0747 – how I make new friends on the internet
prompt: “what’s one thing / field / etc you know irrationally too much about? how did you come to that field? what
0745 – encourage weirdos, discourage assholes
OK for starters, I’ve put together a thread of tweets that I’ve tweeted about weirdness, and I think they provide
0744 – we stress to communicate that we’re serious
prompt: why do people stress so much I love this question! I remember I once watched this video on SikhNet by this guy called
0737 – start interfacing with others
It’s November the 1st, 2018. I’ve been in a feral free agent state for four months now. What do I have to show for
0731 – hating on NPCs is a shitty way to make friends
The NPC meme is pretty hilarious to me. I don’t really want to tweet on main about it because I think there it takes on
0730 – the world is burning, invest in your relationships
I spent some time earlier on twitter somehow getting involved in some discussions about american politics. Do I even care abou
0710 – meet good people and have conversations that inspire you to act
I just had lunch with someone (RH) – she was an acquaintance I knew through work, and we’ve exchanged emails before in the
0695 – facebook strippers and filter bubbles
Had an interesting exchange on Facebook earlier. I shared a post from Jacq The Stripper, where a stripper asked her followers
0694 – don’t argue with idiots; pick your battles and contexts
“Nerds do NOT understand #skininthegame. “Life is not about winning an argument [with a nerd like you] but about winning.â
0679 – be mindful of the effect that people have on you
I tweeted something a few days ago that struck a nerve: I think my saddest realization in life, which I resist (and shd stop r
0662 – safe spaces are for nurturing, not coddling
I have an essay swirling around in my mind about ‘safe spaces’ and I need to get it out of my system, but I can’t seem t
0633 – slow down when responding to people (ugh fields)
There’s something a little strange about me that is a sort of bug that I want to correct. It’s kind of like “
0632 – most people want quiet, not justice for others
The world is large, and complicated, and there are all sorts of people in it. This seems to be surprisingly hard for some peop
0624 – create spaces to nurture others
Teenage spaces – stairwells, liminal spaces. Places to hang out, be themselves. Kids are not allowed to make too much noise
0623 – “asshole grandpa”
In the previous vomit I talked about the fragmentation of all things, particularly social fragmentation. It was triggered by m
0607 – be sensitive to context
Roughly between ages 13 and 23 I was thoroughly convinced that one of the most powerful things you can do is to be really good
0596 – cherish your friends
As at 26 year old, it’s interesting to look back on my relationships with other people when I was younger, and to think abou
0594 – seek out the difficult conversations
I have an old friend that I’ve been talking to for almost a decade now, and I enjoy reflecting on the history of our convers
0572 – how social media affects people’s engagement
J asks: Has the emergence of social media – text, images, and video, made the internet more like passive entertainment o
0557 – heal yourself by helping others
So I wrote that last post in under an hour early this afternoon, and posted it on /r/singapore in the hope that it would be h
0482 – gooey people and prickly people
The first vomit of the day is done, and it’s now 5:34. If I can keep this pace up (of course I can’t, but just for
0448 – parents, peers and other benevolent plagues
I’ve been reflecting on how people get into drinking and smoking and drugs. And by extension, how my life has come along
0441 – peopling, and silly
It’s 2:16am. I was home around 1030pm, and so I was hoping to be asleep by 12noon, but look, it’s 2:16pm. I do thi
0377 – social groups and answers within
I want to think about the strange thing that happens when I fixate on any particular group of people and allow them to become
0224 – win the person, not the argument
A couple of vomits ago I wrote about how upset and frustrated I was because somebody was mean to me on the Internet. I decided
0222 – Never be mean
This isn’t a new topic but it’s been fresh on my mind– why are we so mean on the Internet, and why don’t w
0106 – consider the pointlessness of argument
1st Sept 2013 Smoking: I had two cigarettes yesterday. I didn’t enjoy them and my mouth is icky even now. It’s not
0053 – we rarely love people
The following are two combined half-vomits written on the train. Incoherent, etc. You shouldn’t bother reading this. I&#
0052 – should you motivate yourself by comparing yourself with others?
My feedly isn’t loading and social media has diminishing returns so I souls just start writing. My mind isn’t part
0026 – meeting older friends + singapore/overview effect
Just spent 53 minutes watching a Dave Chappelle special that was “recommended for You” that I didn’t particu
0021 – let go of your judgement of others
Well so today is the first day of a new year, and I promised myself that I was going to do two word vomits a day, so here̵
0014 – protect others from needless shame
1000 words 15 minutes unedited donch read I did something naughty last night, and I do regret it. I think. I was surfing EDMW
0013 – I want to make beautiful web experiences for others
word vomit 1000 words 15 minutes unedited Just woke up. I swear, I woke up at 8am, or 8:15 or so- I remember looking at the ti