thoughts related to existential logic. like, things only have the power and reference they do out of definition. in some ways, constant IDing of "slop" could be a grassroots effort at censoring "inauthentic" art or the profane as we define it.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
thoughts related to existential logic. like, things only have the power and reference they do out of definition. in some ways, constant IDing of "slop" could be a grassroots effort at censoring "inauthentic" art or the profane as we define it.
I just reread a pamphlet, The Parapornographic Manifesto, which describes obscenity and power. that censorship creates the pornographic out of power essentially. I have to read it again for full understanding but this idea has been rattling around in my head with the arts and AI, also with some
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I just reread a pamphlet, The Parapornographic Manifesto, which describes obscenity and power. that censorship creates the pornographic out of power essentially. I have to read it again for full understanding but this idea has been rattling around in my head with the arts and AI, also with some
poor economic conditions are also the reason why we are upset. but we have never had what we have now while also possessing modern survey tools. people are largely communicating that they're sick of this shit, even if they have money, imo. my guess is labor and agency are the real grievances.
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
poor economic conditions are also the reason why we are upset. but we have never had what we have now while also possessing modern survey tools. people are largely communicating that they're sick of this shit, even if they have money, imo. my guess is labor and agency are the real grievances.
yes, i have long thought the answer to the stancil issue is that Americans have killed god and we only have money left. in other words, all grievances will be expressed as financial complaints. i believe this is how Americans express that they are serious about their discontent, just that usually
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
yes, i have long thought the answer to the stancil issue is that Americans have killed god and we only have money left. in other words, all grievances will be expressed as financial complaints. i believe this is how Americans express that they are serious about their discontent, just that usually
when i was younger and wrote constantly i thought it was crazy to force yourself to write ("it just comes to me!"). now with a full on job and life I force myself because I learned the hard way that I need to start from scratch when nothing just comes to me for a few years
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
when i was younger and wrote constantly i thought it was crazy to force yourself to write ("it just comes to me!"). now with a full on job and life I force myself because I learned the hard way that I need to start from scratch when nothing just comes to me for a few years
I have hEDS and can still use my cast iron but I know that may not always be the case. Is there a good lightweight option that you like? I figure stainless will be the best option for lighter cookware but they can be kind of heavy too.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have hEDS and can still use my cast iron but I know that may not always be the case. Is there a good lightweight option that you like? I figure stainless will be the best option for lighter cookware but they can be kind of heavy too.
at any rate, Nuzzi and I are almost precisely the same age so I bet that kind of thing influenced her, as well as Lena Dunham and Girls. I am/was a completely different type of writer so it just was never in the cards for me but i really wished I could be that writer at the time.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
at any rate, Nuzzi and I are almost precisely the same age so I bet that kind of thing influenced her, as well as Lena Dunham and Girls. I am/was a completely different type of writer so it just was never in the cards for me but i really wished I could be that writer at the time.
articles from xoJane articles, etc in my memory.
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
articles from xoJane articles, etc in my memory.
i was thinking more 2011-2015, people just saying anything to varying degrees of quality. sometimes it's good. i was trying to find an example of exactly what i'm thinking about but many of the online lit mags I remember are defunct. all of that comes together along the old "it happened to me"
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
i was thinking more 2011-2015, people just saying anything to varying degrees of quality. sometimes it's good. i was trying to find an example of exactly what i'm thinking about but many of the online lit mags I remember are defunct. all of that comes together along the old "it happened to me"
most recent iteration of this that I personally remember is the confessional poetry of the early 2010s, born out of alt lit. i was too uncool to participate and i was very jealous of the attention the confessional poets enjoyed at the time.
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
most recent iteration of this that I personally remember is the confessional poetry of the early 2010s, born out of alt lit. i was too uncool to participate and i was very jealous of the attention the confessional poets enjoyed at the time.
i'd also ask you to consider the utility of a philosophy that would not permit you bias for your own safety. like if I were a political candidate gaining support based on my "Jail all Matthews" stance, could you be centrist there? would you be wrong to have a dogma about being free?
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
i'd also ask you to consider the utility of a philosophy that would not permit you bias for your own safety. like if I were a political candidate gaining support based on my "Jail all Matthews" stance, could you be centrist there? would you be wrong to have a dogma about being free?
i think you even give more evidence to this point w this response - you didn't really engage with the point, and performed the behavior in the quoted post - "well it's better than leftist, which I am not."
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think you even give more evidence to this point w this response - you didn't really engage with the point, and performed the behavior in the quoted post - "well it's better than leftist, which I am not."
at this moment in reality, a centrist would need to believe in free speech, but also no free speech. trans people deserve protection and trans people should be harmed, etc. to me the problem with centrist politics is that it is nothing but rhetoric aimed at stopping progressive action.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
at this moment in reality, a centrist would need to believe in free speech, but also no free speech. trans people deserve protection and trans people should be harmed, etc. to me the problem with centrist politics is that it is nothing but rhetoric aimed at stopping progressive action.
what do you define centrism as? to me centrism is a negating philosophy. to be a centrist especially now is to occupy a spot that does not seem to exist in reality, seems to be something extremely based in the centrist's emotion + projection of self.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
what do you define centrism as? to me centrism is a negating philosophy. to be a centrist especially now is to occupy a spot that does not seem to exist in reality, seems to be something extremely based in the centrist's emotion + projection of self.
Lol, it's like if you just fill your upper gum area with air. It's my go-to funny face for kids and it looks a little like hers does. The "button nose" is a common ask for rhinoplasty hence my assumption, but I think that's what creates the Who effect whatever the cause
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Lol, it's like if you just fill your upper gum area with air. It's my go-to funny face for kids and it looks a little like hers does. The "button nose" is a common ask for rhinoplasty hence my assumption, but I think that's what creates the Who effect whatever the cause
It's the space between the nose and the mouth. I have this kind of nose congenitally but it's longer to fit my face I guess, but if I inflate my mouth I look like a who. Sometimes when ppl get a nose job towards this standard, they have to shorten the nose too much which is giving cindy lou
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's the space between the nose and the mouth. I have this kind of nose congenitally but it's longer to fit my face I guess, but if I inflate my mouth I look like a who. Sometimes when ppl get a nose job towards this standard, they have to shorten the nose too much which is giving cindy lou
It seems like people didn't even really have/spend money in the way we think about having money today, at least average people, so I just get fascinated thinking about all the contemporary comparisons
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It seems like people didn't even really have/spend money in the way we think about having money today, at least average people, so I just get fascinated thinking about all the contemporary comparisons
Anything you'd recommend that's more of an overview of the whole Depression + aftermath? Have been interested in like 1850-1950 American History recently and have been searching for a great Great Depression book. It's fiction but reading the Grapes of Wrath this year had me really interested.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Anything you'd recommend that's more of an overview of the whole Depression + aftermath? Have been interested in like 1850-1950 American History recently and have been searching for a great Great Depression book. It's fiction but reading the Grapes of Wrath this year had me really interested.
It's always been fascinating to me as I spoke to older folks, fewer people alive now than when I was younger, but I don't think people get over this. Also keeping/eating/serving expired food, which the millennials finally put a stop to in our family lol
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's always been fascinating to me as I spoke to older folks, fewer people alive now than when I was younger, but I don't think people get over this. Also keeping/eating/serving expired food, which the millennials finally put a stop to in our family lol
Random anecdote but one grandparent was hit very very hard by the depression (he was a child/teen at the time) and forbade parsnips from even entering his home as an adult
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Random anecdote but one grandparent was hit very very hard by the depression (he was a child/teen at the time) and forbade parsnips from even entering his home as an adult
I was a creative writing major and logic nerd and ended up writing poems that were in logical language, behold my insufferable 21 y/o mind (in improper formatting)
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was a creative writing major and logic nerd and ended up writing poems that were in logical language, behold my insufferable 21 y/o mind (in improper formatting)
I took logic as an English major, then took four more logic classes and ended up in discrete math topics anyway. Obviously I loved it too
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I took logic as an English major, then took four more logic classes and ended up in discrete math topics anyway. Obviously I loved it too
Nothing at all, just remarking that the wealth that created things we love even was built off literal death and environmental degradation that persists to this day. It's better to have the libraries than not of course, just remarking specifically on domination wrt wealth accumulation
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Nothing at all, just remarking that the wealth that created things we love even was built off literal death and environmental degradation that persists to this day. It's better to have the libraries than not of course, just remarking specifically on domination wrt wealth accumulation
Been thinking about this with Andrew Carnegie and how people don't talk about how he literally killed his workers (via Frick at least at Homestead) but people just fawn over the libraries still. The steel workers hated the libraries.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Been thinking about this with Andrew Carnegie and how people don't talk about how he literally killed his workers (via Frick at least at Homestead) but people just fawn over the libraries still. The steel workers hated the libraries.