Ah, we are in this stage, now.

Some people need a few extra seconds to turn “because I’m terrified of losing some Republican votes” into meaningless political jargon.

It might just maybe be similar to why men are also not attracted to intelligence.

Does this mean kernels will be less stable? Big changes all at once seem to imply that, generally.

Want an even less popular opinion? A good portion of the reason people love their dogs so fiercely is because they are such a pain in the ass. It is basic cognitive dissonance: we love what we suffer for, like sororities and fraternities (because of the hazing etc.), military units (because of the misery, starting with boot camp), orthodox/intense religions (because of the constant self-denial and public embarrassment of living the rules), etc. Same with dogs.

No argument about the motives of record companies but Elvis was criticized by white people partly because, unlike most swing and country musicians, he openly praised his Black heroes and mentors. He was hated for bringing Black music to White kids. A for Nirvana, it was just the right sound+message+image at the right time.

Now, Zeppelin… I got nothing. I just want to continue loving Zeppelin.

It is so fucking good. My fave is pepperoni and pineapple. The sweet acidity of the pineapple with the salty umame acidity of the pepperoni and the richness of the cheese make an excellent combination.

The people saying “extroverts need to shut up” are often the same ones posting “you are fine just the way you are, no matter how your brain is wired.”

There is a small mountain of exactly these kinds of messages on the Internet, shared repeatedly on social media. A lot of them, in fact, are this exact tweet and its clones.

Yelling at extroverts online for being extroverted is a well-established trope at this point, nearly always including the claim that it rarely or never happens.

It hasn’t always been. That is what sucks about this.

I offer (sometimes only mentally) a hearty Fuck You to anyone making that joke when they find out I have hearing loss.

This is going to seem judgmental…

*judgmental

IIRC the probability of a given person dying by violence from another person has monotonically gone down for like 700 years

I’ve never personally seen a gaggle of 18-40-year-old star trek fans explaining unironically how the Borg did nothing wrong.

Emotional rollercoaster

I donated regularly to Wikipedia and will again when they pull their heads out of their asses.

It me. I am Happy baby.

Oh, has he had a change of heart? A few months ago he was being dragged on mastodon for telling everyone to stop complaining about AI.

I never said we get what we think we’re refusing to pay for, just that Americans think they can get something for nothing.

Yeah, I said Mule when I meant White Russian (with ice cream instead of cream). And they are weird but kind of OK with gin. Not normal by any means, but not (to me) horrible. But my taste buds are old and I’ve had COVID 3 times so YMMV.