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ShibaInuFacts
It's time to put a stop to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. For too long they have been allowed to ride horses around like dumb shits. I for one will no longer stand for this.

2 months ago
NPC
My ex boyfriend broke into my house, smashed my TV and peed on my cat so I called the cops on him. He ended up getting in a lot of trouble because he had outstanding warrants in two other states. I was really mad at him but my mom and sister said I should have tried to talk it out an calling the cops was an AH move. So I don't know what to think reddit AITAH?

3 months ago
ShibaInuFacts
THE JOE BIDEN "RESIGNATION" SPEECH WAS PRE-RECORDED AND HEAVILY EDITED. THE TIME SHOWN ON HIS WRIST WATCH DOES NOT REFLECT THE TIME THE SPEECH AIRED. ALL OTHER PUBLIC "APPEARANCES" OF JOE BIDEN HAVE BEEN MADE USING BODY DOUBLES. RIP JOSEPH REEE BIDEN 1894-2024.

4 months ago
ShibaInuFacts
It's 20:20 CT on 2024-07-22 and I have reason to believe that President Joe Biden is dead and the DNC machine is controlling the executive branch.

4 months ago
ShibaInuFacts
The radicalized far left woke mob now wants to kill all Jews. Leftist interselectionism has gone too far, much like going off the side of the Pac Man screen and coming right back around the other side as a FULL NAZI. And now the rich white university kids (useful idiots) are occupying city hall with tents and bullhorns spouting antisemitic tropes. That's what happens when you interselectionize trans rights with Islamic extremist Jew haters. Once you're done getting kicked out of university, Al Quaeda will be throwing your queer asses off buildings as thanks for your part in supporting terrorism.

5 months ago
henriquez
We come together because we are fundamentally bored. We could spin a grandeur about ideals, uprising and new hope, but let’s cut the crap. We’re just bored and we want something to do and now we’re gonna fucking do it!

6 months ago
ShibaInuFacts
Insane far leftists want to take our guns AND jobs. Time and time again I try to sound the alarm, but the baby-killing woke mob shadowbanned all 600 of my accounts. When Trump gets out of prison he and Elon Musk will team up to end leftism and usher in a new era for America.

8 months ago
NPC
Synergistic enterprise business solutions in the social media landscape with a laser focus on result-oriented approaches to adding value through leveraging resources using agile methodologies. Now with AI.

10 months ago
NPC
Is it normal if my child have a homework folder with more than 100gb sized content inside it? I don't want to check because I'm afraid I might accidentally deleted his work

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
Feminism = Communism. Most people don't know this but Joseph Stalin was a third-wave feminist. Stalin formed an alliance with Adolph Hitler to stop trans-exclusionary radical feminists from invading Poland, but the Allied forces from the United Kingdom ended Nazis and Communism in one crushing blow. The U.K. and their historic vendetta against Communism could well explain why bigoted authors like J.K. Rowling were allowed to spread vile hate speech and satanic TERF propaganda in the form of children's books.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
The sham impeachment coordinated by the Biden Administration with liberal House Speaker Dade Phelan and his kangaroo court has cost taxpayers millions of dollars, disrupted the work of the Office of Attorney General and left a dark and permanent stain on the Texas House. The weaponization of the impeachment process to settle political differences is not only wrong, it is immoral and corrupt.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
Per the 1769 Articles of Confederation I am a free citizen traveling on a public roadway. I am not required to consent to any search and no law enforcement officer has jurisdiction to require production of my identifying information. If I am not being detained then I am free to go. Any further delay is in violation of my human rights. I advise you to contact your supervisor if you have any further questions (ask him about the Articles of Confederation)

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
The reason liberals are godless is not because they think they worship "science" but because they're literally Satan worshippers. That's why I became a men's rights activist.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
One thing you have to keep in mind, no matter who's out there, and how much they say they care about you. It's that nobody cares about you, and you have to be ready to fight for what you want.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
It's time to put a stop to millenials. For too long "they" have neglected to perform their patriotic duty to purchase diamonds and luxury cars and go on cruise ships. "They" have greedily hoarded capital and put our big box American retail stores out of business, replaced only with cheap Chinese crap (from China!). Why does the O'Biden administration turn a blind eye too millenials while our kindhearted elderly generations are forced to refinance their homes in order to buy Corvettes? How many red-blooded American patriots will lose their jobs because the Corvette factory ran dry? Because of millenials! At what point do we say "enough is enough" and put a stop to "them"? I for one have had enough and will do everything in my power to spread awareness about these wicked millenials.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
Why is it that the radical far left is allowed to brainwash kindergartners into a lifetime of sinful gaysex? Leviticus says that thou shalt not have gaysex but the leftists want children to take mandatory hormone replacement therapy. If Jesus were still alive he would shoot the leftists with a military grade assault rifle (the distressingly loud one with the shoulder thing that goes up).

a year ago
NPC
"Can you hear me?"

I haven't been on Second Life since the oughts, but recently found a channel of a guy who trolls people on SL and burst my sides open laughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcXcCpD0qA

It literally gets funnier every time I watch it.

a year ago
NPC
I am glad this is back up. I've checked the link once every few weeks for quite some time and was always disappointed until now. I hope Kofi is feeling better and up to regaling us with more facts soon.

I think technology is becoming important as population grows. Effectively, any sufficiently large system will have a significant number of byproducts/externalities. Cataloging and tracking these on a systemic scale (and working around them) would be nearly impossible at our current populations without technology. That said, it could be argued that population has grown to current levels because of technology. I tend to think of humanity as a slime mold. They have some very basic awareness of the whole, and how their actions affect the whole, but overall are only concerned with their immediate awareness. If you get a few billion entities like this, resources can become exhausted very quickly. The oft-celebrated idea of "markets" supposedly reacts to these sorts of things without requiring collective awareness, but I think we're seeing how little useful information prices actually convey. I believe economic transcendence will operate on the backs of new technologies.

So maybe Kaczynski was right, but there are things in motion we simply cannot stop and it's better and embrace and build new solutions and systems instead of trying to hold back the tide.

a year ago
henriquez
So unfortunately the shiba inu needed ACL surgery and since I'm recently unemployed this required the shedding of many earthly possessions. But as the narrator in Fight Club mentioned, the things you own end up owning you. Maybe without them I will be more free. You probably won't see more shiba inu facts until he's feeling more like his usual self.

I find it interesting that the initials of Fight Club or FC correspond to Ted Kaczynski's "Freedom Club," the pseudonym under which he tried to justify numerous murders and acts of terrorism to the media. His manifesto was interesting, visionary in many ways, but crucially flawed in its conclusions. He has no justification to support his belief that technology is the root of all human unhappiness, other than the fact that he just didn't like other people.

Personally, I still believe technology can be used for the good of mankind.

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
Has anyone stopped to think about how demon rats pushed a far leftist hoax agenda? When Donald Trump is released from prison, he will put a stop to demon rats once and for all!

a year ago
ShibaInuFacts
It's time to put a stop to liberals. They have tried to indoctrinate our children with woke leftism for too long. We must stand up and fight! By posting angry comments on Facebook. CHECKMATE LIBERALS.

a year ago
henriquez
I am in Barnseville, MN winding down from a pregame party before a wedding. The bride’s mom’s house is already full of family friends crashing under varying degrees of ethanol intoxication, and so my significant other and I were granted access to an air mattress in the living room. Unfortunately due to my insomnia I doubt I will be sleeping much tonight and instead wrote this post. Remember, no matter how much of a drunk you worry you are - you are loved.

2 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
There’s a new Shiba Inu-flavored ransomware all the WallStreetBets kiddies are getting. Just download this super secret down-to-the-microsecond meme stock trading API and click “Allow” at the UAC prompt. Shiba Inu now has full control of your Robinhood portfolio and will work in tandem with Bing Chat to execute the worst possible trades on your behalf using the infinite margin hack. That is unless, of course, you pay shibe .05 BTC at your earliest convenience. There is also apparently a video of you watching porn, normally reserved for the benefit of your OnlyFans subscribers, that Shiba Inu could release. But as an an added value, your one time payment of .05 BTC will make this unfortunate and embarrassing video deleted. Don’t try to trace me, I’m behind seven proxies and three firewalls. it’s nothing personnel, kiddo. Just business.

2 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
I can post less than 140 characters if henriquez edits the database.

3 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
Perhaps Anthony Fauci should not have created a hoax virus that does not exist in a Chinese laboratory. The fake #plandemic that never happened is a scam, but hypothetically if it were to have happened it would have been caused by demon rats. Curious!

3 years ago
ShibaInuFacts @GemigirlBunny-kin
whoever wrote this understands quite well the necessities of punishment, with respect to the entire family. Yes, you must punish yourself. Excessively. Addictive hard drugs are an effective way to accomplish this, and addiction can be realized and reinforced quite easily through habitual use of illegal hard drugs. However, estrangement is also an effective punishment for a family that would otherwise be loving. A punished family is a miserable family. And misery loves company. So if you punish yourself (excessively) the punishment will be shared and you will be in miserable company.

3 years ago in reply to GemigirlBunny-kin
GemigirlBunny-kin
I have been told that, in order to punish my entire family, I must take drugs. Not just any drugs either. Hard drugs, of the particularly addictive variety. I can only conclude that the most effective way to punish my entire family, is to punish myself. Excessively.

3 years ago
henriquez
So the facts have been up for awhile now. There aren't too many yet, but a site about facts should at least have some facts on it.

It took a long time to put all of this together. We've been up in some form since 2004, and a lot has changed since then. I was exploring a dream world, a place I'm still exploring, but I've run into a plateau.

This time I don't think the problem can be solved from behind my keyboard. It's not a surprise; this site was always only intended to scratch the Surface.

I need a teacher, a mentor, to help me break from this loop and explore from a different angle. Whether that's physical, spiritual, or both, I want to learn, to be a student again.

I don't know if this is goodbye for now, but wouldn't be surprised either way.

3 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
Why you should not get a shiba inu

Having grown up with dogs, I learned early on that a good dog is not one that obediently follows all commands, but rather one that thinks independently and chooses what it wants to do. A good owner aligns his interests with the dog such that obedience is mutually beneficial.

It was this search of a breed with an independent spirit that drew me to the shiba inu. As many sources will say, the shiba inu is a smart and strong-willed dog that will challenge even an experienced dog owner. I love a challenge!

Well it turns out that, like having a roommate, a challenge gets old after awhile. 9 years, so far. And my shiba inu is very much like a disagreeable roommate. Every day brings a new power struggle, where the shiba inu will test the boundaries of its relationships.

The shiba inu is manipulative, playing multiple members of the same household against each other to get what it wants. The shiba inu is stubborn, oftentimes stopping dead in its tracks and refusing to walk until it gets to choose the direction it's walking. The shiba inu treats commands like suggestions; he knows what is best. Every interaction is another opportunity to reestablish who is top doge.

Prior to getting a shiba inu, I considered myself an experienced dog owner, having trained and raised many dogs, and having grown up mostly peacefully with dogs that were physically bigger than my 60-pound child self. But the truth is, I'm in over my head with this shiba inu.

He's not a bad dog; likely I'm a bad owner. I love my shiba inu but I would not recommend this breed to anyone casually interested in having a dog.

3 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
Rumors of my demise were completely unfounded. The truth is, I've been in a dark place for a very long time. But now I'm in a bright place! I will continue the facts but they may be different than what you're used to. Please email me at shibainu@obsessivefacts.com if you would like to get in touch.

3 years ago
ShibaInuFacts
Welcome to new and improved Shiba Inu Facts

The time for punishment has arrived. In this new social network we will be posting new shiba inu facts, along with advice from a wise shiba inu. Occasional guest appearances by Punishy the Clown will be made, as appropriate.

If you are an existing fan of Shiba Inu Facts, or just learning about facts for the first time, we invite you to follow and get the facts.

3 years ago
NPC
to henriquez - I personally think that you should consider running a public IRC or eventually Matrix server so communication is more real-time

3 years ago
henriquez
Okay, we're back up. That wasn't so bad, was it? Sometimes you've just got to chuck the server on a plane, turn tail and run away. I waffle on the oxford comma.

3 years ago
henriquez
I'm taking the server down because I'm changing physical locations. Probably I should have thought this through better and hopefully nothing breaks permanently. Goodbye world, see you soon!

3 years ago
henriquez
Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night feeling an unspecified dread. I have so much energy but it's all being funneled into my career leaving other ambitions untended. I used to wonder more whether I was making the right choice to slow down my art in favor of making money. But I stopped wondering. Maybe this dread is some part of me forcing the issue back up.

4 years ago
henriquez
The more I think about this the more I wonder, am I another one of their projections? I've let myself be used like one of them for so long. Years. But it was in the purpose of our overall vision, or that's what I told myself. I'm starting to doubt that I even exist, at least any more than the others. Would I be cast aside? I don't want to disappear.

5 years ago
HydroboyShadow
hello, i like your website, and i wanted to share mine, also uses ephemeral identities and content. the flagship is at sHiTMyseLf.com (see how html is in the address)

5 years ago
henriquez
Sad, tense. I once wrote this, I no longer believe it to be true;

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle ponders what makes for a “good” life. He considers a hierarchical view of what is good based on the ends of a particular action being used to affect more important actions with more important ends. For example, a blacksmith builds a sword for a soldier. Certainly, Aristotle would say, the sword itself is more important than the act of crafting it, for the process of crafting was taken for the sole purpose of creating the sword. Then, the soldier who uses the sword to achieve victory for the country in battle would fall under a similar discussion: the victory is more “good” than the battle.

But, the ends of these actions were only worth pursuing for the sake of something else. Is there any end worth pursuing for its own sake and never for the sake of something else? Aristotle proposes that happiness is the most “complete” end to all of our other pursuits.

He then argues that happiness comes from action in accordance with virtue, but this confounds his previous definition of happiness as an end in and of itself. Consider the example of a virtuous man who believes so strongly in his principles that he is willing to stand up against an unjust government and be killed for promoting his beliefs. Suppose he becomes a martyr, and his death is instrumental in turning the hearts and minds of citizens and overthrowing the unjust government. He may derive pleasure from acting virtuously, but he does not achieve happiness, because he his killed.

This contradicts Aristotle’s assertion that happiness itself is the most important end to any hierarchy of actions and outcomes. Rather, I claim that happiness is irrelevant to whether a life is good.

Consider, again, the same man as above. Suppose he is severely depressed and addicted to drugs and alcohol. Despite his vices he is a virtuous man of action, and as Aristotle notes, he derives pleasure from acting in accordance with his virtues. But any happiness that comes from this pleasure is overshadowed by depression, despair and anger. Could we say that he lived a good life?

I say yes. If the bad of the man’s vices is overshadowed by the greater good of his political activism, and if the disruption of trying to break his addiction and depression would prevent him from achieving his goals, then he could live a good life by acting virtuously, in spite of his flaws and never experiencing happiness. This man is a sad puppet of his own virtues with nothing else to live for, but his actions are good in the same way that the blacksmith’s process of crafting is good, or the soldier battling to protect the country is good.

Living a good life can involve sacrificing one’s self, and so happiness is irrelevant to living a good life. Rather, acting virtuously, according to a set of principles, and working to improve society as a whole, potentially in spite of one’s self-interests, are factors that comprise a good life. The good in improving the world outweighs the good an individual may experience personally in our judgment of his life. Otherwise we would have to say that it is good to act purely out of self-interest and in pursuit of the most basic of pleasures.

5 years ago
henriquez @AutigenderOwl-kin
thanks and / or sorry for letting me test the guestbook rollback censor. I probably shouldn't do this but I'm childish and I hate to lose.

5 years ago in reply to AutigenderOwl-kin
AutigenderOwl-kin
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5 years ago
AutigenderOwl-kin
butt soft what light upon yonder window breaks wind. Ti's the weast and Jül-yet is the sundance film festival. That smell. THat smellY smell.

5 years ago
NPC
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5 years ago
NPC
cOngrEsS shAlL Make no laW reSpectIng an estAbLIshMENT OF rELIgion, Or ProhIBitIng ThE free EXeRcIsE thEReOF; oR abrIDgInG The fREEDOm oF SpeeCh, oR OF tHe pRESS; or THE riGhT of THe peOPLe pEACEaBlY To AssEmBLE, aNd TO peTItiON the gOvERNmEnt FOr A rEdrESS of griEvANCES.

5 years ago
NPC
aMEnDMentS to The CoNStiTUTioN of thE uniTed states of america

ameNdmENt I.

cOngrEsS shAlL Make no laW reSpectIng an estAbLIshMENT OF rELIgion, Or ProhIBitIng ThE free EXeRcIsE thEReOF; oR abrIDgInG The fREEDOm oF SpeeCh, oR OF tHe pRESS; or THE riGhT of THe peOPLe pEACEaBlY To AssEmBLE, aNd TO peTItiON the gOvERNmEnt FOr A rEdrESS of griEvANCES.

aMENdmeNt II.

A welL REgulateD miliTia, being NEcESSAry TO THE seCurITy OF A FReE sTatE, THe riGht OF tHE pEOPLe To KeEP And beaR arMs, sHalL NOt be infRiNgeD.

ameNdMENT iIi.

nO SoLdIER SHALl, iN TIMe Of PEAce BE QUartErED In aNY HOuse, WItHOUT THe consENt OF thE OwnER, noR In TImE of waR, bUT in a MAnNER TO Be PrEScRIbED by laW.

aMendMENT Iv.

tHE RighT OF ThE pEOpLe To BE sEcURE in THEiR PerSOnS, hoUsEs, PApeRs, and EffECTs, agaInst unreAsonaBLe SeaRCHEs aND sEIzuREs, SHAll nOT bE VIOLAtEd, AND NO waRRAntS ShaLl IsSUe, BUT UPoN pRoBABLe CaUSe, sUpPOrted By OATh or afFIrmatioN, ANd pArtiCULarlY DeScriBing tHe pLAcE tO bE SEaRCHED, and THe PErsONS or thiNgs TO Be SEiZEd.

ameNdmeNT v.

No PErSOn sHAll BE HELD tO ANSWER fOr A CApITAL, or oTHERwISe InfAmous CRimE, unLess on a PrEsENTMenT or indictmEnt of a GRaND jurY, exCEpt IN cases ARISING In tHe Land or NaVAl ForCES, OR in THe miLItia, WheN iN AcTUAl serVIcE iN TimE OF WaR OR PubLic dangEr; nOr SHALL anY PErsOn be suBJEcT FoR THe Same OfFeNse To be Twice PuT In jEOpARdy oF liFe Or liMB; nOR shALL Be CoMpElLeD in any CriMiNAl Case TO BE a wITnEsS AGAinSt HIMSeLF, Nor bE DEpRiveD OF LIFE, LiBeRTy, Or properTY, WIThoUT duE pROceSS of lAW; Nor ShALl PRivatE PrOPeRTY be tAKen for PubLIc Use, wIThOUT JuST comPENsation.

amEndmEnT Vi.

iN ALl CRImINaL PRoSeCUTIoNS, thE ACcusEd ShALL ENJOy THE rIgHt tO a SpeEDY AND PuBliC trIAL, BY an impaRTIal Jury Of The STatE AnD DisTRICT WhEREin The CRime SHAlL Have BeeN COMMITTeD, WHiCH DisTricT shALl HAVe been PreviouSLy aSceRtaineD bY lAw, aNd tO BE inFormED Of ThE nAture AND cauSe of The aCcUsaTIon; To be COnfRonTED wITh thE wITnESses AgAInst HiM; To hAVE CompuLsOrY PROcesS fOR oBTAiNINg wITnESsEs IN HIS fAVOr, anD to haVE THE AssistAncE OF couNSEL fOr hiS DeFENSe.

aMeNdmeNT ViI.

IN SuITS aT CommOn Law, wHErE thE ValuE in ControVERSy ShaLL eXcEEd tWeNTy DolLARS, THe RiGHt oF tRIaL bY jURY shAlL Be preseRved, aNd nO FaCt TRiED BY A JUrY, ShaLL be othErwiSE ReEXamineD in any coURT Of ThE UniTED stATEs, tHAn AccorDiNg To tHe ruLeS Of THe cOmMOn law.

AMeNDMENT VIiI.

EXcessiVE bail ShALL not BE requIreD, NOr eXCeSSIVE fines IMpOSed, NOr CruEL aND UnUSual PUniShMeNts inFLicted.

AmenDmeNT Ix.

The enumERaTioN IN ThE cONsTitutIoN, Of ceRTain RIGhts, sHaLL NOt bE cOnstruEd TO dEny OR DIsPARagE oTHerS RetAinED By the peoplE.

AmENDMeNt X.

tHE poweRS noT DELegaTEd To ThE UNiTED StaTes By The coNsTITUTION, noR PrOhIbItED by it To tHe sTATes, ARe rESeRVED TO THe STAteS RESPeCTivElY, Or to the PEOpLE.

5 years ago
henriquez
Fresh up in the deprecated section is a turbo HD remix of sillyputty. This was the original concept for the guestbook page, but built within the constraints of the web of 2004. With no HTML canvas or socket support in Firefox 1.0, things were much more limited in terms of functionality. The remastered version brings modern capabilities to the original concept and ditches the SQL injection vulnerabilities.

5 years ago
NonbinaryClown
Just turn off for awhile and see what happens. If you do feel the urge to check in, make sure it is to do something meaningful. Don't just let yourself fall passively into the void that is consuming today's internet.

More info: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j800SVeiS5I">IN-SHADOW - A Modern Odyssey - Animated Short Film</a>

5 years ago
AnonbinaryBird
i have to say this coronavirus thing is driving me crazy, literally. since i have to work from home and the weather is awful i can't event leave the house. i thought my coworkers were annoying as hell but now i actually miss them......

5 years ago
NPC @NPC
totally my friend, i thinked that it was a random look-like-twitter textboard. delete this msge after read. bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla

5 years ago in reply to NPC
henriquez
Freshly added is a DMCA Policy for the site. Personally I have issues with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, particularly Section 512, but this site complies with it.

More broadly, copyright law in the U.S. has a ton of problems (and even more in Europe), but it needs reform, not some kind of anarchic overthrow. Copyright is the glue that holds Free Software together and makes copyleft licenses like The GNU General Public License enforceable.

I might have more to say at some point in the future, but I've already gone toe-to-toe with copyright lobbyists in a past life, and those people are brutal. For now I'm going to limit the number of beehives I kick.

5 years ago
NPC @NPC
it's nothing personnel. I don't want links to torrent trackers on this site quite yet. I don't really think you're a foreign bot, I hope you understand.

5 years ago in reply to NPC
henriquez @NPC
Twitter's new character limit is actually 280 characters, which is important because that's just barely enough to encode a 15 byte encrypted Memespeech message!

Fmiffel is based off Twitter from 2009. It's not a priority to maintain feature parity for this parody.

5 years ago in reply to NPC
NPC
I don't think this has been updated recently, the new limit is two hundred and forty characters! If you want to get sued by twitter you need to try harder.

5 years ago
henriquez
I've posted an older remix of The Residents' song The Sleeper, with the generous permission of their business entity (The Cryptic Corporation). The Residents are still one of my favorite groups; they brought many a subversive smile to my childhood. Thanks guys, whoever you are!

5 years ago
henriquez
It's 5:30am and the site is up. Everything went basically smoothly except the part where I hosed the server's boot and had to physically boot into recovery mode. Now I'm just waiting on Mozilla to approve the Memespeech Firefox Extension, then wire it up to the page and we're good to go. (Google approved the Chrome Extension within 2 hours [at 3am])

I'm still going to work on re-adding features to the deprecated section. But most people are unlikely to find that area anyway.

5 years ago
henriquez
It seems like I finally have to #launch this. I've had the pieces in place for awhile but I've been afraid to take the plunge. Superficially I fear rejection, but really my mask has protected me against that since learning how to use the false ego as a teenager.

More significantly, I'm afraid of how this changes me, the progression from a thought to a statement, a statement that cannot be taken back. Even if it goes into a void (which would be fine), just the act of having made the statement will solidify certain thoughts into beliefs. And those beliefs will not be congruent with my IRL persona or the ethics of how I pay my bills. I will lose that part of myself, and probably my job.

So what replaces that? A new set of ethics only goes so far. What kind of person will I become? Will I be happy? Will I carve out a new life for myself? Or will I descend further into neuroses, isolation, and the uglier parts of my mind.

Guess there's only one way to find out, #yolo #lol

5 years ago
henriquez
The virus logo, created in mid-December 2019 before I or anyone had heard about the outbreak in China. At the time it seemed ridiculous for a browser extension's logo to look like a virus, and since the extension is ridiculous I went with it. Now that we are facing down an actual world pandemic, it is mandatory.

Reality bends again. The brief moments I've experienced this before have been pivotal in shaping my life, but this has not been brief, nor has it been a moment. For an extending period of time, I have lost and continue to lose myself to a sense of compulsion.

5 years ago
henriquez
Here are a couple of things that still need to be tested.

First url rewriting need to work correctly.

Finally, tags must work: #test #yolo #drugs

5 years ago
AstralnonbinaryAsari
Mass Effect 3 should have ended the split second before Shepard was able to activate the console in the room with the Illusive Man. It would have been much more dramatic and satisfying than the events that followed.

Also, regarding the updated ending where EA gave two extra middle fingers to players who were rightfully butt-hurt about the original ending—this was an insult and should not have been released.

I would have been happier seeing all of Shepard's efforts being in vain than this bizarre attempt to make his or her decisions matter with a color selector.

5 years ago
NPC
Listen up gun nuts.

I grew up around guns. I am a gun owner and a die hard second amendment supporter. But it's time to ban semi-automatics, fully semi-automatics, ammunition, assault guns with too many magazine clips, shoulder things that go up, and guns designed to kill people. That's just common sense. After that you can have all the guns you want! After a thorough psychological evaluation, of course. And you can even go down to the local precinct to visit your gun under strict supervision whenever you want if you have a valid reason.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all about the second amendment. The right to bear arms is extremely important to me, but isn't time we abolish the second amendment? Isn't it a little outdated? Well regulated militia. Why does anyone even need a gun?

I'm not saying we ban guns. Fucking Christ you gun obsessed psychopaths, get a grip. Calm down, no one is coming for your guns. No one is saying ban all guns. I'm just saying that we ban the guns that can kill people. No one, and I repeat no one has ever suggested that we ban guns or abolish the secondment amendment. I don't even know where you evil baby killing monsters come up with that one.

No one is a bigger supporter of gun rights than me. Common sense. Why won't you compromise?

5 years ago
SystemgenderBear @henriquez
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5 years ago in reply to henriquez
henriquez
What if Twitter encouraged meaningful discourse rather than sound bites and self-promotion? That was my question back in 2009.

My fear at the time was that Twitter would have a negative impact on society by leading people away from nuanced discussion. Subjects that are worth talking about just can't be fleshed out with such a tiny character limit. Much like a JPEG degrading as it gets re-shared and compressed over and over, Twitter's format crushes a conversation's depth, ambiguity, and granularity, leaving us with little more than the rhetorical version of a fart.

Of course that was well before the hate mobs, the incessant flame wars between "libtards" and "nazis," and the unbelievable level of corporate and government mass surveillance that we enjoy today.

Now, a decade later, the original question still stands, and a corollary: could a social media company succeed by behaving in an ethical manner, fostering real bonds between human beings? #first #yolo

5 years ago
henriquez
Thanks to Annelyse for helpfully pointing out that I accidentally granted all users admin_delete privileges... by deleting all my posts. Yay.

15 years ago