"I wish had more interesting discussions about, like, articles and books and such with the people around me" *person shares article/book/...* "thank you, that looks really interesting, I'll put it on my list!"

I enjoy looking out the window way too much to be productive while traveling

one wizard of oz is approximately 28.35 wizards of g

hey, those are my emotional support twenty different daily puzzle minigames

it would be interesting if spotify wouldn't just tell you what you listened to the most, but what you listened to the most disproportionately compared to others in your demographic

> facing a new week with a backlog of todos > ask if I'll be on the maker's schedule or the manager's schedule > they don't understand > pull out pg essay explaining the schedules > they laugh and say "it's a good schedule sir" > start week > I'm on manager's schedule

I still can't quite believe this has always been in the lyrics of Shakira's "Whenever, Wherever"

finished work simultaneously looks harder and easier than it was — harder because you are tempted to think someone did it all in one shot, easier because its polish and obviousness-in-hindsight hide a lot of skillful decisions and execution steps along the way

recurring fun interaction wherein I walk up to the cashier at the corner store, hold all my items with the barcode facing him, and he scans them with a speed that makes me suspect he spends a substantial portion of his free time playing fps games

entering the ramen place like

just had this amazing idea — what if I defer this attempted change of habit to tomorrow, when I will also be attempting five others anyway, surely that will be very easy and successful

being involved in hiring is an interesting exercise cause I feel like I can figure out quite a bit about a person in an hour, but forming strong enough convictions to inform a binary decision is another story entirely

guy who shows up four minutes early to online meetings (me)

every time I see a "watch the odyssey the way nolan intended" meme I am reminded of how I watched 300 on my ipod back when it came out

someone playfully teasing you about your flaws is one of the best signs they are able to accept and like you as an imperfect person, solemn reassurance and grave criticism are sort of on a horseshoe

my isp is raising prices on my subscription by 1.–/mo., which is totally fine, except they are selling it as "you are also getting more performance", which they explain to mean I get a security feature that will notify me if my email was part of a breach somewhere 🤡

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friend asked me if I'd do a mock job interview with her and was surprised to hear I spent 3-4h learning about the domain so I could ask follow-ups and judge answers somewhat, maybe it's good people don't know how easy I am to nerdsnipe

@mariafarrell.eurosky.social I think there's smth. off with the captchas on CT, see news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4908..., I got one of those too when I checked.

just apply, the worst they can say is no

picked this up in the street yesterday, so far things seem normal 🤞

1.5 weeks off and I feel like I haven’t touched a computer or answered an email in a month

Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen

life is too short to stand in line for baked goods

I was not ready for where this museum got its name

word of advice ensure you have zero space in your luggage before entering the Louisiana museum shop

french if it had a compiler

my spirit animal remains the border collie, but map cow is now firmly in the top three

took me a while to figure out how to express my order as an existential quantification but the cappuccino was worth it

first time in Ko Pha Ngan!