Mark
@pnwsasquatch.bsky.social
Coming around to the idea that people writ large are incapable of happiness and the more we improve material conditions, the more they'll get hysterical about Weird Bullshit.
I get spun out about awkward apartment stairway greetings because I have zero problems in the 1850 sense
I get spun out about awkward apartment stairway greetings because I have zero problems in the 1850 sense
August 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Coming around to the idea that people writ large are incapable of happiness and the more we improve material conditions, the more they'll get hysterical about Weird Bullshit.
I get spun out about awkward apartment stairway greetings because I have zero problems in the 1850 sense
I get spun out about awkward apartment stairway greetings because I have zero problems in the 1850 sense
Despite everything, still can't believe a sitting American president cut low-budget ads for $200 cologne/perfume with his face on the bottle
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Despite everything, still can't believe a sitting American president cut low-budget ads for $200 cologne/perfume with his face on the bottle
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Every time I think I've finally gotten through to my (thankfully few) MAGA relatives
June 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Every time I think I've finally gotten through to my (thankfully few) MAGA relatives
Lost a ton of weight, healthier than I've been since...I don't even know, work going better, looking less like a hobo and the Hodor-enthusiast women are hovering again, mostly got the slice out of my golf swing (biggest accomplishment).
Tiniest thing goes wrong, my trash brain:
Tiniest thing goes wrong, my trash brain:
July 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Lost a ton of weight, healthier than I've been since...I don't even know, work going better, looking less like a hobo and the Hodor-enthusiast women are hovering again, mostly got the slice out of my golf swing (biggest accomplishment).
Tiniest thing goes wrong, my trash brain:
Tiniest thing goes wrong, my trash brain:
Just overheard on speaker a zoomer employee arguing at length (like 3 minutes!) with my mom about a basic 5th-grade arithmetic they screwed up and even more concerned for the future.
Always been people bad at reading/math (some are delightful!), but only recently did they gain weird confidence
Always been people bad at reading/math (some are delightful!), but only recently did they gain weird confidence
July 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just overheard on speaker a zoomer employee arguing at length (like 3 minutes!) with my mom about a basic 5th-grade arithmetic they screwed up and even more concerned for the future.
Always been people bad at reading/math (some are delightful!), but only recently did they gain weird confidence
Always been people bad at reading/math (some are delightful!), but only recently did they gain weird confidence
Just read a study showing that holding in weedsmoke as long as you can doesn't actually get you higher than holding for two seconds. That's days of my life I've wasted
June 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just read a study showing that holding in weedsmoke as long as you can doesn't actually get you higher than holding for two seconds. That's days of my life I've wasted
Every time I think I've finally gotten through to my (thankfully few) MAGA relatives
June 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Every time I think I've finally gotten through to my (thankfully few) MAGA relatives
Bought the 4XL bucket hat online from the big and tall store and it's not big enough
a cartoon of a man with the words i 'm a monster below him
ALT: a cartoon of a man with the words i 'm a monster below him
media.tenor.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Bought the 4XL bucket hat online from the big and tall store and it's not big enough
Don't know if this will be more encouraging or depressing, but the federal-lands-selloff proposal is the first Trump policy I'm hearing backlash about from his voters and enablers (and vaguely-aware nonvoters) in rural-PNW circles. And a couple adamant that Trump would never allow 'good places' sold
June 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Don't know if this will be more encouraging or depressing, but the federal-lands-selloff proposal is the first Trump policy I'm hearing backlash about from his voters and enablers (and vaguely-aware nonvoters) in rural-PNW circles. And a couple adamant that Trump would never allow 'good places' sold
Accepting that I will never be able to sing or dance well
June 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Accepting that I will never be able to sing or dance well
Same thing I've been thinking, put better
What's truly amazing is that this person doesn't understand the massive flaw in the original premise: that they know what information they need.
It's the kind of arrogance that only ignorance can generate, the font of the Dunning-Kruger effect, corroding the foundation of Socratic wisdom.
It's the kind of arrogance that only ignorance can generate, the font of the Dunning-Kruger effect, corroding the foundation of Socratic wisdom.
June 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Same thing I've been thinking, put better
Tried explaining very patiently to an anti-anti-Trump (occasionally condemns but voted for him three times) family-member why this is bad and it was like playing tennis against a wall. Half the country thinks US Senators should behave like their braindead conspiracy uncle
June 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tried explaining very patiently to an anti-anti-Trump (occasionally condemns but voted for him three times) family-member why this is bad and it was like playing tennis against a wall. Half the country thinks US Senators should behave like their braindead conspiracy uncle
Apparently the future of armed conflict propaganda is posting anecdotal videos of civilians of either side celebrating and dancing as missiles fly, until the infosphere is 99% frothing rage because of a dozen shitheads out of millions.
Seen this with videos of Israeli, Iranian, Lebanese civilians
Seen this with videos of Israeli, Iranian, Lebanese civilians
June 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Apparently the future of armed conflict propaganda is posting anecdotal videos of civilians of either side celebrating and dancing as missiles fly, until the infosphere is 99% frothing rage because of a dozen shitheads out of millions.
Seen this with videos of Israeli, Iranian, Lebanese civilians
Seen this with videos of Israeli, Iranian, Lebanese civilians
Sending voluntary advisories on viral misinformation to social media companies is the worst fascism imaginable and the president deploying the military to places he doesn't like on bare pretext is freedom
June 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sending voluntary advisories on viral misinformation to social media companies is the worst fascism imaginable and the president deploying the military to places he doesn't like on bare pretext is freedom
Not sure how we expect people to spot AI-generated fake news when three-quarters of the country can't tell the difference between reporting and an op-ed
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Not sure how we expect people to spot AI-generated fake news when three-quarters of the country can't tell the difference between reporting and an op-ed
This is maybe too pessimistic, but I don't see a path out of our political trends. The MAGAs are getting worse. I thought they were living an alternate reality in Trump's first term, but now...?
That collapse in info systems and civics will long outlive Trump. It's not manageable.
That collapse in info systems and civics will long outlive Trump. It's not manageable.
June 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is maybe too pessimistic, but I don't see a path out of our political trends. The MAGAs are getting worse. I thought they were living an alternate reality in Trump's first term, but now...?
That collapse in info systems and civics will long outlive Trump. It's not manageable.
That collapse in info systems and civics will long outlive Trump. It's not manageable.
As part of losing a ton of weight, getting into more outdoor/athletic hobbies and it's going surprisingly well (natural athlete, obviously) except for morning yoga.
Great for my flexibility but still like a newborn giraffe having a seizure. May have to go with snowboarding in 'not for Hodors' list
Great for my flexibility but still like a newborn giraffe having a seizure. May have to go with snowboarding in 'not for Hodors' list
June 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As part of losing a ton of weight, getting into more outdoor/athletic hobbies and it's going surprisingly well (natural athlete, obviously) except for morning yoga.
Great for my flexibility but still like a newborn giraffe having a seizure. May have to go with snowboarding in 'not for Hodors' list
Great for my flexibility but still like a newborn giraffe having a seizure. May have to go with snowboarding in 'not for Hodors' list
Dante's Peak is better than Volcano and it's time we were allowed to say so
June 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Dante's Peak is better than Volcano and it's time we were allowed to say so
I don't like when you have a variety pack of a snack/drink and one of the varieties is significantly worse than the others. Don't want to be left with only the inferior option so you have to start with all-bad or keep up a rotation.
Now there's snack chores. Awful
Now there's snack chores. Awful
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I don't like when you have a variety pack of a snack/drink and one of the varieties is significantly worse than the others. Don't want to be left with only the inferior option so you have to start with all-bad or keep up a rotation.
Now there's snack chores. Awful
Now there's snack chores. Awful
I think it's most noticeable how bad Twitter is now (and America in general) when there's breaking news and most of the replies are deranged nonsense.
Not just normal nonsense, the kind that requires years of deranged beliefs as foundation
Not just normal nonsense, the kind that requires years of deranged beliefs as foundation
June 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I think it's most noticeable how bad Twitter is now (and America in general) when there's breaking news and most of the replies are deranged nonsense.
Not just normal nonsense, the kind that requires years of deranged beliefs as foundation
Not just normal nonsense, the kind that requires years of deranged beliefs as foundation
Luthen really could have done a better job melting the comms
June 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Luthen really could have done a better job melting the comms
Let's give this a try again! Twitter's too full of awful people
June 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Let's give this a try again! Twitter's too full of awful people
Just saw a particularly noxious replies section on Twitter, recommitting to being on here more
January 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just saw a particularly noxious replies section on Twitter, recommitting to being on here more
Those stressful comedic situations in movies where there's an unlikely misunderstanding and no one believes the protagonist? I am 99.9% certain I could talk my way out of those. My distraught sincerity is always very believable
November 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Those stressful comedic situations in movies where there's an unlikely misunderstanding and no one believes the protagonist? I am 99.9% certain I could talk my way out of those. My distraught sincerity is always very believable
There are two main types of Trump supporter
November 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM
There are two main types of Trump supporter