You gotta feel sorry for the void sometimes. Everyone is constantly shouting into it.

Is it cool to repost things from X to here? What’s the vibe?

The 300 character limit is actually really annoying. I suppose it’s for other people’s benefit rather than my own.

I like reducing arguments to their core as much as the next guy, but some thoughts are fundamentally not compressible to 300 characters, and threads honestly suck.

Sometimes I think “I should only post for myself, not the approval of others.” But I think I may actually be more demanding than others.

Apparently in the world of UX, you’re supposed to give a high-emphasis and low-emphasis option.

If you have two buttons, proceed and cancel, one should always be way brighter than the other.

Allegedly this is to prevent decision-fatigue in users.

How infantilizing and paternalistic!

Maybe this will be my diary. There’s no one here, after all.

Did you know that “diary” and “journal” have the same etymological root? They both come from the Latin root for day, “dies.”

dies → diarium → diary

dies → diurnus → diurnalis → jorn → jour → journal

But you can always change. Hell, I’m doing it already. I would never be so honest and introspective on an account with a ton of followers.

As an analogy—to learn another language you need to be willing to look like a fool, at least for a bit.

Unsurprisingly I have never learned another language.

There are so many ideas I have that I abandon because they feel mismatched with the online identity I’ve created. It’s a bizarre, pointless mental block. I create high stakes for myself and it prevents me from making the mistakes that will allow me to get better.

But here, I’m basically a ghost.

Maybe this will be the space I do my bizarre writing experiments. It could be a new beginning.

Astonishingly, it doesn't look like there's ANY research comparing the effects of confession versus therapy.

I can't believe it! "Therapy is the new religion" is a cliché at this point, but nobody actually checked if religion was the old therapy!

Has anyone considered that maybe one marshmallow now tastes soooooo much better than two marshmallows in 15 minutes?

It's kind of liberating being a mega-lowbie again. I can really post anything here.

The Olympics could really use some stealth events. Seems like diving is the only one.

What do you use to post the same thing (and replies!) on both websites, if you don't mind my asking?

Hell yeah, thanks for this!

I'm looking for a few thousand of my closest friends.

Every crashout has its silver lining. Hello everyone!!!