The Will to Resist

Jerry’s Marginalia — “The Buffer Clause”


There’s a reason I leave early.

Not because I’m afraid of being late— but because systems lie.

Buses stall. Timetables hallucinate. Reality improvises.

So I add margin.

Three hours isn’t panic. It’s insulation.

It turns delays into background noise and stress into trivia.

If the bus behaves? I arrive calm.

If it doesn’t? I still arrive.

That’s not anxiety. That’s logistics with self-respect.

Doctrine: Never schedule your peace on a system you don’t control.

Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand