Daily (Crocodile Dundee–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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G’day, Lord.

This online jungle’s a bit different from the billabong,
     but there’s still plenty out here with teeth.

Give me bushman’s sense in this wired outback:
     help me spot a dodgy link 
          the way I’d spot a croc in murky water,
     tell a fake profile
          like I’d tell city boots from real leather,
    and know when something’s just 
         not from ’round here.

Teach me to travel light but prepared—
     good passwords packed, 
     updates done,
     backups ready
          like a spare knife in the boot.

When someone 
     waves a shiny “prize” or “urgent” message,
remind me that real friends don’t 
     surprise you
          with panic and pressure.

Help me back away slow from danger,
     or smack it on the nose 
         with a firm “delete.”

Guard the tourists in this digital bush—
    the lonely, 
    the curious, 
    the elders—
so they don’t wander too close to the edge
     where scammers lie quiet as logs.

And as I trek 
     through websites and social feeds,
let me leave only: 
    helpful tracks,

    kind words, 
    honest warnings,
and a bit of good humor—

so this strange landscape feels
     a little more like home
         and a lot less like a trap.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Crocodile Dundee] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Crocodile Dundee], and should not be taken as his real views or words.”


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