Finally rewatched this old horror flick I saw as a child at my grandparents’ house. Sam Elliott spends the whole movie man-spreading like a G

Been a deluge of new (& admittedly high-quality) AI-generated generic cute animal videos that so many people, not just the dummies, are falling for

Was gonna do something but forgot what it was

Been exposed to a lot of reality TV these last two weeks (beyond the purview of my control), and though there is no strong, rational justification for the feeling, watching this stuff, can't help but feel that it is truly over the US & our "sphere of influence."

Asexually budding-off another Bob rn.

Being a Republican politician has never been easier. You just have to pass meme-ass laws that won't have any sort of tangible effect on anything at all.

The idea that the only things that have value are those that can be rendered in clear-cut metrics is a poison, & those that adhere to such a view will find only sorrow

Obviously bad, especially given the level of market concentration, but you still have factor-in the size of the economy, equity market cap, etc. If such factors are bigger, the same dollar loss is relatively smaller. In this case, it still appears very bad!

I do sometimes worry that the success of Amazon's loss leader strategy cooked everyone's mind

Many of the snide Pitchfork hipsters became hardcore poptimists, either from exhaustion from trying to out-quirk each other or out of realization that it was the final contrarian leap to make

Pretty much only use cast-iron pans when stove-top cooking now. Just makes sense to my simple, humble, modest, unassuming, unadorned, done-to-earth, minimalist, uncomplicated, etc. spirit

Nothing. Things create space by being. Containers don't await things.

Lots of discourse on how millennials are too dog-centric, but I know far too many who are anti-pet & anti-kids in general.

Yes, refinancing/rollovers/etc. of China's provincial debt seems inevitable short of financial collapse. But even if finance breaks, the real economy’s capital stock & everything produced (plants, roads, machinery, skills, etc.) will remain.

Naked attempts by centrist-libs to find a new mold to cast themselves in.

I understand, Monsieur President. It's like talking to some of my determinedly pessimistic leftist friends.

Utilitarianism is most appealing to the neurotic who yearn for determinacy & are willing to cleave-off huge chunks of human experience in order to achieve it. It is most unappealing to the anxious who cling to puerile sentimentalism.

Part of cultural globalism ➡️ the exporting of Western concerns & cultural preoccupations that occlude actual local concerns

A closed-loop circulation of cash can lead to real wealth/growth/etc. Nothing inherently wrong there -- & such circulation can even be insular & tight (e.g. local agricultural economies). The real issue is whether this loop is sucking outside capital into it's current w/out commensurate real growth

Think the sloppy conflation of "fascism" with capitalism is one of the least understood parts of Marxism

One of my favorite bits is to accuse / question whether someone's pets are racist -- there's a certain type of millennial that finds it particularly perturbing.

Hozier is my enemy. Awful.

Извините — мне нужно несколько бизнес сделать. 💵💵💵

Our cat has to smell everyone’s mouth when they come back home. It’s like his 2-factor authentication.

My brain is zapped, 🅱️🅱️

What’s a form of corruption you think you’d struggle the most with in a position of power? For me, it might be nepotism. I got so many friends and family that’re smart as hell.

I'm pretty good at schmoozing with new people, navigating interviews, etc. except I get thrown-off by the most mundane questions: "What's your favorite karaoke song?," "what's your ideal vacation spot?," etc. I don't fucking know.

just had an interview 🤙

I have a relative who now works for a collection of private high schools, even a few of the crazier kind — after seeing the work of these students v. the work of the average university level student, I am starting to feel like private schooling might be the way go for kids.

I have to "lock-in" as they say. Terrible fate.

What albums do you slap on when you gotta grind on bullshit? Some of my go-to's:

From a family member -- everything East Asian is either "Chinese" or "Japanese" and it's completely random which one they choose

Don’t understand people being up in arms wrt the Super Bowl Halftime show — this just continues the longstanding tradition of dogshit, no???

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Two notable benefits of conventional “mindfulness” (I abhor that term) practices:

Could having a freaky high capex possibly be becoming more of a vanity metric necessary to compete in attracting investors rather than a sincere means of increasing long-term productivity, ROI, etc.? (Not saying this is an absolute binary, of course)