i’ll dream of you walking on

"I hate how American media will just make up a European nation rather than do any research, so I'm going to get back at them by writing a story set in a fake American state" like, do you have the slightest idea how much American media is set in a geographically impossible fictional small town located in no particular state and characterised entirely by some guy from Los Angeles' collection of half-remembered stereotypes about the American Midwest? They've already got the "lazily inventing fictional parts of America" bit locked down.

Who was the man who first salted the slug

If you ever, and I mean EVER think that you fucked something up royally, remember that the organizers of the 1904 Olympic marathon:

This may not be comforting to other ppl (and might not make sense) but as someone who genuinely has lead a double life for most of my life so far where im completely out in one space but closeted in another, i think that giving importance to the small moments you get to be yourself is crucial and the length of those moments dont matter.

Tbh I think the "but data centers are important infrastructure, not just AI" talking point misses that like

I miss when ads were a single click and then they’re gone. Now every ad has a minimum of three phases where you watch a video, exit the still frame of fake gameplay, and then exit the app download. That doesn’t even touch on the ones that forcibly take you to another app after opening a tab in safari without you ever touching the screen.

When medicine is holding the migraine back but you can still kinda feel it in the distance waiting to return

Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.

"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."