David Witt

This is how it’s done.

21.02.2025 23:43 — 👍 77338    🔁 10958    💬 2772    📌 554

Screenshot of original The Onion post with the famous Sickos comic, dated 16 February 2015

Detail of the Sickos guy. Unshaven man leaning against a window from outside saying "yes... ha ha ha... yes!"

Happy tenth birthday to a real one

16.02.2025 07:09 — 👍 10177    🔁 3241    💬 91    📌 133

Gradual Disempowerment Gradual Disempowerment

"Once this human participation gets displaced by more competitive machine alternatives, our institutions' incentives for growth will be untethered from a need to ensure human flourishing."
gradual-disempowerment.ai

31.01.2025 04:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

STEM is so cool. Science is amazing. Kids should develop curiosity about how the universe works and proficiency in uncovering its secrets, so that they can most effectively optimize clickthrough rates on banner ads at the bottom of VC-funded website-apps.

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It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.

15.12.2024 23:58 — 👍 12308    🔁 2826    💬 254    📌 384

A real, actual quote from my partner this morning.
"Does Brandon Sanderson only write short stories?"

16.11.2024 17:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do

- janitor
- election machine tester
- climbing instructor
- camp director
- zipline guide
- foreclosure auditor

10.11.2024 20:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A totally real, not temporary tattoo

Dipping a toe into the midlife crisis pool

09.11.2024 04:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cultivating new vibes

09.11.2024 04:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The only thing worse than "blank page syndrome" as a writer is when the blank page is publicly visible.

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