Sometimes I’m surprised by how eloquent I can sound.

I’m rarely surprised by how stilted and incoherent I can sound. I’m used to that.

Nothing. They just tell you how active you are on here.

Song contest, but we can only sing patriotic songs, and only the lame ones, like “America the Beautiful”

The objective metric is how high and long you can draw out notes.

Reminds me of when Zhang Shan won the Olympics’ skeet shooting category and then the Olympics barred women from competing against men.

Fucking cretins.

Fuck yes. Labor revival in my lifetime, please, I’m so tired of seeing workers stepped on.

Dubious, but even if true, not a particularly useful utilization of resources.

Even as a kid, dino nuggests were revolting. I like nuggets in general, though.

Good. We need to wean ourselves off of cheap Chinese manufacturing which empowers the anti-democratic CCP.

God fucking dammit

The Middle East’s only democracy, their branding goes.

What a lark.

Me, who read a lot of books as a kid but never remembered to take the quizzes on the computer

“Call west’s bluff”

Jesus Christ, it’s one of the most valuable shipping routes in the world. This isn’t a bluff. This is the Houthis winning the coin toss and electing to receive

I can get watching one’s friends, I’ve glanced in on friends playing games with that Steam streaming thing to see how they’re doing and what dumb decisions they’re making. But strangers? Just alien to me.

Feels good. Mostly just some QoL features and stability that we’re missing now.

Knowledge of a spherical earth was never lost amongst serious academics in post-Roman Europe.