The Gambler's Fallacy is a mistaken belief about sequences of random events. Observing, for example, a long run of “black” on the roulette wheel leads to an expectation that “red” is now more likely to occur on the next trial.

Whole Foods makes an irresistible kool aid: organic, local and plant derived foods traditionally associated with counterculture and co opted by the wellness movement; and the technological and industrial efficiency of Amazon.

"It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.” - Wendell Berry, Life Is A Miracle: An essay against modern superstition / LM Sacasas / theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/apocalyptic-…

my elementary school teacher told me, when we were doing earth day activities, that earth day would one day take on widespread cultural relevance. i scoffed and continued putting dirt in my styrofoam cup. but it is she who has the last laugh.

Can’t believe I didn’t know this word existed thanks Mike Crumplar

One time I approached a girl in a bar wearing a kimono drinking a White Russian and she said “I’ll torture your soul” and I said “I want you to” and then days later I texted her saying “I’m the guy whose soul you’ll torture” and she texted back “hahah oh yeah” and then ghosted me

When the business tries to split a big ticket among devs so it gets done faster and the Ukrainian contractor says “9 women don’t make a baby in 1 month”

crazy that perks of being a wallflower is deemed inappropriate for 12th graders in lake county, FL. It's not like it's a Larry Clark movie.

trying to take wealthy start-up founders that acquire news-publishing businesses at their word when they say the acquisitions are philanthropic. and that they'll resist the urge to control the info they publish to push narratives that suit their business needs

You’re needy love sponges. And I’m a plant that grows on rocks and lives off insects that die inside of me… Because I don’t need love. It’s like a superpower. -succession / Connor Roy / s4e3

My financial advisor told me that anything he would do in place of having kids would just be shallow and that a family needs to earn over $200k a year to be considered middle class in America and it’s dawning on me that I have to be critical of him

“Love is giving something you don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it.” - Jacques Lacan

“You’re still young enough to think every experience will improve you in some long-term way, but it isn’t true.” - Stephanie Danler

“The attachment we have to an individual can supersede an overall decrease in our quality of life.” Paul Bloom theatlantic.com/family/archive…

“Passivity is taken to its logical extreme, in that our (anti) heroines either pointlessly die, play dead, or feel dead.” - Charlotte Stroud newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

this Alexandra Lange article is like a blanket dirt.fyi/article/2023/0…

Thanks Naomi Fry for explaining to me why I shouldn’t have felt bad for the subjects on Nathan For You: “These people are separate from us… their own individuals… they’re not necessarily actors in the pity drama that’s going on in our heads.”

"Other third-party groups in this year’s races include Arts & Culture, Clean Up NY, Better Flushing, Mad As Hell and Safe Streets SI, according to the city Board of Elections" - Tim Balk nydailynews.com/2023/10/27/mor…

“If I’m honest with myself, my values are grossly entwined with what my parents wanted and what I couldn’t have.” -Stephanie Danler

you had me at "I'm antisocial"