Random Boo

I’ll often hear ‘perfection’ defined as the absence of flaws, but I beg to differ, I’d say it was more of an absence of the unnecessary – and there is a difference. The hard part is determining what is and isn’t necessary, because you’ll eventually realise that everything is necessary, in the way that a supporting role is as important as the main, although the main will never accept it. And then,…

“Skip Ad” is a weird one, because it makes you feel like you’re beating the system, even though it was the system that generously installed the escape hatch in the first place. It’s the same trick as doubling the price of something, then sticking a 50% off label on it, it’s not a bargain, you’ve just been returned to the original insult at a more flattering angle. And adverts do the same thing,…

Textlands Update: New enemies, constructions, weapons, and tools.

Language is remarkable, because it allows us to misunderstand each other with incredible precision. A single word can mean three things, unless spoken in the wrong tone, in which case it means seven, two of which are somehow insulting. This is why arguments are rarely about what was said, and almost always about what was heard, which is rarely the same thing. Grammar tries to impose order on all…