Idk I might’ve been able to live without seeing the Mr. Hands video, back in the day.

The Solution to Traffic video, like you mentioned, springs to mind, but so does the one based on Guns, Germs, and Steel

If it helps, i have a political science degree. No one takes Horseshoe Theory seriously. I’m not arguing because there is nothing to argue.

Horseshoe theory is utter nonsense and not worth any kind of real consideration.

There’s nothing Cheesy about the genuine technical marvel that was Buster Keaton doing slapstick cartoon shit in live action

When I was playing Resident Evil 2 as a kid, I was really invested in Sherry, the kind of annoying, little girl side character that you have to escort around.

The fact that this zombie apocalypse game trojan-horsed a family drama into its plot was fun, and 12 year old me, who always picked the boy character when playing Pokemon, because I felt like I had to, was confronted with a lot of confusing feelings when RE2 made me play as Sherry.

Anyway, I’m Transgender now.

Why is he posing like he doesn’t run Windows 11?

Idk, I think there’s a value in being forced to curate. There’s a reason that “Take what you’ve written and cut 20%” is common screenwriting advice.

Too small? How so?

Start doing it again! Owning your media is cool and good, actually

Neocities.org is pretty straightforward it’s a revival of Geocities. People make personal websites or sites for their weird niche interests. It has a very minor social media component where you can ‘follow’ people’s sites, and you get updates when they get edited.

Gemini is a web protocol, like HTTP, but it’s text focused, and geared towards non-corporate, hobbyist use. It has a mirror of Wikipedia, its own search engines, a BBS board, etc. To access it you’d need a special web browser. I happen to really like Lagrange

IQ is pseudoscience

And Marginalia Search for non-corporate, independent, stuff

https://test.marginalia.nu/

Neocities, the Fediverse, and Gemini Protocol sites are where I spend the vast majority of my online free-time, and it’s so much more pleasant than the big corporate slop websites

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