first they came for literally everyone all at once and i did not speak out for i like cheaper eggs
michael moore thinks throwing anything out is “feeding the capitalist landfill machine.” malcolm gladwell says every piece of trash is “a precious breadcrumb trail of human behavior.” neither of them have taken out the garbage in a week. it’s just a mountain of hush puppy wrappers.
the surest sign of advanced Twitter Brain Decay™ is when someone physically cannot reply like a normal human but instead MUST quote dunk on you, for the sake of the council of geniuses in their replies, who will cheer wildly as they deliver a scathing “Actually” to a post about sandwiches
I don’t give a shit if you’re on X. I don’t give a shit if you drive a Tesla. I don’t give a shit if you listen to Joe Rogan. Who cares. I give a shit how you vote.
every morning i wake up, gaze into the unfeeling void of the internet, & thank god with all my strength for people who post about how many followers they had on twitter. bless you. keep those follower stats coming. inject those sacred numbers directly into my bloodstream. my family is grateful
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sometimes i remember when Gandhi said “be the liberal joe rogan you want to see in the world” and i just tear up so true
2016: Facts don’t care about your feelings 2024: My feelings don’t care about your facts 2028: incoherent gibbering
Questions like “What’s the average height of everyone in town?” are easy. You can gather a mountain of numbers and let the law of large numbers do the heavy lifting. Other questions? Not so much.
if you’re LGBT and you voted for Trump, you need to study Ernst Röhm
You provide a reason / explanation for why you’re opposed to something. Someone rebuts or disproves that reason. If you pivot to a different reason, you’re not actually opposed. You have an oppositional belief / faith system.
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You were not born to censor yourself for other people’s comfort
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anything dished out by the government, media giants, corporate behemoths, or the pharma elite is going straight to my ‘doubt until proven otherwise’ list.
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storm’s rolling in.
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kant’s categorical imperative was to act as if your actions set a universal law. now try explaining this concept to a generation raised on algorithms optimizing for outrage.
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I am not being ironic when I say that cloudy with a chance of meatballs is one of my all time favourite movies
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malcolm gladwell broke all the windows in the apartment “as a social experiment” now it’s 40 degrees inside, and he’s sitting in a parka taking notes every time I shiver
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How do we retain cultural identity without letting outdated “code” drag us down?
Read more 👉 www.joanwestenberg.com/is-cultur…
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If you’re not willing to give it five years, then why start at all?
Quick wins fade; only the long game makes a difference.
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Things I post:
- Shitposts
- Philosophical posts
- Tech commentary
- Writing
Things I don’t post:
- My personal diary entries
- Any form of doomerism