A better question than how often men think about the Roman empire would be how often do men think about the 1997 film Men in Black starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
An annoying thing I've noticed about bluesky is that I often see discourse about the news of the day (e.g. the Drew Barrymore thing) but I have to go to Twitter to find the actual *source* of the news. That disconnect is why I only log in here like once a week
Four years ago I wrote something about how we need 9/11 jokes as an alternative to the people who insist we must remember 9/11 the “right way” for their own political ends, and I repost it every year
we should really just formalize august as a vacation month for everyone rather than the informal system we have now where half of everyone in every office is out and the other half can't get most of their work done because of the former
Every time I listen to Stage Four I only make it as far as "Displacement" before and I break down and start bawling.
If that doesn't do me in, "Benediction" will.
Ever since I started working remotely I take a little 10 minute walk in the sun after any soul sucking task or meeting and it has completely changed my life. This should be legally protected
Bluesky is for people who are terminally online in the “it’s ya boy tarantula dick” sort of way while Threads is for people who are terminally online in the “everything in my life is Content” sort of way
