Yours were the only TikToks that ever felt healing to me. When I still had TikTok.

"Did you find this helpful?"

Came here to say this.

", [and don't,] dare I say it, try and shove, like, crappy identity politics into it" Oh no, Andy Weir, No. Just No.

Please stop spreading this rage bait.

The quote everyone's angry about, about "crappy identity politics," is not from Weir.

Zack??

Kneeanu

In 80 years bougie first time homebuyers are going to be installing replica contractor special boob lights into their vintage 00s homes.

Pronouncing 'Fanduel' like 'Manuel.'

My girl used <<Seeker of Hidden Truths>> and or <<Writer of Histories>>. She is a Folklorist and always looking for obscure myths and sagas for whatever region she's visiting.

That's... That's an answer to a job interview question. Not an interview question about predators on your software.

"This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil..."
- Ursula K LeGuin

That's a true blessing. I'm glad you have the opportunity and that you're getting the hell out of Texas.

Miss talking to ya, friend. I hope life's treating you well.

I think a good argument could go either way, but I stand by what I said. She made no conscious pact and instead used learning of symbol and language to figure out how to cast magic the way that others can naturally.

Luz is a wizard in a world full of sorcerers.

The NES was my first console and while I played it to death, it's one of my least favorite eras to go back and to revisit.

I was desperate for a SNES but my parents wouldn't buy me one until the n64 came out but they offered to trade it for that.

PS1/PS2 probably had the biggest effects on me.

Not the kind of water sports I was expecting this to be about.

1) *doubt*
2) I'm very tired of people acting like the founding fathers were some kind of inerrant source of wisdom and scripture to be cited forever and ever Amen.
They were rich politicians, not holy men.

"live action!"
*Another animated chicken*

There's way too much soulless technology that we interact with in our day-to-day now. I think that artistry could be worked into these things if people cared enough. But companies simply don't. Beauty is devalued in favor of the Almighty dollar. Cutting corners and creating a worst user experience.

I think there's something inherently more beautiful and artistic about the technologies that haven't yet achieved their perfect form. Some of it is the artistic effort that goes into it, some of it is also simply the pursuit. The final form hasn't been realized, so everyone strives to find it.

But in both cases aren't the older technologies more interesting? Like I said, there was invention there was beauty. You could see the craftsmanship that went into each one. It wasn't just another soulless rectangle. There was art.

You guys remember The matrix phone? How wild was that. A movie tie in cell phone designed completely from the ground up.

What we have in both cases are instances of technologies that were eventually perfected. It's hard to do better than what each respective technology has become. So there's not much in the way of innovation anymore.

10 freak phones of the 2000s YouTube video by G•OLD collection

Now look at these old cell phones from the age before iPhones standardized the way that we interact with our phones.

OLD LIGHTER COLLECTION 🔥 YouTube video by Histoire d'une Flamme

Look at these old lighters. These all predate the modern Bic and Zippo lighters that we're used to. Each shows an individual engineers creativity, they're unique way of looking at the world.

Tried reading The Sword of Shannara because I've been itching for classic fantasy. It made me just want to read Wheel of Time again.

Anyway...

I had the Ultraman but my parents never bought the Kaiju for me. So he was usually fighting the guy from superhuman samurai cyber squad or Krang from TMNT haha

Timelapse!