This is next level because only Charles Murray stans could be persuaded that molecular bonds imply emotional strength.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM87RYAsrSc

This video (6:13) is about shrimp, but it has great advice for someone who’s not a seafood person but wants to incorporate that into their diet.

I liked Nakatomi plaza better.

WTF is a country with a .75 fertility rate exporting the few children it has?

(fertility is measured as the average children each woman has. You need a 2.1 to maintain population.)

The Milligram experiment is almost as big a humbug as the Stanford prison experiment.

When the study was run without a “scientist”, but instead a policeman or military officer, the participants who went full voltage dropped from 90+% compliance to 90+% refusal. This completely contradicts the supposed “findings” that people uncritically obey authority.

After the war, a whole cottage industry of psychologists and philosophers tried to answer why it was that ordinary Germans could participate in horror. Simple, but wrong explanations like “humans obey authority uncritically” were in high demand.

How the hell is Brad Dourif not in this movie!? Was he busy with Chucky or something?

Unforgivable Faux Pas: being black. Also being “American” which is code for being black.

According to some psycho-annalists, you don’t have an authentic self. It’s just a Russian nesting dolls of personas and identities that we show the world, but at the bottom is not our true self, but instead another mask we show ourselves.

I’m not sure about all that, but personality, persona, identity, and self are all concepts we use to understand our consciousness. So it would be a mistake to try and reify those concepts as though they’re a real part of you like an ear or a leg.

I think it’s sad that people have adopted the identity “consumer”. I will never accept that markets and cash are the same thing as political consciousness or direct action.

We know that cash shouldn’t count as political agency for the rich, why do we accept that for ourselves?

Alcohol. Sometimes it takes 30 or 40 years to be effective. Not very good for murder, but wildly popular for suicide.

I “reread” this a couple of years ago, only to discover I was reading it for the first time. Though the letter writing framing is a personal annoyance, the author drops out of that narrative style pretty quickly. Some other stuff may seem like tropes, but keep in mind that Shelley pioneered many of those tropes.

minor spoilers below.

The thing that stuck out to me was that the Monster was truly evil and didn’t deserve any sympathy. I know that contradicts the text of the book, but it’s true. The monster knows only pain and suffering, but it’s solution is to create another to suffer just as he has.

In the Ice cave scene, the monster specifically requests that his “bride” be made hideous so that she’d have no other option than companionship with the monster. The doctor doubts that the “bride” can be so easily controlled. These are the only times in the book where the “bride’s” agency is considered.

No, the monster isn’t a tragic hero, it’s a twisted incel who demands his government girlfriend.

This is dumb. If you don’t have any balls, how can you pee?

Just use a contraband cellphone. That gives you access to powerful encryption.

Hamburger Helper is one of the biggest rip-offs in the grocery. You get what? $0.50 of noodles and $0.15 of spices? You have to provide the beef and the milk.

I was a sucker for years buying those salad dressing packets before I figured out how to make my own.

It’s like every business is out to rob you if you’re not paying attention.

Ima keep this in my back pocket for when chuds ask: “why do we need black history”?

The purpose of humane executions is to relieve pain and discomfort to capital punishment supporters. It’s not a worthy goal.

If you oppose capital punishment, then you should prefer the most horrific and cruel methods because that at least forces the public to face the cruelty done in their name.

If Presidents are allowed to declassify documents with their mind, why cant they pardon with autopen?

We learned about a study in Psych class where the researchers asked elementary school students what their favorite activity was. Drawing was the popular answer. So the researchers paid the kids $8/hr (even 6yo get better than Min wage) to draw. Then they would poll them again about their favorite activities. Guess what was on the bottom?

Dowd is right. There should be some kind of standard so you understand dosage. When I try an edible, I eat a tiny amount and wait an hour. This isn’t because I’m smart, it’s because I’ve had bad experiences with potent stuff.

I know how many beers or shots I can get away with. With edibles, it’s a gamble every time.