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People talk completely seriously about every paragraph or even line in a piece of writing "serving a purpose" or whatever, but I've never heard someone say "This brushstroke isn't really carrying its weight..."

I’m definitely not going to say porn doesn’t have its problems, but I frequently see people on reddit talk about porn like its satanic (derogatory). This puritanical shift in culture, particularly among the younger generation, is really worrying to me.

The solution is obviously "don't look at Instagram," but it's disgusting how much of the content and full profiles there are just AI now. Not uncommon to see the exact same content with changed faces etc. in the same feed, like two posts away from each other.

The Rays are an absolute useless baseball team. They're getting dismantled this series.

Sustaining psychic damage reading comments arguing what this breakcore track reminds people of. Breakcore, the genre defined solely by using the same drums in every track.

Reddit is such a fascinating microcosmic community.

Thinking about buying a spare unused Suica card just in case something were to happen to mine after they get rid of Suica's penguin.

Writing is so wild. My revision process on this story has been "read it and stare at it and occasionally think about it but DO NOT WRITE IT for a month" and just now my brain was like "Here's how to fix it. Now go listen to Dopesmoker in its entirety and write it." Done.

The PSP is such a beautiful device, but I mostly don't want to play PSP games lol. At least the DS has a killer library.

I really like a lot of stoner rock / stoner metal so this is coming from a place of love, but it is funny the conceit for a lot of these bands is "white guys who like to smoke a lot of weed."

Frankly, the idea that there is a British English and an American English is so fucking stupid. No, I'm not going to start writing "colour," but we all know what it means.

I find walking enjoyable most of the time, but I've realized there's a specific pace (maybe slightly faster than I normally walk? I walk quite fast) I find most pleasurable.

As I get further away from art school, it becomes equal parts interesting and sad to see who's still trying to make art.

I'm used to athletes being younger than me, but the A's hiring a POBO who's the same age as me is tripping me up.

I don't know why, but curved glass windows are such a sign of wealth to me.

Man, I'm a 31 year old that's been on the internet for many years. I know all about the Nutty Putty Cave Incident.

Translating "ブタ野郎" as rascal is wild work.

Drone shows aren't SHIT compared to a fireworks display. Get the fuck out of my face with that.

Impossible to describe just how frutiger aero the soundtrack at the Enoshima Aquarium is. I need a vinyl.

Small Bowl with Mice, 100-500 CE, Ceramic with white and black Slip Glaze

Saw someone say anime wasn't good anymore because it's too woke. Brother, I watched a show today where a scientist used children he abused as hostages and human shields before getting his shit blown clean off by a fucking laser (from a child soldier) in EPISODE ONE.

Went to ship a package, and the post office (in Tokyo) was playing Radiohead. Somehow changes the vibe to try to mail something to "No Surprises."

I'm going to need the Dodgers to fucking lock in.

Saw someone say anime wasn't good anymore because it's too woke. Brother, I watched a show today where a scientist used children he abused as hostages and human shields before getting his shit blown clean off by a fucking laser (from a child soldier) in EPISODE ONE.

If you've posted unironically about "SJWs," I should be able to hit you in the face with a shovel. Really hard.

Coworker (non-native English speaker) is doing some sort of test animation project with a picture of a breadbasket and big text that just says "NEW BREAD" twice.

We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal.

Do you ever think about how society looped back to medicinally branded sodas

If I were Japanese I'd be pissed if I had the 々 in my name. Damn, I can't even get two full kanji?

Has there been some kind of large publicized battery bank fire incident I've missed? I feel like I see tons of ads warning against the risk of fire now.

I've long felt that making money is some kind of trick or secret I don't get. I've got skills and experience I think are valuable, I know what I'm good and and what I like to do, but I've never found out how to put that together in a way like others have.

Truth

Who gives a fuck

The Japanese don't know a damn thing about donuts

One thing I'm trying to eliminate is telling little pointless lies. Why do I feel the urge to say I got 20 points instead of 19, etc.?

Guy who thoroughly washes his hands after using the bathroom but DOESN'T dry them.

A look at 5 of the anime I'm most looking forward to in Autumn 2026

[Texting my Type A friend] This is gonna be my month for real. Watch this space [Texting $200 Herman Miller Aeron marketplace listing] would yoy do $70

Quietly passed 1500 consecutive days of journaling.

You hear a lot less about bazookas these days. My gaming experience as a child told me this would be a much bigger part of my life by now.

One of my biggest pet peeves with songwriting is clinging too tightly to rhyme. It's nice when lines rhyme, but you can tell when a songwriter is too obsessed with it and it leads to some really clunky lyrics.