> Obscure-but-detectable references are fan service for people whose fandom includes real life.

(Continental philosopher): Without 5, we could not count to 6. (Me): Yes. (Continental philosopher): It could be said 6 is consequently in the 5-shadow, the forthcoming of 6 is 5-heralded, that 5 springs necessarily from the recapitulation of 6. (Me, checking my watch): Yes.

ノーベル平和賞は、世界中の猫にあげればいい。人間より人間を幸せにできる。

rip

i confuse byrne hobart with bryan caplan sometimes because i read both their newsletters and they're both in that tech-libertarian essayist space who write like people tweet robin hanson is in that cluster too, but serendipitously isn't named 'bobby' or something

taco bending sinaloa cat goes hard

gambling: degenerate, harmful, squandering potential stories about gambling: cinema, insightful, examining the human condition many such cases

I wonder if the internet is selecting for larger Dunbar numbers one can imagine an interstellar race of hominids with Dunbar numbers in the millions as the median civilian

incredibly funny JJK and AoT are f-leaning because of fujos, but not Blue Lock or Slam Dunk (had no idea it was still going)

野菜の収穫

me after reading this: maybe alienation isn't so bad