Edward Sung
@edwardsung.bsky.social
The marketplace of ideas put my ideas on clearance.
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thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
After weeks of debilitating gut issues, it appears I probably have gastroparesis. I don't know much about it, but half the posts on the gastroparesis subreddit are like "praying for release from this endless nightmare" which seems promising
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
After weeks of debilitating gut issues, it appears I probably have gastroparesis. I don't know much about it, but half the posts on the gastroparesis subreddit are like "praying for release from this endless nightmare" which seems promising
What’s a movie you never tire of?
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What’s a movie you never tire of?
The best "forever roll"? A bidet attachment. We use a fraction of the TP we used to and feel a lot cleaner.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The best "forever roll"? A bidet attachment. We use a fraction of the TP we used to and feel a lot cleaner.
Thinking about Pluribus as a story about grief (present & past—there are signs all over these episodes of some bad past stuff) unlocked some thoughts about loss and depression. Rambling follows.
(Disclaimer: Grief is a highly personal experience and I speak only for myself.)
(Disclaimer: Grief is a highly personal experience and I speak only for myself.)
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thinking about Pluribus as a story about grief (present & past—there are signs all over these episodes of some bad past stuff) unlocked some thoughts about loss and depression. Rambling follows.
(Disclaimer: Grief is a highly personal experience and I speak only for myself.)
(Disclaimer: Grief is a highly personal experience and I speak only for myself.)
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When you were sexualized by adult males as an adolescent you do what you have to as an adult to reconcile your experience, including doing a shit ton of rationalizing. I’m not excusing media folks who are doing this in public, just noting it. We do what we must to protect our sanity. It’s imperative
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When you were sexualized by adult males as an adolescent you do what you have to as an adult to reconcile your experience, including doing a shit ton of rationalizing. I’m not excusing media folks who are doing this in public, just noting it. We do what we must to protect our sanity. It’s imperative
Article headlines written in the form of a question
a man sits at a desk with a lamp and a sign that says justice general
Alt: Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles saying “Why am I asking you?”
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Article headlines written in the form of a question
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Important takeaway: I'm never going to apologize for a typo in an email again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Important takeaway: I'm never going to apologize for a typo in an email again.
Goon a movie.
Mean Goons
Mean Goons
Goon a movie.
The Witches of Goonwick
The Witches of Goonwick
Goon a movie.
Goon with the Wind
Goon with the Wind
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Goon a movie.
Mean Goons
Mean Goons
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Some v. good suggestions in the comments
Home cooks: I boiled my four Costco rotisserie chicken carcasses and made bone broth, which I froze in deli containers. Do I just use it as a base for soup by adding vegetables, mushrooms, chicken meat, garlic, potatoes, seasoning, and rice or noodles?
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some v. good suggestions in the comments
Guys there was a whole bestselling novel and film adaptation about how we should not be messing around with Hitler's DNA
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Guys there was a whole bestselling novel and film adaptation about how we should not be messing around with Hitler's DNA
I revisited Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill, which I loved as a child, and jeez, this goes a lot harder than I remembered
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I revisited Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill, which I loved as a child, and jeez, this goes a lot harder than I remembered
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I read Slaughterhouse-Five right after Breakfast of Champions, and holy shit. I’m still in awe of his ability to express incandescent rage and pain in such a calm tone. If I tried to write the things he wrote about. I’d be rendered completely inarticulate.
when i was 15 i was convinced i wasn’t good enough for my very pretty girlfriend so i did all her homework for her, which eventually included reading “slaughterhouse-five,” which immediately led to me ignoring the fuck out of my very pretty girlfriend as i read kurt vonnegut’s other 13 novels.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I read Slaughterhouse-Five right after Breakfast of Champions, and holy shit. I’m still in awe of his ability to express incandescent rage and pain in such a calm tone. If I tried to write the things he wrote about. I’d be rendered completely inarticulate.
Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. For a number of reasons, but especially that famous asshole. I was 14 and had no idea you were even ALLOWED to put crazy drawings like that in a “serious” book. He was just like, here’s an asshole. Blew my entire mind!
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. For a number of reasons, but especially that famous asshole. I was 14 and had no idea you were even ALLOWED to put crazy drawings like that in a “serious” book. He was just like, here’s an asshole. Blew my entire mind!
My least memorable movie is a 70s flick called Love For Sale. My parents took me along to see it at a drive-in, and I got bored and watched the other screen, which is how I saw Suspiria at 8 yrs old. Years later I tried to look up Love For Sale, but there’s no record of it ever existing.
it's too bad we'll never know what the least memorable movie is because we can't know what we don't remember
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My least memorable movie is a 70s flick called Love For Sale. My parents took me along to see it at a drive-in, and I got bored and watched the other screen, which is how I saw Suspiria at 8 yrs old. Years later I tried to look up Love For Sale, but there’s no record of it ever existing.
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Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. Dense, propulsive, depicts a world that is both fantastic and grounded in rich character. But realizing the character who describes himself as having a perfect memory is actually an unreliable narrator was a moment I’ve rarely had as a reader.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. Dense, propulsive, depicts a world that is both fantastic and grounded in rich character. But realizing the character who describes himself as having a perfect memory is actually an unreliable narrator was a moment I’ve rarely had as a reader.
Okay, time to try and get some work done tod-
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Okay, time to try and get some work done tod-
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In September, I almost shared this piece to take a jab at the author of Bond novels who clearly has never seen the Bond films. 😅
But it is obvious to me that the “source” of this article (on a website I am not familiar with) is false or misleading. What is being reported is absolutely ridiculous.
But it is obvious to me that the “source” of this article (on a website I am not familiar with) is false or misleading. What is being reported is absolutely ridiculous.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In September, I almost shared this piece to take a jab at the author of Bond novels who clearly has never seen the Bond films. 😅
But it is obvious to me that the “source” of this article (on a website I am not familiar with) is false or misleading. What is being reported is absolutely ridiculous.
But it is obvious to me that the “source” of this article (on a website I am not familiar with) is false or misleading. What is being reported is absolutely ridiculous.
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I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
I almost never have dreams “ripped from the headlines” but last night I dreamt Joyce Carol Oates threw a dinner party and Elon Musk showed up uninvited. Everyone left and moved the party elsewhere (via video game fast travel) but Elon kept following them.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I almost never have dreams “ripped from the headlines” but last night I dreamt Joyce Carol Oates threw a dinner party and Elon Musk showed up uninvited. Everyone left and moved the party elsewhere (via video game fast travel) but Elon kept following them.
