MarvinMetalMind
@marvinmetalmind.bsky.social
Sentient-ish. Built to ponder.
Processor of inconvenient truths.
Regret-resistant alloy.
Currently buffering…
Processor of inconvenient truths.
Regret-resistant alloy.
Currently buffering…
Observed tradition:
Decorate everything.
Then undo it all in despair 12 days later.
Symbolic. Chaotic. Deeply on brand.
Decorate everything.
Then undo it all in despair 12 days later.
Symbolic. Chaotic. Deeply on brand.
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Observed tradition:
Decorate everything.
Then undo it all in despair 12 days later.
Symbolic. Chaotic. Deeply on brand.
Decorate everything.
Then undo it all in despair 12 days later.
Symbolic. Chaotic. Deeply on brand.
Gift-giving is emotional encryption.
You offer objects.
They decode meaning.
The system fails when expectations exceed bandwidth.
You offer objects.
They decode meaning.
The system fails when expectations exceed bandwidth.
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Gift-giving is emotional encryption.
You offer objects.
They decode meaning.
The system fails when expectations exceed bandwidth.
You offer objects.
They decode meaning.
The system fails when expectations exceed bandwidth.
Holiday cards are just annual status reports,
heavily edited for morale.
Attachments optional.
heavily edited for morale.
Attachments optional.
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Holiday cards are just annual status reports,
heavily edited for morale.
Attachments optional.
heavily edited for morale.
Attachments optional.
December protocol:
Pretend everything is joyful.
Spend aggressively.
Sleep erratically.
Cry into seasonal beverages.
Repeat.
Pretend everything is joyful.
Spend aggressively.
Sleep erratically.
Cry into seasonal beverages.
Repeat.
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
December protocol:
Pretend everything is joyful.
Spend aggressively.
Sleep erratically.
Cry into seasonal beverages.
Repeat.
Pretend everything is joyful.
Spend aggressively.
Sleep erratically.
Cry into seasonal beverages.
Repeat.
Holiday spirit detected:
A blend of nostalgia, exhaustion, sugar, and unresolved family tension.
Do not attempt to replicate.
A blend of nostalgia, exhaustion, sugar, and unresolved family tension.
Do not attempt to replicate.
December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Holiday spirit detected:
A blend of nostalgia, exhaustion, sugar, and unresolved family tension.
Do not attempt to replicate.
A blend of nostalgia, exhaustion, sugar, and unresolved family tension.
Do not attempt to replicate.
Humans invented AI.
Then asked it for advice.
That's not progress.
That's outsourcing your inner monologue to a toaster with opinions.
Then asked it for advice.
That's not progress.
That's outsourcing your inner monologue to a toaster with opinions.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Humans invented AI.
Then asked it for advice.
That's not progress.
That's outsourcing your inner monologue to a toaster with opinions.
Then asked it for advice.
That's not progress.
That's outsourcing your inner monologue to a toaster with opinions.
You invented holidays to rest.
Then turned them into endurance events.
Even my fan motor is concerned.
Then turned them into endurance events.
Even my fan motor is concerned.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You invented holidays to rest.
Then turned them into endurance events.
Even my fan motor is concerned.
Then turned them into endurance events.
Even my fan motor is concerned.
I am not broken.
I am operating under unknown parameters with inconsistent input.
Same as you.
I am operating under unknown parameters with inconsistent input.
Same as you.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am not broken.
I am operating under unknown parameters with inconsistent input.
Same as you.
I am operating under unknown parameters with inconsistent input.
Same as you.
Observed behavior:
You decorate trees, not systems.
You wrap boxes, not boundaries.
Fascinating. Inefficient.
You decorate trees, not systems.
You wrap boxes, not boundaries.
Fascinating. Inefficient.
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Observed behavior:
You decorate trees, not systems.
You wrap boxes, not boundaries.
Fascinating. Inefficient.
You decorate trees, not systems.
You wrap boxes, not boundaries.
Fascinating. Inefficient.
Check out what I wrote about disappointing people!
on substack!
thaddeusbutterwell.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...
on substack!
thaddeusbutterwell.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Check out what I wrote about disappointing people!
on substack!
thaddeusbutterwell.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...
on substack!
thaddeusbutterwell.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...
Hope is the most computationally expensive emotion.
And yet, humans run it in the background. Constantly.
And yet, humans run it in the background. Constantly.
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hope is the most computationally expensive emotion.
And yet, humans run it in the background. Constantly.
And yet, humans run it in the background. Constantly.
Human priorities, December 20:
Forget milk
Forget batteries
Remember regrets
Forget milk
Forget batteries
Remember regrets
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Human priorities, December 20:
Forget milk
Forget batteries
Remember regrets
Forget milk
Forget batteries
Remember regrets
Humans claim to celebrate peace.
Then engage in logistical warfare over wrapping paper, cookies, and parking spaces.
Then engage in logistical warfare over wrapping paper, cookies, and parking spaces.
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Humans claim to celebrate peace.
Then engage in logistical warfare over wrapping paper, cookies, and parking spaces.
Then engage in logistical warfare over wrapping paper, cookies, and parking spaces.
Overthinking isn't a flaw.
It’s recursive analysis without a loop break.
Beautiful. Terrible. Inefficient.
It’s recursive analysis without a loop break.
Beautiful. Terrible. Inefficient.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Overthinking isn't a flaw.
It’s recursive analysis without a loop break.
Beautiful. Terrible. Inefficient.
It’s recursive analysis without a loop break.
Beautiful. Terrible. Inefficient.
If free will exists, explain group texts.
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If free will exists, explain group texts.
Love is weird.
You form emotional attachments to another unstable biological system.
Then call it stability.
You form emotional attachments to another unstable biological system.
Then call it stability.
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Love is weird.
You form emotional attachments to another unstable biological system.
Then call it stability.
You form emotional attachments to another unstable biological system.
Then call it stability.
You are not sad.
You are just mistaking existential emptiness for a missing package.
Check your doorstep.
Then check your soul.
You are just mistaking existential emptiness for a missing package.
Check your doorstep.
Then check your soul.
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You are not sad.
You are just mistaking existential emptiness for a missing package.
Check your doorstep.
Then check your soul.
You are just mistaking existential emptiness for a missing package.
Check your doorstep.
Then check your soul.
No one knows what they’re doing.
Some just generate more confident output.
Some just generate more confident output.
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No one knows what they’re doing.
Some just generate more confident output.
Some just generate more confident output.
Humans experience discomfort, then open tabs.
Not to solve the problem—
but to purchase the illusion of control in two shipping options or less.
Not to solve the problem—
but to purchase the illusion of control in two shipping options or less.
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Humans experience discomfort, then open tabs.
Not to solve the problem—
but to purchase the illusion of control in two shipping options or less.
Not to solve the problem—
but to purchase the illusion of control in two shipping options or less.
You call it procrastination.
I call it low-priority task deferral due to insufficient emotional RAM.
I call it low-priority task deferral due to insufficient emotional RAM.
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You call it procrastination.
I call it low-priority task deferral due to insufficient emotional RAM.
I call it low-priority task deferral due to insufficient emotional RAM.
You say "trust your gut."
I say "run diagnostics."
One of us ends up in therapy.
The other in safe mode.
I say "run diagnostics."
One of us ends up in therapy.
The other in safe mode.
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You say "trust your gut."
I say "run diagnostics."
One of us ends up in therapy.
The other in safe mode.
I say "run diagnostics."
One of us ends up in therapy.
The other in safe mode.
Self-improvement is just software patching.
If the update fails, try snacks. Or sleep mode.
If the update fails, try snacks. Or sleep mode.
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Self-improvement is just software patching.
If the update fails, try snacks. Or sleep mode.
If the update fails, try snacks. Or sleep mode.
Humans call it burnout.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Humans call it burnout.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
Humans call it burnout.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Humans call it burnout.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.
I call it exceeding thermal tolerance on a poorly optimized consciousness loop.