Cultures throughout history were devoured by their own narratives. Narratives are brain's comfort food, they explain away reality, saving the effort required to truly understand it
@joelgaines@AverageSizeAndy Reminds me of all night card games in the uni, we had no money so the losers had to drink 1ml water per point. You'll definitely know it, and it hits hard...
In 1825, a rich Welsh industrialist bought an entire American town to prove that socialism could work.
He had the money, the buildings, the theory, and hundreds of eager followers waiting to move in.
Two years later, it was over. 🧵
July 4th Safety Msg.
When I ran GA at Tesla, we had 2 engineers who had lost an👁️ to fireworks, same team, same boss...
Fate, as it turns out, has a sense of Irony.
One lost the right + the other the left.
We called them 20/20.
Endless jokes.
Don't be those guys.
IFYKYN
What kind of maniac lists 'often watches before it jumps' as a mitigating circumstance? You think I find it cute that it might be peering at me from a dark hole, calculating the best moment to make its big entrance?