Brackish Waters, Barren Soil
Wading through the brackish waters and barren soil of society
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“Big yikes, not a good look” — artificial intelligence edition (opens the original)
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In the first place, allow me to make all the necessary overtures to you high IQ people who will no doubt take my words in good faithNaturally, I’m sympathetic to the growing swath of the population who have nothing but burning hatred for the tech dorks.You would think that after implementing dark patterns, Kafkaesque interface controls, social media, crypto, NFT’s, and whatever the fuck Web3 was, these morons would know better than to advertise their products by telling everyone that it’s going
Eh girl, I got that grit, that founder mode, that growth mindset, that scout mindset, that abundance mindset, but I get help, I reach out, I develop community, I got that divine feminine, baby girl (opens the original)
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Perhaps it’s just my postpartum psychosis, but lately I find that seemingly mundane events and stories increasingly “live in my head rent free” as the kids say.Wait? The child has to be mine in order for me to go into psychosis? Eh, details.Exhibit A: This New York Times opinion piece by Angela Duckworth. Here’s the link, quack quack.<fi
Trust is a contract (opens the original)
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This note from GLO reminded me of an article that I never got around to postingHere’s the YouTube link; no joke, I found it by Google searching “the most boomer conversation of all time” without any additional context. Essentially it’s a phone call between some finance guy and some boomer lady who wants to cut off her children from her in
Oppressed white woman power rankings 2026 (opens the original)
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Jane Austen once said “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a white woman in possession of a good smartphone, must be in want of oppression.”Disability mogging is the new meta among the once fairer sex, and right now, the race to become the most oppressed white woman ever is heating up.We’ve seen some real doozies make a name for themselves over the last year, and as a result, it’s extremely important that we update the power rankings to keep up with who is on the rise, and who has secur
The Normie Wars are Hindu (opens the original)
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Ancient Problemz recently had a conversation with Peter BanksProblemz, referencing this article, points out that “you cannot red-pill Bill Gates.”That particular article is paywalled, so I will explain using a <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/socialmatter/p/bootstrapping-and-other-useless-advice?r=4p5gn0&utm_campaign=post-expan
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