vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas

the most elegant dismissal of “why are there pyramids all over the world” that I’ve heard was “what’s the easiest structure to build? A pile of stuff. What if you wanted to make the pile stable? You’d turn it into a pyramid shape” and I forgot where I heard this but it reminds me of “notice how there’s flood myths all over the world” feels a lot less interesting if you ask “notice how civilizations that leave written records are often located next to rivers or other bodies of water and what’s a catastrophic natural disaster that can happen to cities next to bodies of water”

Physics is the same everywhere. Another really obvious example is that the reason the wheel has been invented by different cultures all over the world is because round is the best shape for rolling regardless of where you are in the world. Everyone makes pyramids for the same reason no one has square wheels.

in an era of encroaching computer-aided lethargic mediocrity on all sides, the most important thing to do is to be a neurotic tryhard forever

welcome to EVIL SCHOOL heres your timetable for the day first you have SHADOW MATH then after that you have CREEPY BIOLOGY then GYM

im well aware, but im also delusional as fuck so its a balance fr

i genuinely love reading dense academic writing when it's done well it feels like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat but in a good way

i’m very self aware. which unfortunately hasn’t solved anything