when we live authentically – that’s when real growth begins to happen.
Related glossary of terms:
Duping Delight – The pleasure of being able to manipulate someone, often made visible to others by flashing a smile at an inappropriate moment
Gaslight – Manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity
Mary Sue – An idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character. Often, this character is recognized as an author insert or wish fulfillment. They can usually perform better at tasks than should be possible given the amount of training or experience. In the true crime context a Mary Sue is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character created by the criminal suspect while on trial, or defending themselves to the media.
Pollyanna – An excessively cheerful or optimistic person.
Cassandra – [Greek Mythology] A prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed. A person who prophesies doom or disaster. [Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley is a modern example].
Narcissism – In pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s own attributes.
Sociopathy – Anti-social behavior, sometimes criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
Mythos – a set of beliefs or assumptions about something
Schema – a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model
Spiel – a long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it
Chutzpah – personal confidence or courage that allows someone to do or say things that may seem shocking to others
Raison ‘d etre – the most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence.
Causa sui – denotes something which is generated within itself
Weltanschauung – a particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group.
Schadenfreude – pleasure derive by someone from another person’s misfortune
Gestalt – something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts
Logos – a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic
The Ether – the air, the sky. a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space.
#Shakedown-isms
Why do my eyes hurt? You’ve never used them before.
*Why* do you want to lay these troubles on an already troubled mind?
That guy’s brain is a bag full of cats.
I say it here, it comes out there.
Brother, whatever I’ve done to wrong you, I am truly sorry…
Amazing, every word you just said, was wrong.
I’m gonna have to go ahead and sorta disagree with you there.
Will you marry me? How much money do you have?
Are you sure you want to hear this?
I think we lost the element of surprise.
You don’t have to answer the question.
You can kiss all of that goodbye.
What are you talking about, man!
Are you out of your fucking mind?
Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way.
Well, it’s tough to get any more obvious than that.
It is interesting reading your reactions.
A quick word, before the adventure begins…
Who’s gonna do it? You? You lieutenant Whineberg?
And that makes you an employee. Cheers!
Is there an agenda that you’re not telling us about?
Ladies and gentlemen, my esteemed colleague…has just brought some new evidence to my attention.
Getting shot doesn’t look like this.
Which brings us at last to the moment of truth.
It is a pickle. No doubt about it.
I have been living in a prison of fear.
Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself?
It’s all about what you didn’t get.
You’re certain you had to open this door?
As I read the list I knew I had none of them.
Do you accept this great honor that I’ve offered you?
But people, we cannot sum up a man’s life with a bunch of numbers on a computer screen.
I guess I feel kinda different.
Fate, it would seem, is not without a sense of irony.
You think I want to escape from this?
If you head back in that direction, you’ll find a whole lotta nuthin’ all the way to Canada.
“I’m an expert in analyzing people’s behavior.” “Who cares!”
FBI, whatever, special agent, he is a piece of work.
Excuse me, I’m a former special agent.
Maybe there’s a little bit of instability there…?
So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.
Do you realise what you’ve done?
You’ll have to excuse my friend; he’s a little slow.
You’re going to have to play my little game.
That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
They are one – the ring, and the dark lord.
You haven’t answered my question.
Then why was it me who was the only one who lost everything?
Then something woke you. Was it a dream?
Dormamu, I’ve come to bargain.
Why is what separates us from them, you from me.
Why is the only real source of power; without it, you’re powerless.
And this is how you come to me; without why. without power
Can you speak up? It’s hard to hear you with that pity-dick in your mouth.
Roger Podacter didn’t commit suicide, he was murdered.
Shut-up, come, get him out of here!
#SHAKEDOWN 