Samantics

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

This is astounding

Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...

Sam Reich flipping a coin saying "heads normal, tails insane..." and then looking at the result of the coin flip and saying "It's normal!"

my brain/body deciding how to react to caffeine

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

“I’m sick of these purity tests. NO CANDIDATE is perfect. Newsom may not care about homeless people or trans people but he’s the ONLY ONE hiring social media posters to ask ChatGPT to talk like Trump”

The biggest flaw in the Billy Joel documentary is devoting no time to his signature achievement, "Oliver & Company"

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oh you think the fans blowing on the server racks in data centers use too much air? you know what uses even more air? people breathing. check and mate, dipshits.

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Elvis Costello is the Wiggles for adults (complimentary)

Article from 1921 labeling the time period as "the age of nerves"

Article from 1930 labeling the period as the age of nerves.

Article from the 1940s labeling the time as the age of anxiety.

Article from the 1950s labeling their period as the "age of anxiety"

Many say that we live in the "age of anxiety" and I have recently learned that, not only are many of us struggling, but we are also, apparently, deeply unspecial.

tried to start a commune on myst island but fell apart over basic things like taking out garbage, doing dishes, who resets the puzzles at night, which brother to give the pages to, who gets to sleep in the spaceship, etc

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue.

TWENTY.

As in, they call that getting slammed.

So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.

TWENTY is a lot.

Big fan of Cheekface, always nice to hear something new that scratches that TMBG/CAKE part of my brain.

Glad you're enjoying Gideon. That's literally all I know about it because apparently I quote versions of "none pizza with left beef" enough to be informed when it is referenced in literature.

frog fact!!