Ven
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I own nothing and I’ve never been more unhappy.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I own nothing and I’ve never been more unhappy.
The version of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” on the original Kill Bill soundtrack is, among other things, mixed to be less tinny.
It is also seemingly disappeared from music services.
It is also seemingly disappeared from music services.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The version of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” on the original Kill Bill soundtrack is, among other things, mixed to be less tinny.
It is also seemingly disappeared from music services.
It is also seemingly disappeared from music services.
My depth perception is currently shot. Being outside is terrifying: everything is either closer or further than I think it is.
It’s like I’m being snuck upon by a tiger while I’m counting its stripes.
It’s like I’m being snuck upon by a tiger while I’m counting its stripes.
December 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My depth perception is currently shot. Being outside is terrifying: everything is either closer or further than I think it is.
It’s like I’m being snuck upon by a tiger while I’m counting its stripes.
It’s like I’m being snuck upon by a tiger while I’m counting its stripes.
And, if so, is this GOAT for the worst person you know making a good point?
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And, if so, is this GOAT for the worst person you know making a good point?
It turns out Epstein ran some kind of sex trafficking ring centered on powerful people from around the world.
It also turns out that we know this because Trump grudgingly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
So… uh… does that mean Qanon was right?
It also turns out that we know this because Trump grudgingly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
So… uh… does that mean Qanon was right?
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It turns out Epstein ran some kind of sex trafficking ring centered on powerful people from around the world.
It also turns out that we know this because Trump grudgingly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
So… uh… does that mean Qanon was right?
It also turns out that we know this because Trump grudgingly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
So… uh… does that mean Qanon was right?
Some of this is I just really think my generation had an overreaction to my parents’ but at an absurdly high monetary cost. So maybe time to just tamp that down.
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Some of this is I just really think my generation had an overreaction to my parents’ but at an absurdly high monetary cost. So maybe time to just tamp that down.
The last few years have been me doing things that I consider underrated. Among them: casseroles, traditional Thanksgiving dinners, and Buicks.
Next year I may just add cruise ship to my list of underrated things.
Next year I may just add cruise ship to my list of underrated things.
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The last few years have been me doing things that I consider underrated. Among them: casseroles, traditional Thanksgiving dinners, and Buicks.
Next year I may just add cruise ship to my list of underrated things.
Next year I may just add cruise ship to my list of underrated things.
Where in the world is Daniela Detroit? Detroit is the opposite of San Diego, right?
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Where in the world is Daniela Detroit? Detroit is the opposite of San Diego, right?
For the last three days, I have been understanding “concrete jungle” as contrasted with “abstract jungle”.
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For the last three days, I have been understanding “concrete jungle” as contrasted with “abstract jungle”.
What part of Arrakis is that?
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What part of Arrakis is that?
For me, it’s that the cold and dark is briskly invigorating in a way the day never is. Which I guess makes me ready for a Bronze Age afterlife.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For me, it’s that the cold and dark is briskly invigorating in a way the day never is. Which I guess makes me ready for a Bronze Age afterlife.
I think that’s right. It certainly accords with the positions I’ve found to win people over: do you really want people screaming at cops at the bathroom? are you really comfortable inserting yourself into this medical decision? Etc.
People don’t know what to think, this don’t want to.
People don’t know what to think, this don’t want to.
September 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I think that’s right. It certainly accords with the positions I’ve found to win people over: do you really want people screaming at cops at the bathroom? are you really comfortable inserting yourself into this medical decision? Etc.
People don’t know what to think, this don’t want to.
People don’t know what to think, this don’t want to.
I think the most fraught thing about trans rights is the political dynamic.
Actively protecting trans people is a loser. But *reactively* protecting trans people is a big winner!
I think it reflects society being unresolved. The winning reaction is against creative ways to punch trans people.
Actively protecting trans people is a loser. But *reactively* protecting trans people is a big winner!
I think it reflects society being unresolved. The winning reaction is against creative ways to punch trans people.
September 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I think the most fraught thing about trans rights is the political dynamic.
Actively protecting trans people is a loser. But *reactively* protecting trans people is a big winner!
I think it reflects society being unresolved. The winning reaction is against creative ways to punch trans people.
Actively protecting trans people is a loser. But *reactively* protecting trans people is a big winner!
I think it reflects society being unresolved. The winning reaction is against creative ways to punch trans people.
Maybe this is an argument for long distance charges.
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Maybe this is an argument for long distance charges.
I think the reason is that, in the past, it was much more difficult to create a lot of harassment, much less fully automated luxury space harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I think the reason is that, in the past, it was much more difficult to create a lot of harassment, much less fully automated luxury space harassment.
I was watching a movie in a theater only to wonder where the bar is and then how I can get it to display.
I am now trying to stream less.
I am now trying to stream less.
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I was watching a movie in a theater only to wonder where the bar is and then how I can get it to display.
I am now trying to stream less.
I am now trying to stream less.
Ben Washes & Folds Five
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ben Washes & Folds Five
Reposted by Ven
It might not even be positive in utility!
It’s possible that there is no ethical conclusion available from the original experiment: the result can’t guide action because it really can’t expand beyond “one headache, one set of diffuse gains”, which is by nature an action taken but once.
It’s possible that there is no ethical conclusion available from the original experiment: the result can’t guide action because it really can’t expand beyond “one headache, one set of diffuse gains”, which is by nature an action taken but once.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It might not even be positive in utility!
It’s possible that there is no ethical conclusion available from the original experiment: the result can’t guide action because it really can’t expand beyond “one headache, one set of diffuse gains”, which is by nature an action taken but once.
It’s possible that there is no ethical conclusion available from the original experiment: the result can’t guide action because it really can’t expand beyond “one headache, one set of diffuse gains”, which is by nature an action taken but once.
I think we can see the results: we don’t like it.
And maybe that calls the conclusion into question. We’re only happy with this result if we expect to not get the headache. But if we build society around passing out big headaches but even more tiny dopamine hits, we hate the result.
And maybe that calls the conclusion into question. We’re only happy with this result if we expect to not get the headache. But if we build society around passing out big headaches but even more tiny dopamine hits, we hate the result.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think we can see the results: we don’t like it.
And maybe that calls the conclusion into question. We’re only happy with this result if we expect to not get the headache. But if we build society around passing out big headaches but even more tiny dopamine hits, we hate the result.
And maybe that calls the conclusion into question. We’re only happy with this result if we expect to not get the headache. But if we build society around passing out big headaches but even more tiny dopamine hits, we hate the result.
Which isn’t part of the thought experiment! It’s supposed to be one headache and one small, diffuse gain! I don’t think anyone ever addressed “what if we handed out lots of headaches in exchange for lots of small, diffuse gains”.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Which isn’t part of the thought experiment! It’s supposed to be one headache and one small, diffuse gain! I don’t think anyone ever addressed “what if we handed out lots of headaches in exchange for lots of small, diffuse gains”.
It’s like we took the “what if we gave one person a bad headache to make everyone a little happier” and did it over and over.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s like we took the “what if we gave one person a bad headache to make everyone a little happier” and did it over and over.
Get a traffic ticket? You bear the cost of deterrence. Product failure? Prepare to bear the cost of making everything slightly cheaper waiting on a support line. Etc.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Get a traffic ticket? You bear the cost of deterrence. Product failure? Prepare to bear the cost of making everything slightly cheaper waiting on a support line. Etc.
I think we’ve increasingly become a society where concentrated costs are exchanged for diffuse benefits.
July 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think we’ve increasingly become a society where concentrated costs are exchanged for diffuse benefits.
