THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 9/8/21 – The Silent Honor of Enforcing Licenses Explains Nearly Everything

Writing about licenses is a bit of a strange thing for me to do. I don’t really have a license to do anything. Never really acquired one. And when it comes to ID cards….I’ve already written about that before. But right now I can’t think of a better way to articulate what’s inside of me.Continue reading “THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 9/8/21 – The Silent Honor of Enforcing Licenses Explains Nearly Everything”

THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 8/22/21 – THE HETERO-NORMATIVE ECSTASY (FIRE WITH FIRE)

It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? We’ve been up to it for decades. Trying, desperately, passionately, intelligently, carefully, recklessly, beautifully, to try and have everyone be treated just like they are someone with no alternative attractions. We try and try we try, and we succeed, and we fail, and we fail, and succeed, andContinue reading “THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 8/22/21 – THE HETERO-NORMATIVE ECSTASY (FIRE WITH FIRE)”

THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 8/20/21- The Kamehameha Kid

I was going outside the other day….I heard a child screaming vigorously. He must have been the child of one of the men working at the grocery store. Upon closer inspection, he was imitating Goku, you know, from Dragon Ball Z. Firing out that energy blast. Having his friend fall down. Connected, but not connected,Continue reading “THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 8/20/21- The Kamehameha Kid”

The Freakiness of Inheriting Oneself THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 4/15/21

Isn’t it strange? Isn’t it strange? You can inherit things from your own self. Your past self gives things to your future self, somewhat based upon its dreams and predictions, also based upon things it never really chose to do. Past and present, present and future. Preparation and improvisation. Gratitude for yourself that feels excessive.Continue reading “The Freakiness of Inheriting Oneself THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 4/15/21”

L1’s Almanac – To Adjust Your Sails Is Still Kind of Evil

Have you seen this saying? “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails”. You could say….quite a few good things about that saying. How to try and change your future by taking indirect control of things. But I want you to think about how this is part of behavior you hate, peopleContinue reading “L1’s Almanac – To Adjust Your Sails Is Still Kind of Evil”

Memes of Sheer Dignity – All Human Conflict Explained in a Twin Meme

If you’re stumbling upon this blog, but you hate reading, just print this out and put it on your wall. Eventually, you’ll see your fellow human beings very differently. This fucking meme, or what let me make it, has basically saved my life. Who are you, and what you do, the x and y axes.Continue reading “Memes of Sheer Dignity – All Human Conflict Explained in a Twin Meme”

[Purpose-Result Friction] Theory Triple Pack – Tetris Metaphysics, The Mystique of Gravy, and the Futility in Calling Someone a Baby

1.  Falling Blocks, Wielding Fates The way people view their own actions resembles that which we feel when we play a puzzle video game like Panel De Pon or Tetris. The way the blocks fall is often very out of your control, while also being a byproduct of what you’ve done within that game. TheContinue reading “[Purpose-Result Friction] Theory Triple Pack – Tetris Metaphysics, The Mystique of Gravy, and the Futility in Calling Someone a Baby”

Little Jams: Rural Niceness, Urban Niceness

The hospitality of rural people is something very real but it might be empowered by not having to interact with people in ways that are inherently inconvenient. Those of us in the city really are some grouches but the way we get along Is really quite legitimate. All of us are challenged by and givenContinue reading “Little Jams: Rural Niceness, Urban Niceness”

I RISE ABOVE POPULAR CULTURE: How Frustration Over Virtue Explains The Internet, Tradition, Rage, Love, and the Raw Essence of Human Interaction on an Astonishing Level

If you take a look back in time, inside your philosophy textbooks, you’ll find that one of the big topics is virtue. Those people talked a lot about what virtue is, how to acquire it, whether it has value. However, one of the big controversies about virtue was that…..you could never prove if someone hadContinue reading “I RISE ABOVE POPULAR CULTURE: How Frustration Over Virtue Explains The Internet, Tradition, Rage, Love, and the Raw Essence of Human Interaction on an Astonishing Level”

Undulant Rave: The Feeling of Holding a Book In Your Hand (The World’s Reborn With My Next Blog Post)

A pretty long time ago, I was on an internet forum. The topic had come to “things robots will never understand”. One person said this: The feeling of holding a book in your hand after finishing it. When I heard that, I could feel a giant valley of determination welling up from within me. LikeContinue reading “Undulant Rave: The Feeling of Holding a Book In Your Hand (The World’s Reborn With My Next Blog Post)”