People brag about how much more intuitive their particular systems of measurement are. For example, Americans will brag about how Fahrenheit is more intuitive: 0-100 degrees capture most outside temperatures (the actual extreme records are -128° to 134°, but those…
Why don’t more zombies have back pain?
A good interlocutor should have the twin virtues of: Acceptance: not challenging you in ways you don’t need or want Surprise: challenging you in ways you need or want That is: they should accept you as you are and not…
I wanna see a putting the team back together montage, but it turns out that everyone but the main character have been hanging out the entire time
So I’m watching Jon Haidt1 and Joshua Knobe at Blogging Heads. All of a sudden I hear Haidt, who I generally agree with on everything,2 say something I’ve come to conclude is a half-thought out idea. He eventually comes around…
I talk and text with my middle school friends to this day. Some of us are going to Iceland on a group trip soon. If I’m honest, I do more texting than they do. We slowly text less and less…
I’m being held hostage. But it’s nice. I like being held.
In lord of the rings, when Gandalf says, “fly, you fools!” Do you think he meant that they should take the eagles? Maybe he was just taking them to the airport, but they didn’t realize it
I’m gonna start a Malaysian restaurant and just serve Mexican food. People will say it’s not Asian food and I’ll say, “dije que era mala!” and just give them a free gordita.
I forgot my ex-fiancée’s hairstyle. I realized that while high, camping alone in Wyoming. I had to look it up, but the thought made me cry. I think about her daily, sometimes with nostalgia, sometimes with sadness or guilt, sometimes…