ap2 in idea barrages

If they can build a bottle opener into every folding knife ever, they can probably build them into big dangly earrings in a way that isn’t obvious to anyone but the wearer, right? Is this the new EDC grift?

The internet was a nicer place when the closest we had to procedural generation or algorithmic prediction or whatever was asking Jeeves “how do I get Christopher Cross’ Ride Like The Wind out of a continuous look in my mind at 1AM?”

If you ever write a thing with an ambiguous ending & someone comes up to you asking what the “real” ending was, just tell them “you’re asking the wrong question” & wink & walk away because, no matter the media, that’s always the wrong question.

You’ll know it’s rock bottom when Disney pulls out a CGI remake of THE RESCUERS.

I fear our society is pretty banal-retentive.

But the BEST King Crimson / RENT mash-up, of course, would be “Maureen 475”.

“Why do you always try and believe the best of people, at first?” Because somebody’s gotta. Ain’t many people doing it anymore, I can be the dude that picks up the slack.

Shame is just your mind choosing to self-destruct instead of grow or change. Nothing kills like shame. If you did something wrong, change and fix it. If you didn’t do anything wrong, work toward acceptance. But shame? Shame is your boot upon your own throat.