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Twitter Wars 2 points

Scores updated 15 min ago

Tweets: 272
Likes: 48,947
Retweets: 2,943
Replies: 172
Quote tweets: 42
2× boosted: 1
Followers: 482+17

Every scored tweet

300 per tweet · 100 per like · 200 per reply · 300 per retweet · 300 per quote tweet

Tweet	Likes	Retweets	Replies	Quotes	Boost	Points
there's something so disingenuous about a swatted mosquito leaving behind a dramatic red splatter "oh noooo, look what you've done to me" mf, that is MY blood Oct 15🥇 Gold	47,569	2,925	19	36	—	5,649,300
@milzifier An explanation from David Mamet in Bambi vs. Godzilla. He mixes up the barber chair and the massage, but otherwise accurate https://t.co/14hZnehyZG Oct 14	182	2	4	0	—	19,900
@kenthecowboy_ Take the ac unit with you. Tell your roommates you want something to remember them by Oct 20	103	0	2	0	—	11,000
this is the type of woman I want to marry btw https://t.co/803hCj93cl Oct 14	32	0	3	0	—	4,100
I unlocked a twitter achievement yesterday https://t.co/35AVv8Q0JE Oct 14	28	0	4	0	—	3,900
tweeting for zero likes doesn't bother me, but tweeting for 60k likes and getting 6 followers out of it does make me wonder what I'm doing wrong Oct 17	26	0	2	0	—	3,300
I already have an oura ring that tracks how I'm feeling, it's called my entire body Oct 14	19	2	1	0	—	3,000
they're calling him the greatest lowbie to ever do it https://t.co/D88ia0xtGK https://t.co/vWvT1oWRNZ Oct 12	20	1	2	0	—	3,000
if a random citizen runs in 2028 on a platform of "I'm normal, under 60, and I know how a computer works" I think they could get 80% of the popular vote Oct 19	16	2	2	0	—	2,900
I still tweet cowardly because I'm worried my friends will find my twitter account. I simply have to not care. Oct 13	21	0	2	0	—	2,800
$100B movie studio: "It'd be too hard to shoot it practically, just do it in post" meanwhile, OK Go continuing their 15+ year unbroken streak: https://t.co/dmX4ynltch Oct 14	22	0	1	0	—	2,700
Sometimes I think I avoid learning anything about trains because I'm afraid of what I'll discover about myself Oct 17	19	1	0	0	—	2,500
no one ever explained this to me and I'm still not totally sure what happened https://t.co/mNwLmgndFZ Oct 14	13	0	4	0	—	2,400
[me, eating lethally poisoned surf and turf]: 😋🦞🥩 ㅤ🤨 ㅤㅤ🤢 ㅤㅤㅤ🤮 ㅤㅤㅤㅤ😭 ₕₑₗₚ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ🤮 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ🫨 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ😵 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ💀 [guy at the next table]: 🙄 "my lobster too buttery, my steak too juicy" Oct 17	17	1	0	0	—	2,300
We don't have any curse words left, all we have are slurs. No words with the weight of the damns and fucks of the past that aren't just derogatory terms for various groups Oct 14	15	0	1	1	—	2,300
Anti-perfectionism is a mind virus spread by people who don't want to do the work required to make perfect things Oct 14	14	0	3	0	—	2,300
the most useful reference when writing a noir detective monologue isn't any of the classic films, but the Tracer Bullet comics from Calvin and Hobbes https://t.co/5njJvPYaqw Oct 17	15	0	0	1	—	2,100
my bias against modern tools truly began the day my roommate said, “Okay Google, play the sounds of rain" it was raining outside Oct 16	16	0	1	0	—	2,100
The masculine and feminine virtues are reversed. Sensitivity and compassion are more virtuous in men because that's what they tend to lack. Likewise with ambition and forthrightness in women. The more difficult road is the virtuous one, not where your natural gifts lead you Oct 14	9	1	1	1	—	2,000
You are required to cull half of the world's population. You can choose the 50% meanest people or the 50% dumbest people, sorted according to your personal judgment of those traits, calculated instantly as though you had infinite time to make the call. Who do you kill? Oct 14	6	3	1	0	—	2,000
putting my gf in a ghillie suit and trying to find her by looking for the sexiest patch of grass Oct 12	17	0	0	0	—	2,000
If anyone wants a life that includes this, I want you to know that I would love our inexplicably French child very much https://t.co/rX7lVjKu8o Oct 17	16	0	0	0	—	1,900
I've been seeing movement out of the corner of my eye a lot more lately. is this just a side effect of having my first noticeable eye floater? or is Something there until I look Oct 19	9	0	3	0	—	1,800
I prefer to never post about politics. But I worry that by not engaging at least a little, I'm basically putting a blanket over some of my beliefs on a platform where my goal is to be who I am and meet likeminded people Oct 15	11	0	2	0	—	1,800
repetition is so important for understanding and incorporation. your life would be significantly improved if you spent a month reading the best book you know 10 times back to back Oct 14	15	0	0	0	—	1,800
First recorded use of time travel and it's to tell me I have to be up at 5am https://t.co/j8RkU7po7Q Oct 21	11	1	0	0	—	1,700
Incredibly upset to report that after having hiccups all day and trying all the standard remedies, the "I am not a fish" cure worked instantly. How. Why. Oct 18	10	0	2	0	—	1,700
I'm sorry to admit to everyone that I'm no longer precocious 😔 I'm just... absurdly talented 😭 https://t.co/qJxgaIFXcj Oct 16	12	0	1	0	—	1,700
[Effective Altruist]: "I checked the thought experiment I designed about my personal ethical hobbyhorse and it says you would've owned slaves. I'm a better person than you" Oct 14	9	0	1	1	—	1,700
I think it'd be fun to resume a truly oral tradition. Weekly meetings, nothing recorded or written down, and can't cite anything that was Not sure what I'd organize it around though. Poetry/literature? Philosophy? Whatever people want? Oct 14	10	0	2	0	—	1,700
HER SUN SIGN HAD MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT HOUSE YOU SICK FUCK https://t.co/mKcKjK1HfK Oct 14	10	0	2	0	—	1,700
me: omg an alien Alien: This Is Your Word For Us? me: mhm Alien: Then Explain This Artifact? me: the Alien movie box set? those are our stories about a disgusting face-raping monster that we keep venting into space Alien: me: Alien: me: they're not about you Oct 14	12	0	1	0	—	1,700
The problem with date me docs is that they aren't flirting docs Oct 13	12	0	1	0	—	1,700
That's my private key writer. Look at him. You notice anything different about him? Look at his face. Look at his eyes. I'll give you a hint: he only speaks Lapine. Yeah, I'm sure the key is 4 https://t.co/l0g0BMI3dt Oct 22	6	1	2	0	—	1,600
I'm coming to the realization that a decent chunk of people miss visakanv-style threads, but almost no one is making them because the algorithm crushes their reach into the dirt Oct 19	11	0	1	0	—	1,600
gonna start telling my friends who text 400 times a day that they've hit their token limit Oct 19	13	0	0	0	—	1,600
1: A single man 2: ??? 3: must be in want of a wife someone just told me 2 is "in possession of a good fortune"? please please tell me it's "who took too many improv classes" Oct 14	13	0	0	0	—	1,600
a decent reason for me to start saying obvious things freely on twitter is that it's good practice for the day when I'll have to start teaching obvious things to my children. probably worthwhile to have the important things down cold ahead of time Oct 14	12	0	0	0	—	1,500
once you hit the tweet limit you can't save drafts either, so my usual outlet of endlessly storing tweets and never posting them was taken away too. cruel and unusual punishment Oct 14	8	0	2	0	—	1,500
biggest surprise of hitting the limit was that the compressed posting made me desperately want to tweet more I've averaged <1 top-level tweet a day on this account over the past 3 years; I never thought it would be that easy to induce the poasting itch Oct 14	10	0	1	0	—	1,500
this twitter war I intend to try going for quantity over quality. I already know I can write a good tweet, but I'm not sure I know how to write a lot of them Oct 13	8	0	2	0	—	1,500
Apolitical radical centrists desiring widespread reform of broken civil institutions and a return to competence politics, rise up Oct 15	11	0	0	0	—	1,400
Man, I can't imagine having aphantasia Oct 14	9	0	1	0	—	1,400
dazzling https://t.co/ErFKy0YYPN Oct 14	6	1	1	0	—	1,400
I think the maddest one of my friends has ever been at me was when I tried to argue that the turkey vulture undergoes a form of twink death https://t.co/WKJOcbFnnN Oct 13	11	0	0	0	—	1,400
1939-1942 was the golden age of the golden age of Hollywood. Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, His Girl Friday, Fantasia, The Great Dictator, Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca, all in a 4-year span. Absolutely insane Oct 17	10	0	0	0	—	1,300
Reading some writing of mine from ~15 years ago, I'm surprised to see my current style and cadence already there, just before I could pull it off Oct 15	10	0	0	0	—	1,300
Bullseyed my attempt to post this yesterday https://t.co/tzrdlBX7sW Oct 15	10	0	0	0	—	1,300
my greatest fear is that someone else will notice and call out the exact minor edit I wish I had made to something before hitting publish Oct 12	10	0	0	0	—	1,300
The gray matter is mulched into a fractal mindscape of one of the world's foremost economists, electrically stimulated to induce the experiential state of being told over and over how critical his contributions to the field have been Oct 23	1	0	1	0	2× Fractal	1,200 600 × 2
what is the point of muting words if it doesn't work on qts? I keep getting flashbanged by spoilers for the Nathan Fielder Elizabeth Holmes Theranos You Can See Everything YCSE Movie Film Documentary (Watched Saw Review Thoughts Theater) despite having all of those words muted Oct 19	7	0	1	0	—	1,200
anyone who's >95th percentile smart, sane, and wise is capable of designing a bespoke belief system that directly steers their behavior toward their preferred ends so which is it, are you not smart? sane? or wise? Oct 14	3	0	3	0	—	1,200
my baseline state is so content that often the notable things that I feel are worth posting tend to be negative outliers. but maybe I should be highlighting the mundane general happiness too, otherwise I'll just be negative all the time Oct 13	9	0	0	0	—	1,200
Hot Girl™ culture (both living it and wanting its trappings) is so far removed from what I consider good and desirable in life that 95% of the dating takes I see may as well be coming from an uncontacted tribe Oct 13	7	0	1	0	—	1,200
6. Girlfriend dumped you and you tell your friends it was mutual but jesus christ you lost the love of your life and it's your fault but you can't fix it so you crack a cold one knowing that this feeling has to become your new normal if you want to survive 7. Road soda https://t.co/sfrITaxoev Oct 12	9	0	0	0	—	1,200
Nothing is more satisfying for a writer than selecting the exact right word and putting it in its proper geocoordinates Oct 16	6	0	1	0	—	1,100
But a big part of who I am is not really caring about politics, despite (naturally) having opinions on it Oct 15	6	0	1	0	—	1,100
all I want is to meet the one woman out of ~4 billion who would create the most long-term mutual joy to date and marry and start a family with. I am not asking for much Oct 14	6	0	1	0	—	1,100
My most impressive accomplishment was something I did 10 years ago. I'm poised to surpass it in the relatively near future, but it feels strange to be a decade out from the current peak. At the time I had no reason to think it would be the high water mark for so long Oct 14	6	0	1	0	—	1,100
Universal was always going to spend 300 million dollars on the Wicked movies, but if they were capable of a single creative impulse, they would've used that money to resurrect Technicolor Oct 14	8	0	0	0	—	1,100
IN THIS HOUSE WE BELIEVE: PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE SIGNS ARE MORAL GRANDSTANDERS THEY INHERITED THEIR BELIEFS WITHOUT INDEPENDENT THOUGHT THEIR LOYALTY BELONGS TO WHAT IS FASHIONABLE THEY WOULD COMMIT ATROCITIES TO FIT IN CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE YOUR YARD DOESN'T HAVE A SIGN Oct 14	6	0	1	0	—	1,100
A few of my friends have had their minds completely colonized by instagram reels and I can hardly talk to them anymore. 90% of what they say has become an opinion they assimilated instead of one they actually hold Oct 13	3	1	1	0	—	1,100
One of the most useful definitions of sin I've ever encountered is "the actions you take that harm yourself" Oct 13	8	0	0	0	—	1,100
do you think dogs understand the power arrangement they're operating under when they mark their territory? like, you go little buddy, ignore the chain being held by your master who decides when you go outside. you own that patch of grass Oct 21	5	0	1	0	—	1,000
@goblinodds ✋😑🤚 who among us... my friend has a deck with her as the commander that he plays when he's done for the night. the whole point is to play her from the command zone by turn 3, lose the game, and go home Oct 18	3	0	2	0	—	1,000
[Effective altruist]: I care a lot about the suffering of aquatic life [Chinese gourmand]: wow we have so much in common Oct 14	7	0	0	0	—	1,000
Therapy is treated like a habit you need to keep going back to once a week, but I think in most cases it's supposed to be a single intense session once or twice a year. I'd feel weird if one of my friends got their teeth professionally cleaned every Tuesday after work Oct 14	7	0	0	0	—	1,000
Can't help but notice that a number of anti-natalists prefer making anti-natalist arguments on the internet over killing themselves. This stance is internally incoherent and I encourage them to remedy their logical misstep Oct 13	4	0	0	1	—	1,000
thinking about getting embroiled in a noir mystery so I have an excuse to cherchez la femme Oct 13	3	0	2	0	—	1,000
@noa_tate_ Can't wait to read the essay this sentence ends up in Oct 21	4	0	1	0	—	900
@goblinodds thanks! I'm trying to slowly acclimate myself to posting hotter and hotter political takes, so the positive response helps Oct 19	2	0	2	0	—	900
This poll is currently neck-and-neck, and I'd like to see how the vote ends up breaking with a large enough sample size. If you're also curious, please RT the nested tweet to further our data gathering efforts https://t.co/Jy3ppeI4nt Oct 16	3	1	0	0	—	900
@archivedself I think it's still true, but only after you can embody the traditional virtue. An unmasculine man pleased that he possesses feminine virtues is still avoiding the more difficult road for himself Oct 15	2	0	2	0	—	900
(I don't quite agree with this anymore but it's called POASTING drafts, not EDITING drafts) Oct 14	4	0	1	0	—	900
are you telling me that a bursar can disburse funds to reimburse someone, but at no point in the process is anyone imbursed? https://t.co/h87J6ld8WC Oct 14	4	0	1	0	—	900
If I get slimy, lose all my limbs, shrink way down to size, would you still be spoilin' me to prove you're mine; forehead kisses, dirt that's divine? If I came out only after it rains, would we be longterm? would you dream of me, would you still love me if I was a worm https://t.co/Zb7qc9Bo29 Oct 14	4	0	1	0	—	900
@CxCreator ohgod 😧 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ😨 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ😱 Oct 13	2	0	2	0	—	900
I'd be SO good at being mean here. It'd ruin most of what I like about posting, but god I'd be in my element Oct 13	4	0	1	0	—	900
the kids are inventing slang specifically to avoid automated sweeps by unfeeling programs that banish them from the hypernet and you think we're not in a cyberpunk future? Oct 13	6	0	0	0	—	900
I have some extremely bad news for the timeline https://t.co/DSZpaNAaxt https://t.co/UQSHiXzKzv Oct 13	3	0	0	1	—	900
I think it's unfortunate that no one on either side of the political aisle would be capable of making a show like The West Wing today Oct 12	4	0	1	0	—	900
@kramerposts wow I can't even do that right Oct 23	3	0	1	0	—	800
@noa_tate_ I thought you petered in to the level of your incompetence https://t.co/nmnC7py3iZ Oct 21	3	0	1	0	—	800
If someone takes a different photo in a different location with a different camera at a different angle using a different lens and different lighting in different clothes while striking a different pose, they're gonna look different, possibly in a way that doesn't flatter them Oct 19	3	0	1	0	—	800
Great work is a lot more work compressed into the same space Oct 19	5	0	0	0	—	800
@danallison Couldn't hurt to read it, I'd be interested to see if anything he says resonates with the experience. I'll pick it up in my next round of book buying Oct 15	3	0	1	0	—	800
@danallison Seen him recommended in the past, but never read his book. Would it enlighten me? Oct 15	3	0	1	0	—	800
I'm pretty sure the muses do coke before giving me my ideas Oct 14	3	0	1	0	—	800
@wave1martian And discussing it even casually feels so TENSE with some of them, like having a wrong opinion is tantamount to clipping the wrong colored wire while defusing a bomb Oct 14	3	0	1	0	—	800
Yooouuuuuu'd beeeeeee aaaaa wooooorrrm tooooooooo Oct 14	3	0	1	0	—	800
Our greatest mistake as a culture was letting the term "sellout" fall out of the public lexicon Oct 13	5	0	0	0	—	800
at this point if you want me to click a link, you need to mail it to me on a post-it note Oct 13	5	0	0	0	—	800
asked my gf if she wanted to try bondage and she texted me the legal penalties for habeas corpus violations Oct 13	5	0	0	0	—	800
I'm noticing a possible contradiction in myself: I'm a massive proponent of separating the art from the artist, but I can't bring myself to apply the same standard to anything AI generated Oct 13	3	0	1	0	—	800
The drugs are designed to turn the host bodies into unthinking husks that lack the ability to feel negative emotions, allowing us to give each of them a craniotomy without the need to dull the experience with anesthetic Oct 23	2	0	1	0	—	700
For Charles Goodhart's birthday, we only want to make him happy. That's why we've cloned him countless times, feeding each one a cocktail of bliss-inducing drugs that overload the brain's pleasure centers. (1/x) Oct 23	2	0	1	0	—	700
@way_opener True, but the day we stop electing leaders for lying on the campaign trail is the day we abandon the entire experiment of democracy Oct 19	4	0	0	0	—	700
@MunicipleOrrery @goblinodds It worked for my boy Glenn And by posting the hot takes, I'm venting the accumulated heat. Those frogs all would've survived if they'd had controversial opinions on the JFK assassination https://t.co/gUP3n2vTGP Oct 19	2	0	1	0	—	700
@Rusty_Swarf Great example, I don't think I've ever seen one from you. I'm sure I get shown the top tweet with no indication that it's a thread Oct 19	2	0	1	0	—	700
@immanencegris @DanubianVlad Ahh, ok. I was gonna say, I have good news https://t.co/lQQ8rlx61h Oct 19	2	0	1	0	—	700
@immanencegris ...the Impaler? Oct 19	2	0	1	0	—	700
@FeralPHunter cough cough https://t.co/0Y65QD14px Oct 19	4	0	0	0	—	700
probably wasn't a good idea to have mainstream political messaging that encouraged identifying with the problem it described. I feel like it happened a lot in the last decade "EVERYONE is racist, even YOU" "dang, ok. guess I'm racist now" "...no, wait—" Oct 17	4	0	0	0	—	700
If you make a company with the intent to one day sell it, I don't begrudge you the motive, but we could never fully understand each other Oct 17	4	0	0	0	—	700
@yearning_slav same! I keep track of a few metrics on viral tweets and at a glance it looks like legitimate interest > divisive opinion > personal story > pure joke but I mostly enjoy posting the pure jokes :/ Oct 17	2	0	1	0	—	700
@immanencegris Welcome back, I missed your tweets Oct 17	2	0	1	0	—	700
@Prigoose good idea https://t.co/0JpdzHCaPN Oct 17	4	0	0	0	—	700
@noa_tate_ repeating this to myself until it becomes big in my mind Oct 16	2	0	1	0	—	700
@MunicipleOrrery Yeah, I guess what I meant is that when you're smart, people will put up with you for instrumental reasons. What happens when you can't get away with it because your relative ranking just plummeted? Why would we deal with you when half the population is now nice smart people? Oct 16	2	0	1	0	—	700
@MunicipleOrrery True, but I wonder what the knock-on effects of each choice would be. Must be hard to stay mean from a sense of superiority for being ~~so smart~~ when the intelligence floor just ratcheted up 15 notches May not matter much compared to getting rid of the dumb mean people tbh Oct 16	2	0	1	0	—	700
@NoiseTheology I mean... where in California? Surely this is a solvable problem. Let him know there's at least one person who would be willing to retrieve, store, and ship the books if they wanted to sell them online (if it truly is several hundred and not 1000s) Oct 16	2	0	1	0	—	700
Just reread an email I wrote when I was 14. Rough way to get an autism diagnosis Oct 15	4	0	0	0	—	700
@MunicipleOrrery didn't get a notification for this, are you shadowbanned again? or is this just a regular intermittent notification failure? Oct 15	2	0	1	0	—	700
@sondering__ yes. I must live a certain way (deluged by bits) Oct 15	4	0	0	0	—	700
@mrscaew it's times like this I wish I had a bigger account so I could get a larger sample size Oct 15	2	0	1	0	—	700
@mrscaew the results or the question? Oct 15	2	0	1	0	—	700
Oh whoops this was saved in my drafts from a year ago: I think my solution to this is gonna be a commitment to post more drafts each day than the one before until I run out. Also probably the best practice for me since I feel like posting too much each day is somehow not allowed https://t.co/6gzG7MF2qQ Oct 14	2	0	1	0	—	700
@wave1martian Yeah, the detachment is part of what lets them get sucked in. I've watched friends drop their stated principles the second an issue affects them personally. Which, of course you should do when theory and reality disagree But then they spin the belief back up once it's over Oct 14	2	0	1	0	—	700
@wave1martian I'm not sure they're uniquely receptive to it! The same radicalizing cycle works on me via text, but it's more potent via infinite-scroll shortform video I think if I laid out how their beliefs changed all at once they'd go "wtf", but when it happens a bit at a time.... Oct 14	2	0	1	0	—	700
97-year-old gamer still makes gamefaqs the old fashioned way (ascii art on a typewriter) Oct 13	2	0	1	0	—	700
if you have a good memory, you should try to shame yourself less often Oct 13	4	0	0	0	—	700
when this was circulating a few days ago I wanted to win with my answer SO BAD then I read a bunch of the other qts and realized it would be like setting off a dirty bomb to win a children's karate tournament https://t.co/UN7BRpxjSu Oct 13	4	0	0	0	—	700
this is a great example of the kind of tweet I wouldn't have hit send on last time Oct 13	4	0	0	0	—	700
We began recursively implanting his consciousness into a living soup of brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid, repurposed from the biomass of unwilling volunteers Oct 23	1	0	1	0	—	600
Recent developments suggest that there are improvements to be made on the cloning vats. At least one promising test case appears to have already surpassed them Oct 23	1	0	1	0	—	600
Full-body machine suits are affixed to each Goodhart, providing endless sexual gratification and precision needle stimulation that mimics the sensations of a lover's touch, a cool breeze, and a butterfly landing on every point of his skin Oct 23	1	0	1	0	—	600
The Ludovico Technique keeps the Goodharts' eyes pointed at the sun as it barely crests over the horizon. We race away from it in jets at a speed matched to the earth's rotation, every moment their first sunrise Oct 23	1	0	1	0	—	600
We use the newly drilled holes to aim precision lasers at the hippocampus, obliterating any memories involving stellar phenomena at femtosecond intervals Oct 23	1	0	1	0	—	600
@thereisnome369 He's gonna run into a problem with usurpers awfully quick, I'm afraid Oct 21	1	0	1	0	—	600
@immanencegris What did you want to do with your life in the dream? Oct 21	1	0	1	0	—	600
we finally know what he saw https://t.co/sDeBXAbAWo Oct 21	3	0	0	0	—	600
@way_opener 🧟💀🐈‍⬛ 🧚🧿🧛‍♂️ 😈🧌👻 they've got me surrounded Oct 19	3	0	0	0	—	600
if you put every past best picture winner on a ballot and had the Academy vote on which one was the best of all time, they'd somehow end up picking Driving Miss Daisy Oct 19	3	0	0	0	—	600
@way_opener Kinda hoped I would've had that one figured out a few dozen million years ago Oct 19	1	0	1	0	—	600
@enduringscreens !! Jealous. I watch all four A Star is Born(s) in a marathon last year and that was my favorite by far Oct 18	1	0	1	0	—	600
@immanencegris this is true, but I'd like the people who aren't either of those things to come find me Oct 17	3	0	0	0	—	600
@MunicipleOrrery My other worry is a vague sense that there might be a greater ecological niche for meanness than stupidity, and a larger portion of the gains in kindness would be lost over the generations Oct 16	1	0	1	0	—	600
@wave1martian Ah, this is great Oct 16	1	0	1	0	—	600
@pav_light I think some portion of it has to be possession or obsession, but not all of it, not as the baseline. Probably better/more sustainable when it's just the thing you do, akin to The Mundanity of Excellence if you're familiar Oct 16	1	0	1	0	—	600
@pav_light Depends on what you're delineating as a subject. Fashion could have you learning sewing, color theory, materials science, world history, animal husbandry, etc, just all geared toward Fashion So any level of breadth and depth, but probably only 1 collective purpose at a time Oct 16	1	0	1	0	—	600
@Devin_J_Monahan Adding additional work to a muffin to make it worse Oct 15	3	0	0	0	—	600
@pav_light Real perfectionism should be invigorating! Though perhaps this is fundamentally a vocabulary problem and I can't rehabilitate the word, even if I think it makes more sense for my definition than the standard one Related (esp. second tweet): https://t.co/wE0rUXVamw Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
@gwingrin interesting! this wasn't how I usually experience emotional pain though. it was more like... terror? a complete freeze response in a zero-stakes situation that I would've laughed off on any other day it felt entirely unrelated to the pain, but I guess clearly it wasn't Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
@Devin_J_Monahan 🤦‍♂️ Of course, how could I have missed this. They started going on about the moral imperative to use my slaving instincts for good Oct 15	3	0	0	0	—	600
@MunicipleOrrery ok good, I saw this one. I feel like this occasionally happens in my notifications for you and no one else though! 🤷‍♂️ maybe that's only because I'm primed to notice it more ever since twitter did it to you deliberately Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
@mrscaew ok, I thought I was getting closer to it, but entries like the door handle hand are throwing me off the scent Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
@mrscaew One day I will correctly intuit what Kolobian means and so many of your tweets will suddenly make sense to me Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
@habibislop god it's so good. right up there with https://t.co/92iZ3Hos7f Oct 15	1	0	1	0	—	600
I'm considering labeling my writing with the ratio of written:published words for each piece. I want to feel better about publishing 1:1 streams of consciousness while differentiating them from the 50:1 pieces I actually worked on Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
Each time I post one of my old drafts, a new one rises from the depths to take its place. I estimate like 5 more days of draftposting before I truly reach the end, but honestly even that feels like an optimistic guess Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
Everything is computer and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
Innocently reading the holography wikipedia page when— https://t.co/WRbTJMbDNe Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
[refusing to give my stonemason anything besides a rotisserie chicken and my Young Sheldon spec script]: 'tis the poor craftsman who blames his tools Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
A friend once told me she could see me being poly because I'd be magnanimous toward any number of wives. Which is probably true, but I'm lazy Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
@sacredmargs this has been sitting in my drafts for a year, so I'm not 100% sure what I originally intended. but I think it was meant to be akin to "she's one month younger than you (so her sun sign is different than yours)" Oct 14	1	0	1	0	—	600
@thereisnome369 I choose the mental illness 🥲 Oct 14	1	0	1	0	—	600
Churn is only useful in the pursuit of perfection. The best pot will be made by whoever iterated on the same pot 100 times, not whoever piles the most ceramic slop on the scales Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
breaking out of audience capture (my own internal conception of myself), please hold while I say some unhinged nonsense Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
Watched an interview where one of my favorite screenwriters gushes over one of my favorite movies for exactly the same reasons I love it and I feel vindicated on both counts Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
@archivedself 🌻🌹🌼~You're Invited!~🌼🌹🌻 What: A duel for my hand Where: Bucolic French countryside When: Dawn Who: Some chump, very shootable Yeah, I think there's something to it (obviously you send this to both suitors) Oct 14	1	0	1	0	—	600
@archivedself I mean, a flirt powerpoint is the sort of thing that would work on me, so I'm inclined to say go for it. What would you include?? Oct 14	1	0	1	0	—	600
@kramerposts Searching for Sugar, Man Oct 14	3	0	0	0	—	600
@danielbrottman we have a system in place for this https://t.co/6QFHNySLb5 Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
@thereisnome369 Or at least acknowledge that making anti-natalist arguments on the internet is more fun/good than non-existence Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
@thereisnome369 Hey, they could also just think through their position and behavior! I'm giving them options! Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
@amazingflyingem has that strategy proven fruitful/freeing? like you can be yourself easier? Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
@thereisnome369 just trying to teach myself to post more freely by clearing out my drafts. unfortunately I'm being silenced and may have to do this for several more days https://t.co/9SuElhwadt https://t.co/bm5rnTuP21 Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
I'm releasing a comprehensive guide on how to learn anything. Here it is: Do it poorly, do it a lot, pay attention Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
Elder Millennial sounds like the second-highest tier of a sci-fi caste system Oct 13	3	0	0	0	—	600
If you hide your real opinions for too long, your ability to say anything at all starts to atrophy Oct 13	3	0	0	0	—	600
"I have a rich fantasy life" No, you have an elaborate fantasy addiction. Living is done out here Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
Railing against the patriarchy is such an optimistic view of the world, because it means you think we still have patriarchs Oct 13	3	0	0	0	—	600
my rap sheet: Unlawful Possession of a Restricted Species Animal Cruelty by Neglect Causing Animals to Fight Wagering on a Contest Under False Pretenses not proud of it, but glad to have it out there. there's a writeup of my case if anyone is interested: Oct 13	1	0	1	0	—	600
Ever since I learned how John Donne's last name is pronounced, I can't stop saying it like the Law and Order sound JUNN DUNN Oct 13	3	0	0	0	—	600
@michaelcurzi who taught you to put this kind of hate in your heart. how can smarties be F-tier when dots, twizzlers, and necco wafers exist? Oct 13	3	0	0	0	—	600
Every great comedian can lie like breathing. Because what if the lie is funny? Oct 12	3	0	0	0	—	600
@Rusty_Swarf Maybe we need to bring back the 1/x standard since nothing else indicates it anymore Oct 19	2	0	0	0	—	500
This is an ancient draft of me subtweeting the discourse from like 18 months ago Oct 19	2	0	0	0	—	500
why does it appear as the first photo on my timeline, but when I click into it, suddenly it realizes "oops that has a muted word" https://t.co/siSi2pJb21 Oct 19	2	0	0	0	—	500
@noa_tate_ @Joe_ICHTHUS https://t.co/shRbpyBXMJ Oct 18	2	0	0	0	—	500
@MunicipleOrrery That said, I go back and forth on which one I'd actually pick. I can always talk myself into the other position Oct 16	2	0	0	0	—	500
@AHomelyHouse It's the postcocious days you really gotta watch out for Oct 16	2	0	0	0	—	500
@pav_light Yes! But there's also something beyond excellence, and I think you basically only have a chance to achieve it if you believe it exists and try to pursue it. I'll have to find a better word for it so I can start discussing it more clearly. Apotheosis maybe? Oct 15	0	0	1	0	—	500
@pav_light I'm not against just putting stuff out there! But it's not itself a worthy end goal "It won't be perfect, so I can't even start" is naive perfectionism that'll stop you, but it's different from "I will make this what it is meant to be if it takes a year of study and 100 tries Oct 15	0	0	1	0	—	500
the baristas at my local coffee shop must see me as a barely-sapient troglodyte Oct 14	0	0	1	0	—	500
if I ever refer to a girl as "the hot one" I expect you to understand that I'm talking about whoever has the coke bottliest glasses Oct 14	2	0	0	0	—	500
How are llms capable of something like ROT13, or better yet ROT11 encoding and decoding while also making small errors? I imagine rotated text would be a tiny, tiny fraction of the training data Oct 14	2	0	0	0	—	500
here's a video of one of my favorite drummers playing over one of my favorite songs on one of my favorite albums. it has 2000 views https://t.co/558UxGEyRp Oct 14	2	0	0	0	—	500
@wave1martian 100%, may as well be a direct quote of my own experience The thing I don't get is why is the purity test so widespread if actually enacting the principles doesn't matter? Is it about collective power? Safety? And if so, are the values just a convenient veneer to gather around? Oct 14	0	0	1	0	—	500
@univrsw3th4rt 🥲 https://t.co/QXoQK3ha89 Oct 14	2	0	0	0	—	500
@kramerposts THANK you. now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to hit it again today Oct 14	2	0	0	0	—	500
@jackkrone_ I agree, but I also wonder if that's the advantage/hook? There's something soothing about having clear hierarchical strata with unspoken but obvious rules for how to climb the ladder. And the empty totems are attainable but safe;; matcha is less polarizing than politics Oct 14	0	0	1	0	—	500
@kenthecowboy_ @CxCreator ₐₐₐaaaaahhhhhHHHHHHH Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
@CxCreator you're right of course, but I think I'm less concerned there because they ~universally became my friends by opting in to seeing my tweets! I feel more reticence when it's people I've known in person for 20 years reading unpolished diary entries Oct 13	0	0	1	0	—	500
@TheXIF @kenthecowboy_ Hell yeah Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
Remember, if you get buried with your wealth you get to use it in the afterlife. Can't get buried with some numbers on your bank's website Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
it's serving contentment 😌🧘‍♀️ Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
Can't believe someone spoiled Jeanne Dielman for me. Now I know she drops a potato. Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
A significant portion of the women who share my core values tend to be Christian, which is unfortunately something I doubt I could ever become Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
What happened to all those "storyteller" positions from like a year ago? Did the industry realize they were just a naked rebranding of "propagandist"? https://t.co/wQbTDexbUX Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
I can't stand comedians who don't laugh. the sort who want to be funny but never want to laugh at anyone else's jokes. one of my least favorite types of guy Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
Every time I watch my 1yo old niece is a great opportunity to perfect the comedic timing on a whole slew of sound effects Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
If my future wife were in this room, would I be tired. Would I be spending my time the way I am. Would I be this man, instead of a better one Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
if you're trying to do something new you can't worry about being different Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
The median cinephile has the dirt worst taste in film Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
I avoid it as much as I can, and I do think less of people who use it as a replacement for the creative process, to the point that I'd rather watch something made sincerely by a monster than anything generated by someone who won't do the work themselves Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
"I have to get plastic surgery to appeal to the MALE GAZE" lady, the male gaze has been complaining about changes to this woman's face for 22 years https://t.co/bMW15uJDBV Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
on my friends' discord server we added a custom ditto emoji to react with, and I gotta say it's a very basic sentiment that the standard emoji options are noticeably lacking Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
Swapping the pronunciation of Tron Bonne and John Donne to piss off a very specific subset of people Oct 13	2	0	0	0	—	500
30% of the vat-brain dies every 24 hours, but we have staff on hand to churn and shovel the necrotic waste. Nothing can stop our critical work Charles Goodhart happiness levels are at an all-time high. Oct 23	1	0	0	0	—	400
Hmmm. Tough call on whether or not I should be concerned about this, because the time travel is about as plausible as me waking up at 5am https://t.co/7YlV2IRZhp Oct 21	1	0	0	0	—	400
@frideswyth Maybe he has a point https://t.co/V4Bexl3wMT Oct 20	1	0	0	0	—	400
@MunicipleOrrery I once saw a parody campaign ad that pivoted from wholesome and normal to deranged fringe on the line "We're not Democrat or Republican. We're some weird third thing." I remember very little of the rest of the sketch, but I repeat that line all the time. Could be the slogan. Oct 20	1	0	0	0	—	400
@way_opener The human body is a kludgy miracle Oct 19	1	0	0	0	—	400
@gummybara me all day yesterday Oct 19	1	0	0	0	—	400
@BLUNDERBUSSTED ah, a writer Oct 18	1	0	0	0	—	400
@enduringscreens You're right to be excited. Let me know what you think when you see it! Haven't seen Daisy Kenyon, I'll add that to my to-watch list Oct 18	1	0	0	0	—	400
@gwern Thanks, I'd heard the real story but hadn't seen the sources I think the tale is even more false than that article claims. An intro course, comparing laymen gaining basic camera proficiency to laymen executing on theory pre-proficiency? And trusting that they'd really try? C'mon Oct 18	1	0	0	0	—	400
@thereisnome369 Coming soon to a substack near you (probably like mid-November) Oct 17	1	0	0	0	—	400
@noa_tate_ small repeatable big repeatable is small repeatable big big https://t.co/JNRuuTzcbp Oct 16	1	0	0	0	—	400
@gwingrin let me know whatever you end up finding! Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@tasshinfogleman 🙏 Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@Rusty_Swarf it's a disgrace, is what it is. dispersing reimbursements and disbursing dispensations like that. they oughta be etymologically ashamed of themselves Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@array_hog @archivedself oh of course, I should've thought to tag you! especially after Aline added a ☯️ Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@way_opener I think in this field that's major league batting Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@Devin_J_Monahan @mrscaew Much appreciated! Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@Devin_J_Monahan What a dream that would be. Having just escaped the current system's meatgrinder, this would've made my life so much easier Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@metacontrarian sadly the last time I went, the person puppeting the dinosaur skeleton was a man. otherwise I would've been down on one knee proposing to someone in the ribcage of a scale model t-rex Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@kramerposts 🙂‍↕️ a man who loves the moon Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
@archivedself Exactly Oct 15	1	0	0	0	—	400
One of my theories for why cgi looks so bad now is because the early gen stuff was made by computer nerds who were also artists, and the current gen stuff is made by artists who are not necessarily computer nerds Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
I have already TRANSCENDED the need for this tweet Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
Sometimes it's unreasonably difficult to take a known and correct course of action Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
@sacredmargs or maybe it was a compatibility thing? like her sun sign changed and now you shouldn't be together? that could've been it Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
"omg, its not that hard to say you're in a state of grace, Joan. ummm it's called being a good fucking person?" If I am not, may God-- "quit DODGING THE QUESTION JOAN" Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
@thereisnome369 🥰 Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
girl, I hate to see you go, but I love to not know if you're walking away Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
every other week there's some dating or gender discourse about performatively masculine or feminine men/women I think we just don't like clocking an obvious performance Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
I'm open to other attempts, I don't think I really cracked it Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
If you're using ai images and text in your "creative help" marketing materials, I seriously doubt your ability to help me Oct 14	1	0	0	0	—	400
@NoiseTheology Exciting! 🥳 Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
@thereisnome369 not in public, dear 😘 Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
It seems my solution to my fears around having a bad reputation has been to make sure that I have no reputation at all Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
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Boobs Gain Fans for Respectable Utility in Childrearing https://t.co/s1S4ibsbPg Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
https://t.co/GIp2ptFpdw Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
@way_opener the point-scoring minigame! though it's likely that posting more will also get me roped into some actual twitter wars https://t.co/s6g7PeaoX2 Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
@noa_tate_ thank you, thank you. of course, I love all my tweets equally, even the ones that don't break 1000 likes (...even though I specifically asked them to) Oct 13	1	0	0	0	—	400
Aaron Sorkin couldn't even do it 15 years ago with The Newsroom Oct 12	1	0	0	0	—	400
fight me for the belt https://t.co/s6g7PeaoX2 Oct 12	1	0	0	0	—	400
FUCK I should've said "look at his ears". Maybe I should repost https://t.co/sMGX5fYWhj Oct 22	0	0	0	0	—	300
@hormeze @Prigoose yeah :/ I'm thinking of expanding my list to include "watched", "saw", "movie", and "the" Oct 18	0	0	0	0	—	300
@enduringscreens aw ☹️ you're probably right though, if lightweight vr/ar glasses ever take off Oct 16	0	0	0	0	—	300
@sensefulronin @silverarm0r Late Spring is the movie I'm referring to in this tweet, in my opinion it's a must-watch @silverarm0r https://t.co/7jg8Bv5B2c Oct 16	0	0	0	0	—	300
@pav_light The full thing is quite short and worth a read, but one of its main points is that stratification of skill can largely be explained by mindset/culture/technique shifts, not necessarily a more intense mental experience https://t.co/8HvpIvuT52 Oct 16	0	0	0	0	—	300
This sat in my drafts forever because when I said it to a friend he started listing things he considered more impressive that I'd done since then, that I viewed as mostly failures Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
Anyone know a good haruspex? I have the kind of questions only sheep entrails can answer Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
the fact that I'm there means I'm not fully human yet. some sort of proto-man that should be perhaps studied, definitely caged, likely killed Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
Whoever owns the rights to Kind Hearts and Coronets should hire me to write a remake but with Gary Oldman playing all the D'Ascoynes Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
I routinely stop myself from asking a question on here if the way I phrased it wasn't funny enough Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
Journey Into Diablo Canyon would be so fun to listen to if I could find any recording of it that wasn't by a middle school band Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
@mrscaew That sounds great, I would do that. As long as it was a direct experience; I want to see what people come up with untethered from preexisting media Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
I don't actually know enough about astrology to tell if this A) makes sense or B) is funny. someone teach me the error of my ways Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
@wave1martian I understand most of their views, agree with some portion of them, and the ones I disagree with aren't worth ending a friendship over. But I think my most zealous friends would sanction my execution if I voted differently in a city council meeting (their side still wins the vote) Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
You're the captain of a spaceship, but there are no controls and you're not allowed to play https://t.co/gLP4lSdGDJ Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
@mrscaew Yeah, but his is shorter and more memorable. So what I'm saying is I want people to pay me $20/month for something worse Oct 14	0	0	0	0	—	300
@CxCreator hang on, first reply should've had this added to either the beginning or the end: 🥰 Oct 13	0	0	0	0	—	300
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xkcd about olivine and feldspar except it's about sudoku setters and it's phistomefel and sam cappleman-lynes "and clover, of course" "of course" Oct 13	0	0	0	0	—	300
all of you were wrong not to like this. I'm submitting this pun as my application to Mensa https://t.co/h80D8sqwn4 Oct 13	0	0	0	0	—	300
Someone teach me how to monetize this with a $20/month subscription Oct 13	0	0	0	0	—	300
ok go off queen https://t.co/BP2yk7StxV Oct 13	0	0	0	0	—	300
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