It's even worse than it appears..
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Most tweets promote the author rather than good ideas, although they think they're promoting good ideas. Most of the people who read them, if any do, already agree with them, or don't and are using their tweets to evoke strong body chemistry that they are physically addicted to. #
I'm watching The Bear on Hulu. Really good. As I watch it, I realize how far we have to go in software development to reach the coordination of creativity you see in the kitchen of a small restaurant, understanding it's a dramatization and not to take it too literally. #
Would you like to be a slave?#
  • There was an excellent MSNBC show about the Civil War last night. At one point they interviewed a current-day Confederate. They almost got to the best question to ask such a person, which is:#
  • Would you like to be a slave?#
  • I'd love to hear the answer to that.#
The ideal life#
  • Mom, dad and their perfect American kids.#
  • When I was young, this was considered the ideal 20th Century life. #
  • My mother had this in her head, that if we were better children, or whatever, that her life would be like this. #
  • Occasionally I would tell her that she was no June Cleaver herself. #
  • We were a post-war refugee family trying to live up to what was expected of us. #
  • What a crock of shit that was. #

Last update: Tuesday September 6, 2022; 9:24 PM EDT.

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