Erzel/Roy 🎼
@royfarrite.bsky.social
He/him. 27.
The bridge arsonist.
Musician/writer/songwriter.
INFP 4w5.
Tales and Fire Emblem diehard.
Bad FG player (UMVC3).
Vtuber fan. Jailbird.
The bridge arsonist.
Musician/writer/songwriter.
INFP 4w5.
Tales and Fire Emblem diehard.
Bad FG player (UMVC3).
Vtuber fan. Jailbird.
Pinned
Erzel/Roy 🎼
@royfarrite.bsky.social
· Oct 17
"People need things like that to go on living—mental landscapes that have meaning for them, even if they can’t explain them in words. Part of why we live is to come up with explanations for these things. That’s what I think."
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Missed out on Black Friday? Well don't fret. We're partnering with Sony to get you great deals on our games through the PlayStation Store!
Sale going until Dec 22nd!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/pages/deals
Sale going until Dec 22nd!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/pages/deals
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Missed out on Black Friday? Well don't fret. We're partnering with Sony to get you great deals on our games through the PlayStation Store!
Sale going until Dec 22nd!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/pages/deals
Sale going until Dec 22nd!
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/pages/deals
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oops it's her again
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
oops it's her again
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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Of course, teaching someone to think like a subject-matter expert requires *being* a subject-matter expert, which circles back to Katie's point: LLMs aren't and can't be experts, so even if they could give you an accurate answer, they can't show you how to *find* answers. And that's the real skill.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Of course, teaching someone to think like a subject-matter expert requires *being* a subject-matter expert, which circles back to Katie's point: LLMs aren't and can't be experts, so even if they could give you an accurate answer, they can't show you how to *find* answers. And that's the real skill.
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Personally, I take a more middling approach: I take my role as an educator seriously, but I'm honest with myself about what I can realistically educate people on. My goal in each video isn't to teach you the specific details of whatever the topic is, it's to teach you to think like a music theorist.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Personally, I take a more middling approach: I take my role as an educator seriously, but I'm honest with myself about what I can realistically educate people on. My goal in each video isn't to teach you the specific details of whatever the topic is, it's to teach you to think like a music theorist.
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This is one of the most difficult puzzles of educational YouTube: repetition and effort are the two biggest tools for information retention, but without extrinsic motivation they also drive viewers away, so we make things smooth and most of the details don't stick with audiences long-term.
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is one of the most difficult puzzles of educational YouTube: repetition and effort are the two biggest tools for information retention, but without extrinsic motivation they also drive viewers away, so we make things smooth and most of the details don't stick with audiences long-term.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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SHIELDS AT 50% AND FALLING!
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
SHIELDS AT 50% AND FALLING!
Paid for a guitar but came home empty-handed. Sounds like something that would happen to me...
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Paid for a guitar but came home empty-handed. Sounds like something that would happen to me...
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Was at Publix yesterday and two high school aged cashiers were talking:
“I used ai for that history paper and I got an F, it made up a bunch of stuff that didn’t happen.”
“That’s crazy, I use ai for all my papers and it’s never done me wrong and teachers never notice.”
We are so fuckin doomed.
“I used ai for that history paper and I got an F, it made up a bunch of stuff that didn’t happen.”
“That’s crazy, I use ai for all my papers and it’s never done me wrong and teachers never notice.”
We are so fuckin doomed.
Today I got to teach a 23yr old that Roe v Wade was *not* a part of the constitution.
Also, I said “I never trust the google Ai” and she replied “oh I always trust the Ai.”
Also, I said “I never trust the google Ai” and she replied “oh I always trust the Ai.”
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Was at Publix yesterday and two high school aged cashiers were talking:
“I used ai for that history paper and I got an F, it made up a bunch of stuff that didn’t happen.”
“That’s crazy, I use ai for all my papers and it’s never done me wrong and teachers never notice.”
We are so fuckin doomed.
“I used ai for that history paper and I got an F, it made up a bunch of stuff that didn’t happen.”
“That’s crazy, I use ai for all my papers and it’s never done me wrong and teachers never notice.”
We are so fuckin doomed.
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Blueskyism is telling people who aren’t usually told that they are wrong that they are wrong.
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Blueskyism is telling people who aren’t usually told that they are wrong that they are wrong.
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With everything going on with YouTube lately, I think you should know about another problem that's particularly bad in the anime space, and getting worse everywhere.
youtu.be/q95m-4Wm1to
youtu.be/q95m-4Wm1to
The Cancer Eating Anime Youtube
YouTube video by Basement Life
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
With everything going on with YouTube lately, I think you should know about another problem that's particularly bad in the anime space, and getting worse everywhere.
youtu.be/q95m-4Wm1to
youtu.be/q95m-4Wm1to
New Fire Emblem, baby! Did most of my gushing on Twitter, unfortunately.
September 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New Fire Emblem, baby! Did most of my gushing on Twitter, unfortunately.
I have become an info table.
September 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have become an info table.
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“Political views” one of the great weasel phrases of our age.
August 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Political views” one of the great weasel phrases of our age.
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It’s ok to stop relationships with people for being a Nazi, or a Republican, or a member of Stormfront or the KKK or any other hate group. It’s a very normal reaction.
August 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It’s ok to stop relationships with people for being a Nazi, or a Republican, or a member of Stormfront or the KKK or any other hate group. It’s a very normal reaction.
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Being a Republican means demolishing the planet and still expecting to get invited to dinner. They don’t believe in cutting people off socially over politics—they believe in *murdering* people over politics. Keeping normal relationships with whoever’s left is how they tell themselves they’re ok.
August 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Being a Republican means demolishing the planet and still expecting to get invited to dinner. They don’t believe in cutting people off socially over politics—they believe in *murdering* people over politics. Keeping normal relationships with whoever’s left is how they tell themselves they’re ok.
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A Trump voter imprisons your neighbor it’s law and order. Kicks their gay kid out its religious conviction. Shoots you dead it’s self defense. Kidnaps you, it’s border security. Invades your town, it’s fighting crime.
Tell them you don’t like them anymore, it was all just “political views.”
Tell them you don’t like them anymore, it was all just “political views.”
August 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A Trump voter imprisons your neighbor it’s law and order. Kicks their gay kid out its religious conviction. Shoots you dead it’s self defense. Kidnaps you, it’s border security. Invades your town, it’s fighting crime.
Tell them you don’t like them anymore, it was all just “political views.”
Tell them you don’t like them anymore, it was all just “political views.”
I've probably described this before, but no matter how well things are going, I can't help but feel like I'm walking a tightrope.
August 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I've probably described this before, but no matter how well things are going, I can't help but feel like I'm walking a tightrope.
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I've found a few names that are pretty close to mine, like the Fire Emblem character Etzel or the Toyota model Tercel. But a new one is Ezel in the Bible (1 Samuel 20:19), which means "departure" or "separation." I like that.
August 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I've found a few names that are pretty close to mine, like the Fire Emblem character Etzel or the Toyota model Tercel. But a new one is Ezel in the Bible (1 Samuel 20:19), which means "departure" or "separation." I like that.
Trying to get back into anitube / anime video essays, but I'm slowly realizing that things have changed, whether in the anitube space or in me.
August 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trying to get back into anitube / anime video essays, but I'm slowly realizing that things have changed, whether in the anitube space or in me.