My understanding is that Lovecraftian horror often involves people driven insane by things beyond their comprehension. But I’m confused all the time and there are TONS of things beyond my comprehension, so I don’t really see what the big deal is.

I’ve uninstalled the addicting idle games from my phone and haven’t broken in and reinstalled them since Tuesday. Hopefully I’m able to keep that up for a while.

I’ve made a rule for myself that, every time I sit down at my computer, I have to write at least one sentence in my masters thesis before doing anything else. It seems to be causing me to get at least a bit of work done, although nothing ever feels like it’s happening fast enough.

I just found out the rumours of JD Vance fucking a couch were made up. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am. As a couchfucker myself, I was hoping to finally be able to vote for someone who represents my interests. Sadly, I will no longer be voting for Trump/Vance this election.

If I had a nickel every time a Kennedy lost part of their brain, I’d have at least 4 nickels by now.

I was on an ostensibly leftist subreddit thread about Biden stepping down, and there were liberals talking about how Kamala is too risky because she’s not a white man, or because she’s otherwise too progressive to appeal to undecided voters. They’re wringing their hands about how even Kamala is too progressive and they should go with a conservative white guy instead.

But, I thought Biden was the only one capable of defeating Trump and anyone who disagreed was a secret Republican who wanted Trump to win?

Well, don’t worry, Biden supporters. I’ve taken your arguments to heart, and you can rest assured that I’ll write in Biden this fall, no matter who the Democrats decide to run. It’s the only way to defeat Trump.

So I would try and ask, and solve, the question of “What do I want to do instead of looking at screens all day,”

So, that’s kind of the conclusion I came to, which is why I wrote all those words up there – to give context for why I’m asking the question I’m asking. From my original post:

Whenever I give up one addiction, I end up picking up another. This suggests to me that there is a deeper need here that is going unaddressed. It suggests that simple techniques to get rid of a habit (e.g. “Try deleting the game from your phone!”) aren’t sufficient in the long term. But I’m not sure what to do about that.

What I am looking for, if it exists and if anyone can attest that they’ve found it useful, is a structured workbook or similar resource that would help me to work through the nontrivial question of what deeper need I have to address.

Somewhere down at the 10th level: The parts in Sonic the Hedgehog where Sonic is about to drown underwater and the music gets really fast and dramatic.

By the way, I’m aware of the irony of looking for an interactive media resource to cure my addiction to interactive media, so don’t bother pointing that out.

Well, that seems to be the solution. Thanks. I know it’s silly that I had to ask, but there are so many things I could reset that I was worried I would accidentally make my life more difficult by resetting the wrong thing.

Whenever I try to log into Hexbear on Firefox, I get an error along the lines of “Error: incorrect_login”. However, I’m still able to log in when I use Chrome.

Is there an easy way to fix this? (E.g. is there something I can “clear” or “purge” or “reset”?) I’d really like to continue using Firefox rather than Chrome if possible.

I was thinking Rob Reiner from the thumbnail.

I visited the Wikipedia article on Henry Kissinger, and I noticed this sentence:

In contrast, Kissinger is an immensely beloved figure within China, with China News Service describing him in his obituary as someone “who had a sharp vision and a thorough understanding of world affairs”.[11][12]

What’s the deal with that?

From the original article:

Transit: Five percent of U.S. commuters use transit to get to work. New York City, with its extensive subway and rail system, is the big outlier here—more than 30 percent of workers get to their jobs by transit in greater New York City. The only other metros where 10 percent or more of workers commute via transit are San Francisco (17.4 percent); Boston (13.4 percent); D.C. (12.8 percent); Chicago (12.3 percent); Seattle (10.1 percent); and Bridgeport-Stamford, Connecticut (10 percent).

So, New York is a big outlier at over 30%, the rest of the big cities have between 10 and 20%, and there aren’t any cities with 20-30%.

What are all the cities? I can point out some on a map easily, but not others.

I see Seattle, Portland, New York City, Boston, and Chicago for sure. Possibly Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and maybe Springfield Illinois? A bunch of them are hard to tell without the state borders.

The school I’m a grad student at is still on strike. Some faculty aren’t on board, but some are, including a history professor who specializes in labour studies. He played a bit of banjo at the picket line yesterday.

Some of those cannot reasonably be avoided in a shower, whereas it’s not necessary to urinate in the shower. Am I a weirdo for wanting to take very simple steps that reduce the amount of urine I come into contact with in my daily life? I don’t pee in my kitchen sink just because it goes down the drain and I know the dishes are going to get washed anyway.

If it “all” got washed down the drain, it would be unnecessary to clean showers (or sinks or toilets, for that matter).

I don’t think it’s “childish”, I think it’s gross and unhygienic, especially as someone who has to clean the shower/bathtub.

Thanks. 1 and 2 should make people suspicious of the theory, but don’t necessarily invalidate it. 3, on its own, should be enough for most people to reasonably dismiss her work (assuming scientists haven’t been systematically biased for the past 80 years).

I guess I’m more interested in the moving parts of WHY the theory is invalid (hearing that a million studies show a certain result is certainly strong evidence, but it’s not the same thing as an explanation). In the case of astrology, knowing literally anything about what stars and planets are makes it obvious that they don’t determine people’s destinies. Whereas I suspect most people would be unable to give a technical answer as to why scientists don’t take MBTI seriously, but DO take the Five Factors Model seriously.