I've just come up with a new children's toy line. Flannimals. They're stuffed animals wearing flannel. All kinds of animals too. Imagine a little plush octopus in an eight sleeved flannel shirt. Shark tank, give me money now.
the cult of maximum efficiency is one of the worst things to happen to society. I can’t defend studying Latin or reading for pleasure or spending an hour at the park with my niece in a way that will satisfy shareholders. but they’re worth doing because they’re beautiful and good.
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
highly recommend not using ChatGPT at all, since the servers that power it use more electricity than major cities, it's been known to recommend eating glue and smoking multiple cigarettes a day, and you could simply use your wonderful brains to read and study things on your own.
if you watch movies on 2x speed i’d personally consider another hobby because that’s clearly not yours and i’d like everyone to stop making excuses it is never okay to watch movies on 2x speed