Steven Mandrapa

[asparagoid @asparagoid]

Just remembered the world sauna championship. Was one of the most interesting things I've read about

It used to be hosted in Finland every year until the incident in 2010. Rules were that it started at 110°C (230F). Then 1 litre of water was poured onto the stove every 2 minutes

The last person to walk out under their own power won

In 2010, both finalists had to be dragged out

The russian finalist died, burned all over, and the reigning Finnish champ went into a coma and woke up 6 weeks later with 70% of his skin burned, kidney failure and his airways completely roasted

One peculiar thing about it was there were no prizes. Only in one particular year did the winner get 1 small prize, some special heat resistant speakers that could be used in a sauna

But despite this, participants went to the edge of death every year and would do insane stuff like grow their hair out long specifically to cover their ears so it didn't get burned by the boiling water vapor

It was interesting to me because it's another piece of evidence that as soon as you create a ruleset... no matter how ridiculous it is, no matter how small the group of participants, no matter the extremely chance of death, and no matter a total lack of prizes. There will always be men willing to compete to the point of actually killing themselves

The male brain enters a kind of hypnotic trance where it will completely convince itself of the worthwhileness of the task, so long as it begins to venture seriously down the path of a competitive interest

It's kind of like a hijacking of the programming evolutionary mind, where no incentive makes sense but it happens anyway. You can find a million examples of this for every male interest on the planet. Just the simple act starting down a path confers it meaning to the person, and the more they are surrounded by other men who care about the same thing, the more they learn and compete, the more entranced by it they are, until their identity is fully subsumed by it and stuff like these sauna deaths happen

Seeing lots of things like this taught me to be very careful when I start down the path of any competitive interest or business, because getting hypnotized by what you are doing is essentially guaranteed. So it's good to assume it'll happen and be totally sure the outcome is worth your potential self-destruction

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

@RampCapitalLLC https://t.co/H2uEkFtlsK

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Even if Trump is elected Hunter will always be the president in my heart

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Hunter would have won Joe the election

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Let’s switch it up this election: instead of a VP debate (yaaaaawn) let’s have DJT Jr and Hunter each do an eight-ball and debate each other. Bonus twist: every time they say ‘bro’ they have to take a shot.

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

One of the nice things about insomnia is you are sort of never really jet lagged.

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Let’s switch it up this election: instead of a VP debate (yaaaaawn) let’s have DJT Jr and Hunter each do an eight-ball and debate each other. Bonus twist: every time they say ‘bro’ they have to take a shot.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Trump celebrates pride month 🌈

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Must be a billionaire manipulating the market

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Nithya Raman soars to a 71% chance of advancing to the LA mayoral runoff, as officials continue processing mail-in ballots.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I swear to God we are living in Idiocracy. Everyday I think 'This can't be real.' But it is.
You couldn't write a satirical movie like the insane shitshow we are being forced to live through in real life.

[Riley Coyote @RileyRalmuto]

I asked Opus 4.8: "try to express something extremely
nuanced and complicated that you can never find the right words for."

that's it.

who's Coda tho?

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Wild dunno how anyone would ever put money with this sort of operation

[willo2 @willo2_Poly]

Polymarket had a market for whether Michael Saylor's Strategy would sell Bitcoin this year, and broke that down by certain dates.

May 31st 2026
June 30th 2026
December 31st 2026

There were also two markets in 2025 that had resolved NO due to no sales occuring.

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Moments like these are sort of the most depressing, cause you realize there is actually no master plan, it’s just an idiot with way too much power.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I just had this done. *holds up chart comparing reflecting pool to buildings*

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I just had this done. *holds up chart comparing reflecting pool to buildings*

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Europe is so nice and friendly on the surface and you only really comprehend the deep levels of deceit and subterfuge they’re capable of when you’re trying to find the light switches in your Airbnb.

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

@QuiteMidlife Belgrade sir

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

I gotta have one of the higher numbers out there of how freaked out by flying I am multiplied by miles flown.

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

@andrew_carter Haha no Paris Hilton. I guess not THE worst lol

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Oh nice there are a couple decathlon stores in Belgrade can pick up another couple bibs (best value for money I’ve found and it’s not particularly close)

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

@Versace_Trader Hate it

[Steven Mandrapa @StevenMandrapa]

Nonstop turbulence for almost 4 hours that fucking sucked