orchid

modern day haruspex

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@curiouswavefn "company does study to validate first in class target and produces successful drug" is type of target that produces maximal benefit to society, and one companies are afraid of pursuing rn

this is an example of how trying to overalign a model can be disastrous

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@Stock_Number @xtinemarx idk i find that people here are generally more responsible, harder working, and have more stable families than in the south

church is also cool here because once you find a church that's not a political front everyone wants to be there vs the south where ppl attend dueto inertia

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@strawberry_brat @Colonizingmaga @wojakcodes like the guy you're replying to probably isn't thinking about finding a cool outfit that fits his personality, which could be fun. he's thinking about having to hop on peptides and hormones and do weird unfun shit

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@strawberry_brat @Colonizingmaga @wojakcodes i get where ur coming from! but women have this sort of complex, mixed relationship with appearance (where it's part of self expression and empowering on its own but also limiting)

but for a lot of guys the self expression stuff doesnt come up and it's seen as mostly negative

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@strawberry_brat @Colonizingmaga @wojakcodes not sure i agree with a lot of the replies under this but you're saying the same thing as the guy you're replying to but with a different angle: that you can't coast if you're south asian and you need to put more effort in to your appearance

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@Cyanixis @ruebytwo so if you can't complete the circuit the polite thing to do is let the interaction fade away

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@Cyanixis @ruebytwo so many things nowadays are designed to elicit an emotional response but never really "complete the circuit" with someone else on the other end, but instead use that to control you. ragebait, situationships, onlyfans, ai bfs/gfs, it's endless. naturally ppl are pretty sensitive

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@springpard @misericordisms maybe because i grew up around them but i can often tell when someone was homeschooled by the way they write or speak

i think it has to do with intellectual pursuits as part of the family being safe but also frictionless; you don't internalize a skeptical interlocutor

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@springpard @misericordisms some homeschooled people have a recognizable style that comes out in their writing/speech

i think it comes from intellectual pursuits mainly being at home, which is simultaneously safe and low friction; there's less awareness of proving your statements to society

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@springpard @misericordisms you do very much have the homeschooled 'voice' though (i was as well so i can't really judge)

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@lijoscha @researchitgg you're interacting with a bot (but generally a pretty helpful bot?)

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@ElxMapping @vvksurf respectfully how does a college educated population help democrats when the college is one that almost explicitly tells its graduates/staff to vote R

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@vvksurf @ElxMapping Liberty is a religious institution that is effectively openly MAGA in its messaging -- no cross pressure there

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@HereticArtwork @goodmiffy @jo_barchi this interaction made me flash back to 2020 twitter

simpler times

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@NinjaRobot9140 @RadioMcLean @BlackLanterrn tim walz is the matcha clairo labubu performative male of being a normal guy

[orchid @pottedorchid]

acadia in the fall is always nice

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@lapislagoons yeah but it's good content that isn't interaction baiting so it's gonna get 3 likes

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@sweatyhabibti do your friends... not have receptions? what's going on

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@MasterTimBlais spread so far that those people are even in the replies to this post

sometimes i think about 2018 twitter and feel quite sad

[orchid @pottedorchid]

@LDRCumLaude so true fellow ldr lover