Duncan
@dqtbower.bsky.social
he/they
chemist
boston
english/조금 한국어
left is best
i like cooperative board games, movies, playing/writing music, and lifting weights
chemist
boston
english/조금 한국어
left is best
i like cooperative board games, movies, playing/writing music, and lifting weights
New hobby: Unsubscribing from every email list I've ever been added to
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New hobby: Unsubscribing from every email list I've ever been added to
I think there's an odd effect of the AI bubble--I personally have felt way more inspired and creative recently. It's strange--you'd think that the fact that a computer could create music and art would somehow be discouraging. Instead, I feel an almost spiteful drive to create as much as possible.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think there's an odd effect of the AI bubble--I personally have felt way more inspired and creative recently. It's strange--you'd think that the fact that a computer could create music and art would somehow be discouraging. Instead, I feel an almost spiteful drive to create as much as possible.
Thinking about the concept of psychosomatic ailments this morning. I've had conversations with people in the past where they called people's real expressed sensations and distress 'psychosomatic' with the same dismissiveness as though they were calling it 'fake'. This confused me at the time, (1/?)
September 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thinking about the concept of psychosomatic ailments this morning. I've had conversations with people in the past where they called people's real expressed sensations and distress 'psychosomatic' with the same dismissiveness as though they were calling it 'fake'. This confused me at the time, (1/?)
i will never be as beautiful as the slow movement of any haydn string quartet and i've come to terms with that
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
i will never be as beautiful as the slow movement of any haydn string quartet and i've come to terms with that
The answer to this rhetorical question was yes, but like four times
What's the most similar game to Sekiro in terms of gameplay? I've been chasing the high of beating Isshin and it's just like, do I just play the game again
July 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The answer to this rhetorical question was yes, but like four times
Thinking today about how strangely common loss-leading is as a strategy--my girlfriend and I just got three-month bowling passes (including shoes!) for the cost of two games. As long as we don't buy beers, we are now bowling for free. But I'm sure some marketing nerd ran the numbers and (1/?)
June 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thinking today about how strangely common loss-leading is as a strategy--my girlfriend and I just got three-month bowling passes (including shoes!) for the cost of two games. As long as we don't buy beers, we are now bowling for free. But I'm sure some marketing nerd ran the numbers and (1/?)
No mom, i wasn't "hiding in the bathroom" i was aura farming
May 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
No mom, i wasn't "hiding in the bathroom" i was aura farming
What's frustrating about the movie version of Jurassic Park (1993) is that the arguments made by the scientists are just terrible, fallacious appeals to nature. The fact that the film validates them by having a Chernobyl-level confluence of system failures makes the movie feel aesthetically (1/?)
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What's frustrating about the movie version of Jurassic Park (1993) is that the arguments made by the scientists are just terrible, fallacious appeals to nature. The fact that the film validates them by having a Chernobyl-level confluence of system failures makes the movie feel aesthetically (1/?)
saying that generative AI makes you better at your job is a remarkable admission of incompetence, and should be treated as the reveal of an embarrassing secret
May 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
saying that generative AI makes you better at your job is a remarkable admission of incompetence, and should be treated as the reveal of an embarrassing secret
This morning, I'm thinking about the function of ambiguity in semiotics and storytelling. What does it mean for a movie like The Babadook to have a monster that canonically "represents" grief? What can we make of movies with wild, often undirected symbolism like Mulholland Drive? 1/?
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This morning, I'm thinking about the function of ambiguity in semiotics and storytelling. What does it mean for a movie like The Babadook to have a monster that canonically "represents" grief? What can we make of movies with wild, often undirected symbolism like Mulholland Drive? 1/?
Stupid dumb pre-Lamarckism giraffe--how tf did you live to adulthood when all the tastiest leaves are at the top of the tree
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Stupid dumb pre-Lamarckism giraffe--how tf did you live to adulthood when all the tastiest leaves are at the top of the tree
if the koreans ever figure out that girls and boys can be in bands together they're going to be unstoppable
March 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
if the koreans ever figure out that girls and boys can be in bands together they're going to be unstoppable
now it is free
on my floor gee
makin me real distressed tho
tryin to clean
but i'm like woah
spilled that old espresso
on my floor gee
makin me real distressed tho
tryin to clean
but i'm like woah
spilled that old espresso
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
now it is free
on my floor gee
makin me real distressed tho
tryin to clean
but i'm like woah
spilled that old espresso
on my floor gee
makin me real distressed tho
tryin to clean
but i'm like woah
spilled that old espresso
me when looking for work: ooh a dynamic fast-paced environment, sounds like a perfect fit
me in my free time: did you see the new trailer for repetitive strain simulator 2025? i can't wait
me in my free time: did you see the new trailer for repetitive strain simulator 2025? i can't wait
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
me when looking for work: ooh a dynamic fast-paced environment, sounds like a perfect fit
me in my free time: did you see the new trailer for repetitive strain simulator 2025? i can't wait
me in my free time: did you see the new trailer for repetitive strain simulator 2025? i can't wait
feeling much better about my lack of a 401k at the moment
March 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
feeling much better about my lack of a 401k at the moment
imagine me in my therapist's office after he references a bill maher segment
just fully hollowed out
just fully hollowed out
December 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM
imagine me in my therapist's office after he references a bill maher segment
just fully hollowed out
just fully hollowed out
when i drink two monsters in a row i can see the face of god
November 25, 2024 at 5:36 PM
when i drink two monsters in a row i can see the face of god
i have become the world's foremost expert in bullshit no one cares about
November 22, 2024 at 3:19 PM
i have become the world's foremost expert in bullshit no one cares about
gleepus <--- ---->glorpus
which way western man?
which way western man?
November 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
gleepus <--- ---->glorpus
which way western man?
which way western man?
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RIP the good doctor I didn’t know l autistic people could do surgery like that
May 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
RIP the good doctor I didn’t know l autistic people could do surgery like that
you have a man date from heaven? sounds a little gay bro, but whatever
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM
you have a man date from heaven? sounds a little gay bro, but whatever
Reposted by Duncan
youre too late mister bond i played with all the dogs and petted them a lot and when you try to play with them theyll be too tired to want to do anything
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
youre too late mister bond i played with all the dogs and petted them a lot and when you try to play with them theyll be too tired to want to do anything
What's the most similar game to Sekiro in terms of gameplay? I've been chasing the high of beating Isshin and it's just like, do I just play the game again
November 14, 2024 at 4:25 PM
What's the most similar game to Sekiro in terms of gameplay? I've been chasing the high of beating Isshin and it's just like, do I just play the game again
@rericreuss.bsky.social crazy to see the creator of my favorite board game on here--my family and I have filled a composition notebook's worth of SI games (and more to come, probably). I was wondering about spirit design, since I'm thinking about homebrewing some soon: (1/2)
November 14, 2024 at 4:21 AM
@rericreuss.bsky.social crazy to see the creator of my favorite board game on here--my family and I have filled a composition notebook's worth of SI games (and more to come, probably). I was wondering about spirit design, since I'm thinking about homebrewing some soon: (1/2)