Semi-Hemi-Demigod

The Kinks are better than The Beatles

The closest thing I have to a worst enemy is the mother of my children, but my kids also really love my cat so I don’t know how I’d answer.

If black people had gone back to traditional religions after emancipation I imagine the Reconstruction would have been even more filled with racist violence. Assimilating into the dominant culture is a survival strategy.

See also: The Sikh family who lives near me who had to take the symbol of their religion off their car after having it vandalized for being “Muslim.”

Third-person perspective

Monkey’s Paw: You are also paused. You cannot move to unpause. You are trapped in your own consciousness forever, as is everyone else.

But would we remember between quicksaves? Would other people? If my boss quicksaves before our meetings and then I quicksave and honestly tell him what I think about this job, whose quicksave would take precedence?

I heard somewhere that the reason people want flying cars is the same reason they wanted flying horses.

I have to go to Dayton for a week at the end of the month and if I could sleep in my own bed I’d hate it a lot less.

Chemistry is just messy physics.

Biology is just messy chemistry.

Physics is just messy math.

One should always be drunk, that’s all that matters.

So as not to feel time’s horrible burden

That breaks your shoulders and bows you down

You must get drunk without ceasing.

But what with?

With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose.

But get drunk

“Be Drunk” by Charles Baudelaire, as interpreted by Liam Clancy

You totally didn’t read the first sentence

I’ve had this argument too many times with newcomers to antiwork that I’m not going to do it again with you. But ask yourself this: If people so desperately want to work, why do they dream about winning the lottery so they don’t have to? Why do they save up their entire lives to enjoy their golden years not working?

Stop looking at this from the bottom of a 6,000 year old hole that tells you that you need to justify your existence to your superiors.

I’m thankful to antiwork for turning me on to David Graeber. He has a huge body of really amazing work and I’ve enjoyed all of it I’ve read so far. He was taken from us far too early.

A 2018 Nissan Frontier. It was a loaner car while my Pathfinder as in the shop, and because it was brand new I thought it would be nice inside. But it wasn’t. It had no power anything, a four speed automatic, and only AM/FM/CD. But the worst part was the floor was so high I was basically sitting with my legs straight in front of me. The ride was bumpy as hell, and the noise was so bad the little four speaker radio could barely be heard.

Honestly, my 2010 Silverado (RIP) was a nicer truck, if only because it was heavier so the ride wasn’t as bad.

While that’s true, it’s clear from the segment the mod didn’t put any thought into their appearance, or prepare for the interview in any way.

I remember when anti-work meant anti-work. As in, fewer jobs, more free time, against the notion of labor as an entire thing. Our entire species retiring.

Honestly, I’m glad work reform is a separate thing now, because I don’t want to reform work. I want to eliminate it.

I would walk 500 miles for a clear, dark night sky.

Not OP, but I’d be happy to never, ever, ever visit a city again in my entire life. As long as I can get electricity and bandwidth you can keep your “amenities.” I’ll take a star-filled sky.

The problem is we’ve all been mentally taught you can either live in island, R1A zoned suburbs which require driving to do ANYTHING or else you need to live in a huge metropolis like NYC

I prefer areas zoned for agriculture over either of those. My favorite place I’ve lived so far is one where you look out at night and see nothing but inky black outside my windows. I’ll walk 5 miles to the nearest town for that.

Not in a small town, but on the outskirts at the end of a long drive. I’ve lived in two houses like that and it was wonderful both times. I’m a boring person and enjoy doing yard work and I finally had enough to keep me busy and fit.