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· Oct 30
Here's a giant thread of life advice I wish I had growing up:
The correct procedure is that everyone involved gets tried at the Hague.
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The correct procedure is that everyone involved gets tried at the Hague.
Based on all the drone warfare, skeet shooting seems like a good hobby to pick up.
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Based on all the drone warfare, skeet shooting seems like a good hobby to pick up.
Sometimes, a question becomes a splinter in my brain, which makes me do research. Often, I am grateful for the knowledge gained. This is not one of those times.
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Sometimes, a question becomes a splinter in my brain, which makes me do research. Often, I am grateful for the knowledge gained. This is not one of those times.
I was able to make myself clean the house and fold all the laundry by trying to go for a run today.
January 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I was able to make myself clean the house and fold all the laundry by trying to go for a run today.
I really do not understand the shelf life of Skyrim. I played it. I enjoyed. I completed most of the possible quests. I just never saw a reason to play it again.
January 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I really do not understand the shelf life of Skyrim. I played it. I enjoyed. I completed most of the possible quests. I just never saw a reason to play it again.
An important realization for me in getting over my self-hatred was that "forgiving myself" wasn't the right way to go about it. "Forgive" implies that I did something wrong. The actual path forward was realizing that hating myself was bullshit. There was, in fact, no reason to hate myself.
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
An important realization for me in getting over my self-hatred was that "forgiving myself" wasn't the right way to go about it. "Forgive" implies that I did something wrong. The actual path forward was realizing that hating myself was bullshit. There was, in fact, no reason to hate myself.
Read this damn thread.
Since we're in the grundle of the year, there's something I want to suggest to folks that will make the new year a hell of a lot better all around: pay attention to what you're paying attention to. That is: be aware of what you're consuming and WHY you're consuming it.
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Read this damn thread.
I was reading about Samuel Rowbotham and imagine my surprise on discovering that the bad pop-sci lectures to selling supplements that don't work pipeline is at least as old as the late 1800s.
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I was reading about Samuel Rowbotham and imagine my surprise on discovering that the bad pop-sci lectures to selling supplements that don't work pipeline is at least as old as the late 1800s.
If you think you're self-aware but are only aware of your flaws and not your strengths, you actually just repackaged self-hatred.
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you think you're self-aware but are only aware of your flaws and not your strengths, you actually just repackaged self-hatred.
Opinions are like assholes: While it can be humiliating, get yours examined by an expert. If they say something is wrong with it, believe them.
December 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Opinions are like assholes: While it can be humiliating, get yours examined by an expert. If they say something is wrong with it, believe them.
The Simpsons didn't predict anything. We've just fixed nothing since 1989. Probably earlier.
December 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Simpsons didn't predict anything. We've just fixed nothing since 1989. Probably earlier.
Synthetic gemstones are considered less valuable than mined gemstones, despite being more perfect. This is true regardless of whether or not it costs less to make than mine.
I think the fact that we collectively decided that "the suffering makes it special" points to a flaw in the human brain.
I think the fact that we collectively decided that "the suffering makes it special" points to a flaw in the human brain.
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Synthetic gemstones are considered less valuable than mined gemstones, despite being more perfect. This is true regardless of whether or not it costs less to make than mine.
I think the fact that we collectively decided that "the suffering makes it special" points to a flaw in the human brain.
I think the fact that we collectively decided that "the suffering makes it special" points to a flaw in the human brain.
I hope that when other countries do manned missions to the moon, they pull down all our flags. I know my country, and we would definitely go to the moon just to put the flags back up.
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I hope that when other countries do manned missions to the moon, they pull down all our flags. I know my country, and we would definitely go to the moon just to put the flags back up.
Everything that's wrong now can be attributed to the lack of law enforcement on the wealthy.
December 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Everything that's wrong now can be attributed to the lack of law enforcement on the wealthy.
Bravery is not required. Stubbornness and determination will suffice.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Bravery is not required. Stubbornness and determination will suffice.
Without worker's rights, employment is a hellscape where you can only hope to protect yourself by having unique and valuable skills, which is a race to the bottom.
To prevent this, you either have to have the public option, which is laws protecting workers, or the private option, which is unions.
To prevent this, you either have to have the public option, which is laws protecting workers, or the private option, which is unions.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Without worker's rights, employment is a hellscape where you can only hope to protect yourself by having unique and valuable skills, which is a race to the bottom.
To prevent this, you either have to have the public option, which is laws protecting workers, or the private option, which is unions.
To prevent this, you either have to have the public option, which is laws protecting workers, or the private option, which is unions.
There's been boss fight music playing in the background for a decade now. Now, the music includes a choir singing in Latin.
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's been boss fight music playing in the background for a decade now. Now, the music includes a choir singing in Latin.
If only there was some legal document that set put the rules for the country, which specified that the president does not have the authority to go to war.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If only there was some legal document that set put the rules for the country, which specified that the president does not have the authority to go to war.
OpenAI's business model appears to be "invent AGI or crash the global economy." It might sound like the intent is to invent AGI, but it's actually an extortion racket. The more they get invested in, the greater the damage they can do if people stop investing in them.
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
OpenAI's business model appears to be "invent AGI or crash the global economy." It might sound like the intent is to invent AGI, but it's actually an extortion racket. The more they get invested in, the greater the damage they can do if people stop investing in them.
I was unprepared for the fact that the term for a female jester is "joculatrix."
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was unprepared for the fact that the term for a female jester is "joculatrix."
English words that contain "meow":
meow
meowing
meowed
homeowner
Good luck pronouncing that one right ever again.
meow
meowing
meowed
homeowner
Good luck pronouncing that one right ever again.
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
English words that contain "meow":
meow
meowing
meowed
homeowner
Good luck pronouncing that one right ever again.
meow
meowing
meowed
homeowner
Good luck pronouncing that one right ever again.
I looked up the definition of "yet." It means "now," but it has different unwritten rules about where, in a sentence, it can go.
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I looked up the definition of "yet." It means "now," but it has different unwritten rules about where, in a sentence, it can go.
On one occasion, I used the phrase "that's a doozy," and a coworker who spoke English as a second language asked me what a doozy was. I bluescreened.
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
On one occasion, I used the phrase "that's a doozy," and a coworker who spoke English as a second language asked me what a doozy was. I bluescreened.