somehow today i got baited into trying to have a genuine intellectual argument with someone on irc, forgetting that the only people on irc are complete fucking morons who can barely function much less reconcile their jumbled thoughts into a coherent position

Somehow there was a bunch of corn in Viggo’s poop this morning, which makes no sense because he wouldn’t eat corn if it was around I’m pretty sure, and there definitely wasn’t any corn around him, like, ever in history.

Parent company of Trump’s Truth Social reports $400M loss

The parent company of Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform, reported a net loss on Friday of more than US$400 million in the first quarter -- mostly from tumbling cryptocurrency valuations. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) reported revenue of less than US$1 million for the three months ending March 31, according to a company filing. The president, who routinely uses Truth Social to make official announcements, controls about 41 per cent of TMTG’s shares, which are held in the trust established to manage his financial interests during his presidency.

https://ground.news/article/trump-media-parent-of-truth-social-reports-q1-sales-of-871-000-and-4059-million-net-loss?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Who could have known that building a social network dedicated to the dumbest and poorest people in a country would have trouble making money…

I think the real problem with most people is just a lack of imagination.

They can't imagine a life outside of their current one, so they can't believe there is better out there for them if they tried.

They can't imagine future scenarios beyond the first couple of steps, so they can't predict the consequences of their actions. (Or design a resilient system.)

They can't imagine, even a little bit, what it is like to be somebody else, so they're completely unable to relate or empathize with anyone who doesn't seem just like themselves.

I previously harped a lot on curiosity being the most important quality a person can have to make them successful in life, but I think a close runner up is imagination. So I guess I'm in agreement with Einstein, at least partially. Curiosity, I think, is fuel for imagination?

Holy shit, this video is crazy. I could never do a single thing this guy does. At one point I felt myself getting claustrophobic just watching the video. I’m only twenty minute into it, he’s not even at the island yet.

Earlier today the Apple Music auto-mix thing seamlessly mixed "Are You There?" by Josh Wink (acid house) into "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean and it was glorious, and unhinged.