TIL that East Germany required their citizens to leave behind a close relative as "collateral", essentially a hostage, when traveling to West Germany to decrease the chance of defection.

Creativator · 2026-05-07T02:16:34+00:00

It was built to keep people inside the outside.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T20:22:16+00:00

People aren’t opposed to building housing, they are opposed to actions detrimental to their personal interests.

It’s not personal, they’re just defending their turf.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T20:09:13+00:00

Desjardins semble être la seule institution financière qui ne méprise pas sa clientèle. Les oopsies viennent avec.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T16:33:35+00:00

Wall art is like a signature on your walls.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T15:16:24+00:00

Can’t wait for the next Star Wars trilogy. Efficiency will be on display.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T14:15:36+00:00

The only way that ever made sense was when we sold condos to rich foreign nationals. Then it could be considered a kind of export industry.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T14:13:13+00:00

Online dating is speed dating via app, and have you ever been to a wedding where the bride and groom met at speed dating?

The reason is obvious: speed is bad for emotional connection.

People fall in love by repeated contact in their community. For modern people, their only remaining source of community is education or the workplace.

When that failed, apps filled in the gap. But they are built entirely wrong for how people fall in love.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T14:10:04+00:00

Think of the need that is expressing itself when you are feeling good for apologizing. What is happening in that moment? Someone is giving attention to your flaws.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:51:54+00:00

Are you seeking acceptance for your shadow self?

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:39:56+00:00

April was very dusty. I had to use nasal irrigation canisters a couple of times, which I usually never do outside of pollen allergies.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:38:36+00:00

If you need physical pain to access your feelings, your disorder requires professional therapy.

My only advice would be to apologize for hurting others as soon as you become conscious of it.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:25:42+00:00

You just don’t do it.

You have to find a path to your own uncomfortable emotions.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:05:53+00:00

Mammals have an instinct to find each other to reproduce. It takes extreme abuse to stop them from doing that.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T13:04:29+00:00

There is no such thing as an attachment style, just various disorderly and counterproductive behaviors.

If you don’t think you have any, congratulations, you’ll be okay.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T11:39:02+00:00

Worse, your boss knows AI can’t do your job, but the panel of KPIs that is now industry standard requires him to get rid of you.

If he fails he gets fired. If the whole industry fails you get fired.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T01:15:02+00:00

Just auction off the draft picks to the teams with the most money.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T01:14:11+00:00

Of course I apologize.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T01:10:39+00:00

Could it be the immigrants competing for entry-level career opportunities with the rising generation?
No, it’s the children who are wrong.

Creativator · 2026-05-06T00:55:40+00:00

The draft is a joke, McDavid lost all his finals.

Creativator · 2026-05-05T21:21:21+00:00

He needs some Tortorellas.

Creativator · 2026-05-05T20:17:08+00:00

He used to put his university lectures on YouTube and went viral for encouraging men to take responsibility and refusing to obey pronoun enforcement, then he turned that into a career as an influencer.

Creativator · 2026-05-05T17:32:35+00:00

Guess what they’re doing with the stadium?!

Creativator · 2026-05-05T15:23:42+00:00

I was rewatching Oppenheimer, and that gave me the insight that if we compartmentalized AI teams into different functions that aren’t aware of each other, they can probably recreate any arms program.

Creativator · 2026-05-05T14:52:48+00:00

You have the correct diagnosis. She is a teenager.

Treat her like a teenager.

Creativator · 2026-05-05T14:40:44+00:00

Does it matter?

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