Recent content by Krypton

Existence is churning through metaphysical resistance.

Enthusiasm is building above mystical flirtation.

I'd say if you actually want to be there and have a plan it's probably worth it. I think I lost a scholarship because I just kind of took whatever courses seemed interesting before I took them (+ didn't really want to be there).

Sam is building above a highwire.

Shamans is dancing above a drummer.

What are some examples of standards of etiquette that are actually traps--or that at least have greater potential to be used as traps?

1. What if some traumas can't be fixed? 2. What if part of the reason the trauma can't be fixed is that most trans people feel like they'll never really pass or be able to be a woman/man/whatever and that could be fixed by earlier interventions?

Not everything, but some things: 1. Everyone can remain young as long as they live. 2. Diseases don't exist anymore. 3. There's no such thing as a traumatic injury--everyone can regrow body parts, brain tissue, etc. with minimal side effects. The effects of neurotoxins can be fully reversed...

I think peace is probably inevitable, barring nuclear war or similar. Technology, for all the bad it's capable of, makes it possible to achieve similar or greater results from less work, and to do things that were previously thought impossible. This will naturally ease the burden of sweatshop...

First thought--headphones hung on a really weird "artsy" rack. Second thought--a stethoscope.

As with most internet words, I suspect a lot of people who "quiet quit" have a stronger definition than the one it started with. Just doing your job and no more is your right, obviously, though I'd push back on the idea that this necessarily is the result of management pushing stuff on the...

Things I could get DALL-E to make when I just mashed styles together without asking for anything:

There's definitely different kinds of attractiveness and they come with their own benefits and drawbacks--e.g., 6'+ musclechads vs skinnier/shorter people who are attractive in unconventional ways. Only one of those is getting tinder dates, but the other still benefits. The way people hit on...