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Thompson's Theorem
Jun 11
Somewhere between Jevons Paradox and Sturgeons Law (90% of everything is crap) there is maybe something like:
Technology that makes X more efficient increases demand for X, but crap scales linearly with the production of X, stimulating demand for jobs in the category of [cleaning up X’s mess]
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Jun 11
Somewhere between Jevons Paradox and Sturgeons Law (90% of everything is crap) there is maybe something like:
Technology that makes X more efficient increases demand for X, but crap scales linearly with the production of X, stimulating demand for jobs in the category of [cleaning up X’s mess]
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Mar 10
Catchy opening! But the comma splice is unwieldy. Why dont you try "It was not just the best of times. It was also the worst of times."
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Mar 4
Is it just me or does it look like that gyre is widening?
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Feb 12
I’m going to teach the world what propreantepenultimate means, even if it’s the fifth to last thing I ever do.
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Feb 4
There are two rules in life:
1) Never give out all the information.
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1 Mar 2025
The semicolon was the pretentious punctuation mark of the 2010s; the em dash has been the pretentious punctuation mark of the 2020s — I wonder what it will be for the 2030s!
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1 Mar 2025
“Both the embroidery on the jackets and the hem-stitching with mother-of-pearl inlay on the trains had been grossly overdone.”
Murasaki Shikibu’s eye for vulgarity at Japan’s 11th century imperial court is never less than a delight…
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27 Nov 2017
[Lebowski]: Hello! Do you speak English? Parla usted Inglese? I'll ask you again: did I urinate on your rug?
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14 Jun 2022
It's getting-charged-on-the-sidewalk-by-large-cockroaches season in New York again 🪲
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“Writers learn to avoid expressing thoughts...that might be controversial with the group and hurt their numbers. In the most successful cases, the cultivation of followers becomes an end in itself and takes the place of actual writing.”
theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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"Oxford-educated. Obsessed with serial killers, “Serial,” and cereal. I’m a big list-maker. Yes, I’ve read the “Comma Sutra,” but I only bend one way, so please don’t ask."
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"Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, nobody can cheat this triangle." x.com/tonyszhou/status/93720…
3 Dec 2017
Myself and @glassesattached are announcing that #everyframeapainting has officially ended. Here's the script to the final unmade video
medium.com/@tonyszhou/postmo…
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"21. Recount your most forgettable moment."
damemagazine.com/2015/01/16/…
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"Also, as you can see, my hair looks like spun gold."
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"Performative piety".
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