u don’t have to “get” a book. u can just enjoy reading it and then not hmm and haw thinking about its meaning. let the parts that u liked surface in your conversations with friends

not 40 yet but it's getting close and i can't wait to live my life

ya u gotta wait

in another life, i washed dishes for a living and i was very content

life really begins at 40

Some Matter More Than Others Articles, projects, podcast by Ulysse Pence

piece i wrote forever ago riffing on the same thing
benpence.com/blog/post/so...

i am so afraid to completely trust in them. i want to know how they work… to make an informed decision

even if i’m absolved of the bad things that come from my consumption, that’s bad things happening nonetheless. the path to hell is paved with abstractions

abstractions are so good at hiding externalities

viewing employee as work hours per cost, trash bin as outgoing pipe, uber driver as infrastructure, amazon as cheap disposables market, app development as ai prompt, virtual assistant as robot, customer service as anger sink

if u book through expedia, u can donate $5 to their advertising budget too

iberia can't decide if it's operated by american airlines or the other way around

Hotel Checkout™ is a powerful mechanic we included in our game LIFE. no matter how much the player prepares the night before, they'll feel a sense of urgency/dread as they scramble to bathe, brush teeth, pack up cosmetics/chargers/suitcase, and strip the bed, all before 10am

compare these. i just zoomed in to make the second one bigger

lots of games have a mode to pause and take a screenshot without the UI so u can share it with friends

on social media, we share screenshots with tools built into the OS. but the images are so low res, when they could be made high res since they're usually vector graphics

is there a name for when u peek at a message someone sent and it’s really vicious and then they unsend it, never knowing u actually read it and u never talk about it but it festers hidden deep in your heart for the rest of your life?

being happy is so sexy

this preview really messed with me 😵

do u pronounce "okkkkkkkkkk" like

okaaaaaaaaaaay
or
okaykaykaykaykaykaykaykay
or
oakkuhkuhkuhkuhkuh
or
oak~~~~~~~~ (breathing out)

waking up early

me (looking at a ridiculously marriageable man at the airport): “MAW WIFE”

also the calendar… like damn dude is obsessed with scheduling stuff

i moved my flashcard app (anki) there several years ago and was just thinking what that might say about me… 😅

what do u put in the most important space on your phone?

i’ve walked down market st in san francisco hundreds of times. only today did i notice how beautiful all the trees lining the street are. i cried, got on a bike, and cried some more

and i didn’t hide those tears… thank u @riverkenna.com

like i always say, don’t look a dead horse in the mouth

(cuz it’s rotten omg do i have to explain)

the state of software in 2025

i didn’t have a sewing kit to patch a hole in my pants, so i went to a friend’s to use theirs. this must be what people mean by friends with benefits

nods nods nods nods nods

nods pauses pauses nods

he understood the assignment

bro just sitting in an airport, shaking his head, muttering to himself “i’m so easy” as he falls in love with every guy that walks by