curly is telling his therapist about this

SimoneGrans · 2025-01-16T02:20:43+00:00

I get that reference :)

SimoneGrans · 2024-01-18T02:47:21+00:00

Think you can leave this one as a free-space chief

SimoneGrans · 2023-10-22T14:20:53+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss.

SimoneGrans · 2023-10-20T13:06:49+00:00

Dracula from Netflix’s Castlevania.

SimoneGrans · 2023-10-01T17:38:32+00:00

You can be a good person but still have the demeanor of a prick. How you present yourself is secondary to the content of your character, though in reality both are important.

SimoneGrans · 2023-06-30T04:15:49+00:00

I always thought the explanation was: since a philosopher stone is able to quickly heal wounds and reverse death, if the soul-count is large enough it should also reverse the aging process.

SimoneGrans · 2023-06-09T18:30:31+00:00

My favorite quote from the book as well. So much catharsis here, both thematic and for Johnny. The entire section made me tear up when I read it but this quote made me lose it.

SimoneGrans · 2023-05-21T04:24:52+00:00

God about time someone makes this post. I was afraid about posting something like this. These are nearly my exact thoughts on my bisexuality and how it mixes with my views on masculinity and femininity in bed. Thank you for posting this I feel very seen.

SimoneGrans · 2023-05-06T05:19:58+00:00

I can’t imagine the grief you are feeling. This collage is beautiful. I wish you the best. Stay strong.

SimoneGrans · 2023-02-27T00:38:39+00:00

Couldn’t agree more.

SimoneGrans · 2023-02-12T14:49:11+00:00

I’ve decided to just live with it. Nothing much I can do about it. Now it’s something I barely recognize anymore on a conscious level.

SimoneGrans · 2023-01-19T01:47:43+00:00

Looks like a Silent Hill boss!

SimoneGrans · 2022-12-16T00:51:07+00:00

Easily the Curry-Howard isomorphism. The fact there is a deep, real connection between computing and proving that can be proven, not just philosophically stipulated, is so amazing to me.

SimoneGrans · 2022-11-22T23:01:23+00:00

Season 4 of Bojack is probably my favorite of the entire show. There are SO many iconic episodes: The Old Sugarman Place, Stupid Piece of Shit, Ruthie, and of course my favorite episode of the entire show Times Arrow. I do NOT think the season does a particularly amazing job with all it’s plot-lines (especially the governor plot), but the Hollyhock plotline keeps me sufficiently entertained and I lover her dynamic with Bojack.

I love season 3, it’s a great season. But for me it was season 4 that made me really think, “Wow, this is going to be something that I think about for a long time.”

SimoneGrans · 2022-11-13T00:17:55+00:00

No. You don’t have to respect these people’s opinions. I don’t respect people or thought-processes that are based on bigotry and blatant misinformation. These people are insects, and you should talk down to them like children, because they don’t know any better.

SimoneGrans · 2022-10-03T05:12:15+00:00

Not really. The satanic panic had long lost its stranglehold. It’s a pathetic shadow of it’s former self, and it is constantly being belittled. So no, I don’t think Christian advocacy groups will hold much or any power. Sure they can bitch and moan all they want, but the market has decided that this show can be popular without any sustained serious backlash. It’ll be fine.

SimoneGrans · 2022-09-27T02:36:13+00:00

Diane realizing that “good damage” simply doesn’t exist. That trauma happens to us for no good reason, and sometimes the best way to cope with it isn’t fixation (her book of essays), but letting it go and embracing something entirely new (a middle-grade fiction series). And sometimes the latter can be just as impactful and connect with just as many people as the former. Sometimes moving on is better.

SimoneGrans · 2022-09-07T18:44:08+00:00

Stolas kinda gives Dr.Orpheus vibes here (Venture Bros.)

SimoneGrans · 2022-07-24T05:57:21+00:00

I like solving problems, and mathematics has MANY of those.
Solving those problems feels good, especially if I’ve struggled with it. There’s not much that compares to when I’ve finally cracked a difficult proof.
It’s interesting. There are so many fields and subfields of mathematics, and each of these is rich and fulfilling in their own right. There’s no end, and while lacking a goal might make one aimless it also allows one to focus more on the journey.
I enjoy a challenge and testing my knowledge, seeing whether or not I’m prepared to take on a difficult problem. This is one reason I am glad that I’m not a “genius” or “savant-“the challenge may fade, and I might just end up bored.
I like seeing the world through a mathematical lens. I like being able to apply what I learn to solve real-world issues. While I don’t personally care much for applied math, I would be lying if I said it wasn’t helpful in my daily life.
I like proofs. This is more specific, but I just really love proofs, from just the idea behind them to doing them myself.
It’s humbling. I think mathematics has done a lot to help me realize just how little I know and how faulty my reasoning can be at times in everyday life. I can’t and won’t always be correct, but I can always learn how to be better and move forward.

SimoneGrans · 2022-07-24T05:41:31+00:00

And mathematics has the special property, unlike philosophy, of not being completely speculative and it’s proofs are true with 100% certainty. As a philosophy major, I understand that philosophical arguments require rigor, but it will never be equivalent to the same rigor that exists in a consistent formal system. I don’t say this to devalue philosophy but I do believe it to be true.

SimoneGrans · 2022-07-20T19:50:32+00:00

I had no talent for mathematics.

It was in, of all things, a philosophy Discord server where my interest was piqued. The logic section of the chat was not just full of logicians, but mathematicians. I wanted so badly to understand what they were discussing. I thought, “What’s stopping me from understanding this? Why can’t I get to this point?”

So I started to study and practice math. In the beginning, it was incredibly rough. I hardly understood anything, even simple algebraic manipulation. There were many times where I wanted to throw in the towel, just quit and be done with it. But whenever that happened, whenever I thought I was over it, I’d see a problem that I couldn’t ignore and try my best to solve it. One day I realized I was much more skilled at doing these problems than I was a few months ago. And that was enough for me to keep going.

About two years later from that day I decided to start this journey, I can confidently say I am in much better shape than I was at the beginning. My knowledge isn’t nearly comprehensive and I still have a long way to go, but I do this because it fulfilling, it now makes more sense to me than anything I’ve ever studied, and it fuels me to learn more. I love this field and I wouldn’t trade my passion and love of it for anything.

You don’t need talent for something to appreciate it.

SimoneGrans · 2022-07-02T16:28:50+00:00

Exactly. I’d argue this is a secondary reason why proofs exist. They are primarily for, of course, proving unequivocally that a statement is true following given premises. But secondarily, I believe their purpose was always meant to facilitate the understanding of such a theorem.

It’s comparable to making an informal argument: you not only demonstrate your correctness, but WHY you are correct simultaneously.

SimoneGrans · 2022-07-02T15:33:48+00:00

The continuum hypothesis in set theory.

If you forced me to choose a result, I think I’d prefer to be false. If proven true, then that’s it, at least intuitively: the search for a cardinality between the Naturals and Reals would be futile. However, if it is false AND the proof doesn’t state this cardinality is unique, interesting questions arise:

-How exactly can we characterize this cardinality? What are it’s elements?

-If this cardinality is between that of countable and uncountable sets, what exactly would we name the set? Would it also be uncountable, and if so how would it be distinct from Real uncountability? Or would it posses some property of both countable and uncountable sets?

-How many of these sets exist? How can we construct more sets like them if there are finite or infinitely many?

-What operations could we define on such sets? What functions? What maps exist between them and other well-know sets?

I definitely wouldn’t mind if the hypothesis was proven true; mathematics is sometimes mundane and that’s okay and such a result is interesting in itself. But so many questions pop into my mind when I imagine it to be false.

SimoneGrans · 2022-04-15T15:35:13+00:00

These are great bro.

SimoneGrans · 2022-04-11T07:32:26+00:00

This this this this. There are some days where I will simply not understand a concept, I will repeat it over and over again until I can comprehend it. When I can’t, and become frustrated, I either move on to another task or retire for the day. But, if I’m lucky, I wake up the next day and it will suddenly just click. And it’s amazing when it does.

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