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Who is the greatest creative in animation?

In the ancient times before costco guys walked the earth, the twitter user roon was the first to ever successfully cleave the world perfectly in two: You are either a wordcel or a shape rotator, said he.

I’m a youngest child.

i love betimes to brush my hands along the bush as i proceed from whence to whither and some may notice i carry an inexplicable scent of rosemary

I always strive to be a charitable conversator/reader/viewer.

I made a point in my last essay to distinguish between the behaviors of a hater versus a thoughtful critic.

I: Impressions It was only the first week of my time at the Saloy University that I met Lyman.

i curse you with unsolved mathdoku!

ive been wondering how much of my writing you all retain. maybe you have been wondering too. so i made a quiz. let me know what score you get!

Remember that part in Return of the Jedi when Luke is wailing on Darth Vader and Darth Sidious is like “gooooooood, let the hate flow through you”.

My wife recently took a weeklong work trip to New York City, so I got a chance to watch a show that wouldn’t play well with the usual crowd.

i rarely feel more religious than when im watching Planet Earth (2006). the soaring soundtrack, the awe inspiring imagery, the fearsome powers of nature, and david attenborough possesses a voice that i like to imagine sounds sort of like God’s. it’s a cat…

It kinda feels like filmmakers are more amenable to featuring flip phones in their movies than smartphones.

theres something charming about artists who express disdain or even outright hatred for their own work. it usually speaks to a restless and relentless pursuit of perfection. its even funnier when the piece they finally do claim as their magnum opus isnt as

A Parable As a tween, I stumbled upon an eccentric community of Lego wargamers called BrikWars.

caveat lector This essay is about geopolitics and war in the Middle East.

In a past life I watched a lot of video essays on YouTube (I’ve since given up that vice, more on that later).

i keep noticing this pattern online among the commentariat where they act like a joke is really funny just because it requires some level of background knowledge to understand the punchline and thus flatters their self-conception of knowing obscure things.

there come some friends of fools and yet polite without guile with spite I: Friend of Fools Yotan was sharing his bacon with highwaymen.

i know this isnt a very novel observation but ive arrived at the same conclusion as everyone else: beekeeping seems like a cool way to spend my golden years. you get to be in touch with nature, it keeps you active, you’re caring for little animals with fa…

caveat lector some readers have informed me that this essay comes across as overly elitist and self-congratulatory, and after a close reread i think i mostly agree. i made some egregious stylistic errors in choosing to base almost all the positive examples

remember when the video game and film industries realized it would be safer to cannibalize proven IPs and the ratio of sequels/remasters/reboots/remakes climbed precipitously in the 21st century?

Why do we stereotype politicians as being liars?

look, i get it. if the murderer with the axe showed up at your door and asked where your friend is, you don’t wanna tell him, i get it. but in a locker room, the ethical code has gotta be the formulation of universal law. every time you want to do somethi…

I: A Game It was one of those summer dusks you dreamed of in the winter.

im a live and let live gym guy, you know?

If you get into the habit of reading blogs—as I so foolishly have—you’re going to be bombarded with a lot of well-reasoned and highly articulate worldviews that are fundamentally incompatible.

I remember the first time I was ever the victim of a crime.

You should learn vim.

so why does the great war get to be called “world war i” if every important engagement happened in a few tiny slivers of europe and the middle east?

my wife has been stuck deep in the postgame of pokemon heartgold for the last week or two, after a short 5-year break from all video games. for the longest time pokemon’s enduring popularity among adults hasn’t made sense to me. i was thinking of it like a

It’s a bitter pill to swallow.

We all remember the core conceit of the Prisoner’s Dilemma: defecting is advantageous for the individual, but cooperating is advantageous for the collective.

Our generation (the sociologists, bereft of creativity as always, designated us "Gen Z".

At risk of sounding like a broken record, I must remind you that we live in the Information Age.

the castro/mission balance patch has landed, and there are some welcome changes. the sanchez and market intersection has been nerfed, rendering the left turn strategy entirely unviable. hopefully we’ll finally see more players utilizing 15th for their rou…

there’s always a percentage of people participating in any sport who aren’t there for the love of the game but rather to be seen doing it. for some reason my gut tells me that this percentage is quite high for pool. it’s not a very stimulating game but you

why do so many moderators on irc act grumpy when people are using their chat platform to chat. im attracted by the elegance of the protocol and driven away by their bad vibes. discord may be full of weirdos but at least they want to connect.

guys i think i permanently damaged both of my knees by running full tilt down a san francisco hill to get to the post office before it closed. how was evolution able to produce both the mighty frontal cortex and the troublesome ACL?

look at my cat

it’s kind of like if twitter only had one user and he was really cool

In this essay I’m going to cover three main topics: The economics of internet software > Information addiction can degrade your life, but going cold turkey is no longer an option > The pragmatist’s guide to having your cake and eating it too > If you don’t