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900,000 People Can’t Say Trap

Every user in the r/animememes community feels trapped.

If you’re not familiar, Reddit is a forum-based social media site filled with threads called subreddits on thousands of different topics, ranging from world news to woodworking to cat gifs. If you can imagine it, there’s a subreddit for it.

Each has community guidelines to keep user interaction in check. However, the moderators who run…

When it comes to writing, you may take a lofty approach. I did for many years until one day in college I figured out I was writing bad content.

That’s when I realized I should use big words only if they help convey big ideas or deeper meanings. You should do the same.

Let’s face it. Most content is boring, and most books are boring. Yet, many of us feel compelled to finish a book the moment…

When it comes to writing, you may take a lofty approach. I did for many years until one day in college I figured out I was writing bad content.

That’s when I realized I should use big words only if they help convey big ideas or deeper meanings. You should do the same.

Let’s face it. Most content is boring, and most books are boring. Yet, many of us feel compelled to finish a book the moment…

Evangelion. Did Shinji Save the World?

Neon Genesis Evangelionis a show about a cast of characters suffering from a symphony of trauma they’re all trying to manage as effectively as possible under Seele’s direction while it conducts the human instrumentality project, a massive effort to force humanity’s evolution in order to eliminate human suffering in order to unify all of humanity. As pompous as that may sound, the main character…

Most people are more gullible than they can realistically admit. We rarely question cultural practices. I think the main two questions people need to ask is “when did that become a thing?” AND “why did that become a thing?”

For instance, the Great Depression spawned many of the cultural practices we have today. It was one of the worst and best times in American history, but not for the reason…

Passions: Career or Hobby?

Some of you may be starting college for the first time, or finishing it. I graduated before I realized I didn’t want to turn my major into a career. I’d studied for a hobby, not a job; and many of you liberal arts majors may find this to be the case.

For those of us who don’t know exactly how we’re going to apply our major to the working world, I firmly believe passions are hobbies, not career…

There’s a wonderful word you may have never heard of. That’s tsundoku. It’s not sudoku, which I’ve never once done correctly. It’s the Japanese word for buying books that end up piling up and collecting dust because you never read them. Isn’t that awesome! The word, obviously, not the buying for not reading part.I’m not too far into Ray Dalio’s PRINCIPLES but I will soon. Too bad I’m borrowing it…

10 QUALITIES IN LEADERS

#1 Devil’s Advocate

The greatest leaders know how and when to play devil’s advocate. Testing your own ideas is never easy, but it’s possible. They need to be their own best critics and exhaust all options that would prove them right. Why? the burden of proof is in disproof. If incredibly hardpressed to be disproven, the likelihood of being right increases significantly.

#2 Hustling from a…

My mother, aged 58, is in desperate need of a new computer. I spent the last couple days hunting down the greatest bargain for one that would last her years without worrying about performance compromises or the need to upgrade. So what’ll last her the next 5-10 years?

In my spare time I’m a hobbyist budgeter and bargain hunter looking for the greatest deals in tech. Whether scouting from the…

X-(MAS) GONE GIVE IT TO YOU

Yo. It’s been some time since I’ve updated.

I started a new job recently helping children with autism. It’s a demanding job, but the company I work for makes sure its employees have all the support they need to perform their jobs really well. Disclaimer: This blogpost and all contents contained here in this blog do not represent my company in any way, nor are they reflective of my…

How to Beat NaNoWriMo

Plotters & Pantsers

Hey there fellow writers! NaNoWriMo is now two-thirds underway. Some of us have already given up. Either we haven’t adequately prepared our minds for committing to the challenge or life got in the way, as we like to deflect. Or, it wasn’t good, or I didn’t know where it was going…

I’m not here to delegitimize your claims, but haven’t you ever thought, maybe, you’re…

TOP 10 Anime OPs This Decade

Our last top 10 post listed the most popular anime of the decade. This time we’d like to offer up the 10 best anime opening themes of the decade. Picking out the cream of the crop gets tricky. There are so many great opening themes any one decision made on one over another is bound to cause at least some mayhem and maybe a few heads to start flying. Nevertheless, we confidently present the top…

10 Most Popular Anime This Decade

Can you believe it?! We’re less than two months away from 2020. Soon there’ll be a Spotify playlist for music from these past ten years (if there isn’t already). This decade has seen the rise of the app age, the birth of social media influencers, and the fall of Vine. So much has happened, and so many anime have come out…

Hello, you devilishly handsome thing, you! I’m glad you’re here with us…

The Dangerous Practice of Tracking Time

I decided to post a day early because this just came to mind, and I usually don’t have anything worthwhile to post when the time comes around anyway. I go running, read, do Japanese, then this. However, a disturbing thought disrupted me as I was taking out the trash.

My mother was on her phone scrolling through Instagram and remembered my cousin’s recent trip to Okinawa. Apparently one of the…

This decade in Anime

Life’s looking up, but it’s hard making organization second nature. I feel like I’m accomplishing everything yet nothing. I’m taking the time to plan out my weeks, yet I feel like I’m not actually hitting my personal quotas for achieving certain tasks that will compound over time into accomplishments.

Time moves so fast, and I feel like it’s so difficult to really do anything in any one given…

On the Unnerving Increasing Belief In the Supernatural and Paranormal

I’m listening to Jozu- Juicy as I write. It’s great for keeping typing momentum. It’s on one of those ‘live’ YouTube videos where tracks are changing all the time. In fact, I was just wondering earlier about whether I should do something like that with a recording program while watching anime.

I think it would be so much better to record first, sync, and edit, so I’m getting only the good…