Jess

Free Speech Advocate

[t. @taeseru]

that hg who invites her man everywhere
https://t.co/uAZ0QGDfbN

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaYZ]

We had crazy flash games back then.

[francis wolf @francis__wolf]

white people don’t say “hobby” anymore. they say “i’m low key autistic and this is my current special interest and hyperfixation”

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@STEFisDOPE Agreed. And Beyoncé is a witch that used her label to eliminate them as competition bc they’re so talented

They prob wouldn’t have fired their dad if parkwood never gave that offer. You just know that label advised them to split up.. When the magic was in their synergy! 🤦🏽‍♀️

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@shapes_online Like it’s a fad to be “disabled” in a way rn. Mental or physical. Where tf did this come from 😩

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@shapes_online Are these not basic things that we all go through sometimes? 😭 why has the autism “spectrum” widened into normal life?

And who wins out of this? I can see the rise of self diagnosis is obvi for social acceptance. But it’s harmful to view our lives in the lens of inadequacy

[Guy @nosilverv]

Synesthesia is the default (and I’m tired of pretending it’s not)

The sun is out during the day, and the moon during night. Different parts of the tongue taste different flavors. Synesthesia is rare.

All things we learned at school. All fake!

You’ve probably lived long enough to have seen the moon out during the day. And you’ve probably realized all parts of the tongue can taste everything. If not go get some salt right now and pour it in different parts of your tongue, I’ll wait.

…

…

Shocking, isn’t it? But wait, there’s more.

Now I don’t make any claim to knowing how synesthesia works. But I know it does.

I first got alerted to this when I was finishing my Masters and me and my colleagues were out in a club and one of them—who had worked at a circus—told us to “Dance your thesis”. And we all immediately knew what to do. How the fuck?

Since then I’ve seen endless examples of this sort of synesthesia. Social media is littered with it, in part because it makes for a fun “contrarian fact”. Some examples:

Now, what the hell, right? How could we not notice something that is right in front of us?

Now maybe you are “respectable” and need more “academic” examples. Okay. Let’s look at the kiki-bouba effect.

The kiki-bouba effect is this association most people make when presented these two shapes and told they’re from an alien language where one stands for “kiki” and the other for “bouba”.

Now unless you are an alien the left one just “feels” like kiki and the right one like bouba.

The reason this matters is that, if you paid attention in school, not only did you learn the moon isn’t out during the day and different parts of the tongue taste different tastes but you also learned that the connection between a symbol and a sound is arbitrary.

Well, evidently not: we connect sound to shapes. A form of synesthesia.

So, again, what the hell, right? How can we not notice these things, right in front of us? Why do they get highlighted to us as viral memes that get their traction from being empirically verifiable and “””counter-intuitive””” , counter the intuition school instilled in us?

I think it’s simple. I think there are endless taboos on noticing. You are not supposed to actually look. You’re supposed to not notice. It’s “impolite” to notice. Sure, people leak info about their intentions all the time but you’re not supposed to act on it much less notice it.

Now, okay, but WHY THE HELL? Well, remember how this whole time I’ve been talking about creation and maintenance of knowledge gaps ensuring arbitrage opportunities? Yea…

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@La_j0lz Proof that the issue wasn’t the audience moving on but rather the lack of interesting content. We’re loving this wave of original movies!

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@Mkeg54 @is_OwenLewis Where are the rest of the satellites? 😩

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@xamdl4 Out of the countless hitters, this one’s my favorite 🤌

[David Decosimo @DavidDecosimo]

The conceit that people in the past were all dumb, gullible rubes to whom we are obviously & profoundly intellectually superior is a defining feature of our own era. It keeps us from grappling in a real way with deep questions about the nature of reality, esp. regarding religion.

[B1. @chicagoBRIZ]

People waste time in their short lives watching 20 fake relationships

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@hardestpics8 Only bc it was the first time (of many) that he looked gay 😭

[🔮🧘🏽‍♀️ @ballarina_]

She literally owns every single thing they advertise on Temu 😭

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@TheMindOfHY Really sad that ppl don't get marketed anymore. & there's so much competition/noise music rn. The album is actually rlly good!

But ppl that aren't looking wouldn't know it came out! Bc no trailer, no single, no posters or billboards. I feel bad for current artists

[🇹🇷🇹🇷☪️ Ƶey ☪️🇹🇷🇹🇷 @TwtZey]

once you actually get to know people from many different countries you realise no race on earth could possibly be superior and we're all retarded

[Melian Refugee @escapefrommelos]

like the last japanese soldier still fighting in the jungle in 1970

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

Global temperatures wax and wane. Birth rates wax and wane. All this stuff goes up and down and it’s fine honestly.

[Jess @redpilledjess]

@ppppp1245688