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@subtextexplainer.bsky.social
Saying what doesn't need to be said
I would watch the hell out of this, but only if it's a musical
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I would watch the hell out of this, but only if it's a musical
The normal-distribution meme w/"the purpose of a grocery store is to stay in business" in the middle & "the purpose of a grocery store is for people to have food, to eat" on both ends
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The normal-distribution meme w/"the purpose of a grocery store is to stay in business" in the middle & "the purpose of a grocery store is for people to have food, to eat" on both ends
Ok this is really interesting but also 1 big reason for govt to get into low-margin businesses is that private companies may choose locations/business models for them that maximize slim margins but don't maximize people's access to essential goods/services, see also: health care
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ok this is really interesting but also 1 big reason for govt to get into low-margin businesses is that private companies may choose locations/business models for them that maximize slim margins but don't maximize people's access to essential goods/services, see also: health care
Wait how do the kids say it?
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wait how do the kids say it?
Jfc I step away for 2 hours and I have no idea what we're pretending happened
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Jfc I step away for 2 hours and I have no idea what we're pretending happened
He doesn't know what health insurance is
Either he's always just self-paid, or someone else handled it for him (probably both)
He truly doesn't know what it is
Either he's always just self-paid, or someone else handled it for him (probably both)
He truly doesn't know what it is
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
He doesn't know what health insurance is
Either he's always just self-paid, or someone else handled it for him (probably both)
He truly doesn't know what it is
Either he's always just self-paid, or someone else handled it for him (probably both)
He truly doesn't know what it is
I don't want to be an entrepreneur I just want to be able to get my kid's medical device fixed when it breaks, this is all so fucking stupid
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't want to be an entrepreneur I just want to be able to get my kid's medical device fixed when it breaks, this is all so fucking stupid
I don't really like Internet diagnosis but his syntax gets closer and closer to aphasic. He used to speak actual sentences, with grammar. They were stupid sentences, but they were sentences, not these all-purpose frames
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I don't really like Internet diagnosis but his syntax gets closer and closer to aphasic. He used to speak actual sentences, with grammar. They were stupid sentences, but they were sentences, not these all-purpose frames
I would need to go find documentation, I'll try. I recall eliciting it w/some grad school classmates. We thought it was because so much of the data was scraped from companies' parallel websites--"Contact us: xyz NY, NY" on EN page corresponding to "Contactez-nous: xyz Paris" on FR page
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I would need to go find documentation, I'll try. I recall eliciting it w/some grad school classmates. We thought it was because so much of the data was scraped from companies' parallel websites--"Contact us: xyz NY, NY" on EN page corresponding to "Contactez-nous: xyz Paris" on FR page
Reminds me of the early days of Google Translate when it would, eg, translate English "New York" into French "Paris." Basically the same mechanism I think
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reminds me of the early days of Google Translate when it would, eg, translate English "New York" into French "Paris." Basically the same mechanism I think