alive

dostoyevsky kinda ate with “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”

Imagine the level of whimsy I could reach if I just had $5M in my bank account rn

the fact that we’re apes is SO funny… i can calculate how many parsecs away a nebula is based upon its apparent magnitude for a fun little brain exercise. i also feel depression and existential ennui if my curtains are shut for too long because my brain has a 45000 year old creature in it who feels that darkness holds too many unknown threats 

this has gotten 500x more true this year

One of the funniest things I've seen happen in real-time is the gradual progression of cyberdeck DIY stuff going from "this is obscure nerd shit" to "unless you literally need a Windows/MacOS device for work, a tiny bespoke handmade Linux machine will probably give you less headache and be more reliable and is vastly less likely to get remotely bricked by an update or obsoleted"

The problem with this though is that Linux Users (distinct from people who use Linux) are some of the most annoying fucking people on the planet, so a lot of people who would probably benefit from a little custom Linux machine are going to be put off of the concept entirely by condescending nerds with superiority complexes

Let's hold up traffic with mama!

new chess piece called the jester which can move anywhere on the board but can't capture anything. it just gets in the way to annoy your opponent

I need every sheltered poorly socialized anger-suppressed autistic weird girl late-bloomer suburbanite with passive aggressive helicopter parents who grew up with no steady friends no romantic relationships practically invisible yet still heckled by their peers and belittled by their own family for not passing life milestones to drop everything and watch Dinner in America. Then I want you to open your window scream into the neighborhood and remember that it’s never EVER too late to pick yourself up grow a fucking backbone and get shit done. be passionate be loud as fuck take up so much space that it causes problems live a violently colorful and rich life so that the quiet boxed-in people pleaser you once were breaks down in cathartic tears send post

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.

are you ever about to put on a movie but you realize you don't really want to watch The Movie, you want to be eight years old on a rainy saturday, and under your favorite butterfly blanket, and mom made hot chocolate and popcorn with extra butter, and you're watching The Movie for the first time ever? what are you supposed to do then