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Writing is very difficult. Every day I have to drag myself to the desk, almost by the hair. Once I start, I almost always enjoy it. But starting to write, twisting the brain in the direction of writing is torture. I’m saying this to reassure people who struggle with writing. Nothing is wrong with you. […]
Jeremy Boreing published an excellent video about how everything in the third world is a struggle for power. The smallest daily interaction is a way to assert or lose dominance. One example is haggling, which is something I deeply despise. People in such countries become greatly upset if you refuse to haggle. Getting money in [ ]
JD Vance wants to end the US dollar s position as a global reserve currency, because he thinks it allows Americans to consume too much and do so too cheaply. This means he openly supports turning the United States into a third-world country, destroying the current standard of living, eviscerating the middle class, and removing America s [ ]
It is better if the Ukrainians lose the war quickly, — former UK PM Johnson revealed the details of a conversation with a senior official of German Chancellor s office before the full-scale invasion. According to Johnson, this episode is a symptom of the general erroneous strategy of Berlin and Paris after Crimea and before the [ ]
When a child goes to a sleepover, the parents have a chance to find out if they still have anything in common or even like each other. It s like meeting an old lover and finding out that you still like him.
I had eggs and sausage patties at a breakfast place in St. Louis today. $33 with a tip. It included pancakes, but I refused. Of course, I could have raised my own chickens and milked them or whatever. But this same breakfast in the same place cost $16 eight years ago. No amount of successful [ ]
I m surrounded by extremely innocent people. A faculty member was caught watching pornography on his office computer. When I tell this to people, they don t react. So I have to explain. Nobody wattches pornography for the plot, you know? It s not the watching that is the purpose. It s usually accompanied by an action, you know? [ ]
The first time I worked a full-time job was in the summer when I was fifteen. My dad found me a job in the office of one of his clients. I wasn t allowed to keep any of the money I made, but I loved it. The business owner was this big, gruff dude who was [ ]
A middle-aged woman invited her friend out for a coffee on a Friday morning. The friend asked if she can come with her 18-year-old son, who is starting college in two weeks. The son is not in the least disabled. And he s not leaving his parents house to go to college. He will continue living [ ]
She s been lying in this pose for 15 minutes. I have Ben Shapiro on, so maybe that s the reason.
Are people really that dumb? This i/o guy writes about IQ. It s his whole thing. And he sincerely doesn t understand that these loans are excellent political capital. Imagine the electoral ads. I m running for president and I still have college loans. I m so clean and non-corrupt that after years in Congress, I still haven t been [ ]
American went to lower the air conditioner in her home and her Smart AC gave her a warning she was not allowed to lower the temperature “My own thermostat was 79 — it had a little warning that said, You are not allowed to lower your thermostat set point because the energy grid in your [ ]