“There’s an interesting tension here: what’s going on with Jesus’s body?”

They Will Kill You is Quentin Tarantino directing Death Becomes Her.

I own nothing and I’ve never been more unhappy.

The version of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” on the original Kill Bill soundtrack is, among other things, mixed to be less tinny.

It is also seemingly disappeared from music services.

My depth perception is currently shot. Being outside is terrifying: everything is either closer or further than I think it is.

It’s like I’m being snuck upon by a tiger while I’m counting its stripes.

And, if so, is this GOAT for the worst person you know making a good point?

It turns out Epstein ran some kind of sex trafficking ring centered on powerful people from around the world.

It also turns out that we know this because Trump grudgingly signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

So… uh… does that mean Qanon was right?

Some of this is I just really think my generation had an overreaction to my parents’ but at an absurdly high monetary cost. So maybe time to just tamp that down.

The last few years have been me doing things that I consider underrated. Among them: casseroles, traditional Thanksgiving dinners, and Buicks.

Next year I may just add cruise ship to my list of underrated things.

Where in the world is Daniela Detroit? Detroit is the opposite of San Diego, right?

For the last three days, I have been understanding “concrete jungle” as contrasted with “abstract jungle”.

What part of Arrakis is that?

For me, it’s that the cold and dark is briskly invigorating in a way the day never is. Which I guess makes me ready for a Bronze Age afterlife.

I think that’s right. It certainly accords with the positions I’ve found to win people over: do you really want people screaming at cops at the bathroom? are you really comfortable inserting yourself into this medical decision? Etc.

People don’t know what to think, this don’t want to.

I think the most fraught thing about trans rights is the political dynamic.

Actively protecting trans people is a loser. But *reactively* protecting trans people is a big winner!

I think it reflects society being unresolved. The winning reaction is against creative ways to punch trans people.

Maybe this is an argument for long distance charges.

I think the reason is that, in the past, it was much more difficult to create a lot of harassment, much less fully automated luxury space harassment.

I was watching a movie in a theater only to wonder where the bar is and then how I can get it to display.

I am now trying to stream less.

Ben Washes & Folds Five

Lawnmowing! !!

It might not even be positive in utility!

It’s possible that there is no ethical conclusion available from the original experiment: the result can’t guide action because it really can’t expand beyond “one headache, one set of diffuse gains”, which is by nature an action taken but once.

I think we can see the results: we don’t like it.

And maybe that calls the conclusion into question. We’re only happy with this result if we expect to not get the headache. But if we build society around passing out big headaches but even more tiny dopamine hits, we hate the result.

Which isn’t part of the thought experiment! It’s supposed to be one headache and one small, diffuse gain! I don’t think anyone ever addressed “what if we handed out lots of headaches in exchange for lots of small, diffuse gains”.

It’s like we took the “what if we gave one person a bad headache to make everyone a little happier” and did it over and over.

Get a traffic ticket? You bear the cost of deterrence. Product failure? Prepare to bear the cost of making everything slightly cheaper waiting on a support line. Etc.

I think we’ve increasingly become a society where concentrated costs are exchanged for diffuse benefits.

Perfection.

Honestly, what I want in streaming is ad-less TV. Pick some shows, the service creates a lineup, and you watch for a while rather than having to select new shows every hour or binge a single show.

I don’t like the Snowpiercer show. The constant stake-raising just makes the pacing feel completely off.

raptor. 🦅