some call me Kevin

words, like conviction, can turn into a sentence

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@prescottbalch Oh, wikipedia says that was one of the diseases associated with hiv-aids, there were some other terms like that, notable antiviral drugs for example

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

It's fun looking up your birth year, but also scrolling back to find words from earlier than you'd (or at least I'd) think
1985 'private equity fund'
1984 'terabyte'
1983 'vaporware'
1979 'neocon'
1971 'fintech'
1970 'granola' (ok that's expected, hippie)

https://t.co/QkPYApkJvH

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@prescottbalch Huh, yeah there were some in there like that, I don't think they've ever been common usage, no idea how they picked them

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

I assume these dates are when the word was common enough to be added to a normal dictionary, e.g. "terabyte" already existed as a technical term via the SI prefixes, but people weren't routinely talking about that much storage before it was at least on the horizon of feasibility

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

The Flock thing is such a good reminder of how naive some of our tech brethren can be—they're all "buy our new StalkerBot 9000, but don't worry it says right in the manual to not stalk your ex with it"

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

Once again reminded that Lana Del Rey's CINNAMON GIRL is almost entirely unlike Neil Young's but if you squint there's some lyric-thematic similarity

hmm there's an "out of the black / into the blue" line in one of her other songs, another Neil Young reference, just inverted

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

Imagine if this had happened in 2018, just as Jordan Peterson's lobster-analogy arc was really taking off

[PETA @peta]

We put a human “lobster” on a plate outside @MELobsterFest to force people to see the victim behind the tradition🦞💔

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@hradzka Missed opportunity on some Star Wars crossover potential had they cast Kenny Baker here, but instead we got him in TIME BANDITS which, imo, much better use of his talent

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

and sure there's always what-if-the-other-side-just-ignores-the-law but let's just humor each other and keep believing in the shared fiction, it's much less messy this way

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

Look I'm no politics-expert, but if your pitch is "our party has to stay in control forever lest policies be reversed" maybe you should consider focusing more on structural incentive changes, or changes in the law, rather than ephemeral executive action, but again what do I know

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@eigenrobot yeah as a small acct I see the other side of follow-churn reasonably often, 50k acct I've never interacted with follows me, hoping to pique my interest in their coin or w/e. Seems to have fallen off a bit lately which is nice, shame about the inconvenience for legit big accts tho

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

The auto translate feature is generally great—e.g. reading Japan twitter—but it's made certain joke formats challenging. Tradeoffs alas

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@soncharm "flatten the curve" but it's for your individual illness

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@luther_snell Awkward with a hint of embarrassment sounds about right

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

Wondering if the ancient Greeks had a word for 'cringe' in the current-internet sense—I'd like to come up with a word for the sort of -cracy or -archy we're living in now

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@BuucketHe4d those LINK IN BIO ladies are never around when you need 'em

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

Wait, do people think the centaur-baphomet-chainsaw robot is an actual company's actual product, or are you all being double reverse ironic, or is it just fun to meme "man-made horrors" etc? I need to catch up with current-year internet conventions

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

@BudLightSadness This is like when I found out the Glock 22 is a .40 and the Glock 45 is a 9mm

[some call me Kevin @second_teatime]

the conversation was scintillating, like a migraine aura