Just A Moment. I Have To Scatter Some Of My Thoughts Across The Internet.

Mosquitoes exist. Yet so do things that are metaphorically mosquito-like. I'm not really a fan of this at all.

Art is like religion in that it represents something that is beyond the reach of empiricism. The element of fantasy is inextinguishable. Spinoza made the chief distinction that religion, unlike superstition, was founded on knowledge rather than ignorance. But what if, in stark contrast to things forged from knowledge, art is, at times, profoundly further from knowledge than it appears? And there, we might see that art isn't necessarily deep; it's just a mirror, and the mind is an abyss. Yes, I say this as someone who both appreciates and creates art. Criticizing art; classic artist move.

it’s interesting how many people have knee jerk scorn towards Ozempic and think it’s almost foregone conclusion to be a Faustian bargain that will cause massive long term health problems in exchange for “cheating to lose weight”. as if suffering and struggling to lose weight is just punishment for being a fatty (smells Protestant). the thing is, this doesn’t even bear out in reality either because glp-1 drugs have the knock-on effect of improving health outcomes across the board for almost everything. tho good litmus test for sussing out the type of guy who tells themselves just-so stories

Virtue doesn't have to be complicated. Nor does it have to be a grand gesture. For example, a virtue could be simple, like doing one thing at a time or cleaning up one mess before making another. If you want a measure for approximating integrity, consider that how you do one thing tends to become how you end up doing everything.

It's a shame you can't just keep taking gray market stimulants like caffeine and eventually achieve infinite energy.

very convenient how the definition of “cultural christianity” includes everything and everyone when they’re assigning it to you but magically shrinks as soon as you try to criticize it

first century: honestly off to a little bit of a slow start here like. jesus was obviously doing some big stuff, thats why its called the first century. han dynasty is neat but spans a longer time period so i cant give it too many points for that. 6/10 i’d say

second century: idk anything about the second century. not memorable, 4/10

third century: beginning of the mayan classic period. big fan of elagabalus. setting of (most of) romance of the three kingdoms. 6.5/10 honestly pretty good

fourth century: another one thats kind of, idk. council of nicaea i guess and wikipedia says this is when stirrups were invented. late classical vibes. 5/10

fifth century: fall of the roman empire! sexy! drama! attila the hun! not much else going for it honestly, but still like maybe 6.75/10 just for that. big fan of the huns

sixth century: sui dynasty is a pretty big deal, that’s about it. 5/10

seventh century: a lot going on. islam. tang dynasty. first written attestation of old english and (depending on exactly which inscriptions you wanna count) old japanese. hight of classic maya civilization. 9/10 love this one

eighth century: pretty much the beginning of japanese literature, man’yōshū etc. start of the islamic golden age. dresden codex. 8/10 would be higher but seventh century is a hard act to follow

ninth century: the invention of algebra, you gotta love that. we’re really on a roll now, 8/10

tenth century: this one always tricks me, the turn of the millennium happens at the end not the beginning. i know its the same with the twentieth century but that one’s in living memory so its different. song dynasty. “dark ages”. i like it but somehow it just doesn’t stick in my mind like the last couple. 6.5/10

eleventh century: norman conquest, heian jidai, 7/10 for sure

twelfth century: genghis khan is born, does some sweet ass steppe politics and power plays, 8/10

thirteenth century: a personal favorite of mine. the mongol conquests. half the known world. biggest contiguous empire. walk from one end to the other with a gold plate on your head. letter to the pope. im as big a fan of this century as temujins empire was thicc. 10/10 perfect score.

fourteenth century: i have nothing of interest to say about the fourteenth century. 5/10 by default

fifteenth century: ThE ReNaIsAnCe 7/10 love me some leonardo

sixteenth century: lots of genocide, 3/10 probably my least favorite. there’s lots of genocide in all the ones after this too but its not part of their aesthetic gestalt for me and thats what I’m basing this on

seventeenth century: sort of, wizard-astronomer with a big ass telescope vibes. calculus. 7/10

eighteenth century: american revolution, french revolution, haitian revolution, lots of drama. also i love townsends eighteenth century cooking, 7/10 

nineteenth century: overhyped fashion design, “lol what if the bad guys actually did conquer the world” edgey bullshit. marx was neat, also darwin. 5/10

twentieth century: dramatic, lots of twists and turns, very high concept. absolute masterpiece. 10/10.

twenty-first century: technologys gonna get so fucking crazy it could be great or terrible. honestly this coronavirus stuff will not be more memorable than the spanish flu in 100 years, in fact i bet less. trump’s bullshit will all just be like, idk weird facts to tell people about at parties like. ?/10 we shall see

Xylem and phloem be like 💀

instead of writing about the stuff that makes you angry, why not write about the stuff that makes you full of the childlike wonder you get when you've like, discovered a new layer of reality after midnight

Some of you are cool and deserve to be let inside the secret group chat.