Black Witch Hat

An ageless wizard, purveyor of anime memes, board, and bored gamer.

[Black Witch Hat @blackwitchhat]

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[Anime Corner @animecorner_ac]

『OPENING MOVIE』
"STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT"

The remake of the original 2009 visual novel will launch globally on August 20, 2026

It will feature updated graphics as well as additional story content.

[Shudder @Shudder]

Time to get your steps in. #HalfwayToHalloween

[Céspedes Family BBQ @CespedesBBQ]

the Astros just got swept by the Rockies and have a team ERA of 6.05 (30th in MLB)

the Mariners just got swept by the Rangers and have a team OPS of .581 (30th in MLB)

starting Friday, it's the stoppable force vs. the movable object: Mariners/Astros 4-game series in Seattle

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

Absolutely dumped.

[WitchDoctorDB @db_witch]

do you think the person who typed this writhes in pain every day knowing that they made this post but nobody will ever believe them

[Nucleus☕️ @EsotericCofe]

finally the web has become interesting again

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

☕️ REPOST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ☕️

Our friends at @Starbucks are giving away an Opening Day VIP Experience, including 4 tickets, an on-field photo and a $500 gift card! Just hit repost for a chance to win! #MarinersStarbucksSweepstakes

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[Avatar @AVATARpost]

art by tenten

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

She accidentally described one of the most replicated findings in behavioral psychology.

Harvard and Duke researchers found in 2011 that people value things they build themselves 63% higher than identical pre-assembled versions. They called it the IKEA effect. Labor alone, even assembling a standardized box from instructions, is enough to make people overvalue their own creations.

Gardening runs this effect at full intensity. You chose the seeds. You dug the holes. You watered daily. By harvest, your brain has priced that tomato at roughly 10x grocery store rates, and the math feels completely justified.

Now stack Kahneman and Tversky's loss aversion on top. Losses register at approximately 2x the emotional intensity of equivalent gains. One of the most replicated findings in behavioral economics.

So the aphid eating her garden is triggering both simultaneously. She built something her brain values at 163% of objective worth. She's watching it get destroyed in real time. Her nervous system is processing that destruction at double intensity.

The grocery store tomato being out of stock? Mild annoyance. Zero labor investment means zero IKEA effect, means proportional emotional response.

The garden tomato carries months of accumulated effort justification. The aphid isn't eating a $4 tomato. Her brain priced it at $40 and is processing the loss at $80.

Gardening is the only common hobby that combines the IKEA effect, loss aversion, and a live adversary that reproduces faster than you can respond.

The violence tracks.

[Princip💀♌️🔜Serendipity/AX @princip_01T]

Mori Calliope

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

I really want to abandon my belief in the sunk cost fallacy, but I've been relying on it for so long it feels like a waste to give it up now

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Apollo and Daphne, by Benedetto Luti, 1707-08, 📸 by Fumito Saeki @tshashin

[Black Witch Hat @blackwitchhat]

@pants Shouldn't it be "Scaredy Pants"?

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Fairy Receiver by Masaaki Sasamoto

[Julie D Irwin @JDIrwinbooks]

Funeral pall bearers were Ian Wilmut, 32, Ian Wilmut, 31, Ian Wilmut, 29, and Ian Wilmut, 26.

[Cosmere Network ✨ @CosmereNetwork]

It’s official! 🎬

Apple TV is eyeing ‘MISTBORN’ for film adaptation and ‘THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE’ for a television series - marking what could be the beginning of a massive Cosmere on-screen franchise. (https://t.co/RzMC56wz3n)

[Cosmere Network ✨ @CosmereNetwork]

Brandon Sanderson will be writing the Mistborn screenplay himself over the next 5 months.

“Goal is for a theatrical Mistborn, then Stormlight show after. Focus on doing it carefully and right.”

[Black Witch Hat @blackwitchhat]

@landofthe80s I got that bad boy for xmas one year.

[Black Witch Hat @blackwitchhat]

@landofthe80s i 100% owned that