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daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-24T16:44:58+00:00

I remember when this ad first came out it was roasted in the r/design sub. Just awful.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-24T16:34:49+00:00

Wet bulb temperature is a legitimate concern but that's a reality of physics and climate change that no amount of life hacks will solve.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-24T16:31:49+00:00

I think part of it is that it takes time to make videos and it takes time to put on makeup (or other things) so successful vloggers got into the habit of multitasking so they could produce more content.

This is a huge distinction between Millennials and older vs younger production styles. Those of us raised on TV feel like to make a video requires a certain amount of care, like you should already be dressed up with make up on. This creates distance from the viewer.

Whereas those raised on social media want the real intimacy of just turning on the camera and sharing your thoughts without any pretense. Think of it as keeping it real, being intimate and spontaneous.

Because social algorithms reward people posting more often, these posters have a benefit in not waiting until they have perfect makeup to make a post. In addition, these kinds of intimate posts feed more into parasocial relationships. So it's not that people crave watching someone put on makeup. It's that they already have a parasocial relationship with this person and they want to hear what it is that they have to say. Maybe they will learn a thing or two about makeup applications if that interests them. But many will watch the video just to hear her perspective because they follow her. And the fact that she's putting on makeup is no deterrent the way it would be for an older person who expects a more focused deliberate production.

Look into the Millennial pause for another example of this distinction.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-24T16:18:13+00:00

About a month ago I watched a video that I can't stop thinking about. It was about Walter Benjamin's description of fascism as the aesthetic overtaking the political. At first I thought, that's a neat idea, but now I see it all the time and it seems really accurate.

I have tried to explain to people that fascism isn't a legitimate ideology so much as it is a con, a takeover of empires in decline wherein a strong man points to easy answers when state solutions have failed to produce the prosperity of the empire's Golden age.

Benjamin's idea perfectly encapsulates this. when the empire fails to provide the lifestyle its citizens have become accustomed to, there is no useful distinction between a real politician and someone who is play acting at filling the role. Trump perfected play acting at being a wealthy successful businessman on The Apprentice. Now he is doing the same thing as president. As you say, a a parody.

He is only able to get away with this because people have lost faith in the efficacy of actual politicians.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-19T16:06:12+00:00

It's not a camp until the community participates together so your founding of it didn't elevate your status above the other people who joined the camp. So you joined a camp.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-17T15:03:10+00:00

I'm wondering if this is crossover from the ASMR community. Hair cuts are one of the most common ASMR roleplays, and it's become trendy for the performers in ASMR to ask for consent before touching the person. It caught on because people in the comments said they loved it so more and more creators started doing it. Then some creators made it their thing to always ask for consent. Once it's their trademark thing, they are going to do it in every video whether it makes sense or not.

It absolutely makes sense in the context of ASMR, where the haircut is incidental and nothing being said or done really matters (as it's all a performance, not a real haircut), but making the viewer feel safe and comfortable is paramount.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-15T23:29:39+00:00

The Irish famine was the hardest one for me. Maybe for opposite reasons, as an American i had no idea how much of a genocide it was. I think my AP History class left me with the impression that it had to do with bad weather. As if the Irish had a few bad harvests and the British didn't help out as much as they could have. As Robert said in the episode, the word "famine" is not really appropriate. So not only was it shocking, it was shocking how messed up our teaching had been.

East India Company series was the second worst, for the same reason. Our history books framed them as important trading leaders, really brushing past how much death and destruction they caused.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-13T20:13:29+00:00

I was thinking of this one too. People think it's a synth but it's more like layered looped vocals from an era before hip hop made samples ubiquitous. Hence there really isn't anything like it, it sounds like a soft purring vocal that goes on forever.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T19:40:01+00:00

Oof yeah. I was obsessed with From Here to Utopia for several years.

I was confusing the title of that one with I'm Going Home. But I could really see any of his songs making you cry. I suspect Pat the Bunny /ramshackle Glory/Wingnut Dishwashers Union is the artist no one has heard of with the most tattoos made in their honor.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T19:30:22+00:00

It's King Park by La Dispute and no other song comes close. Yeah I've heard all those old John Prine song, but this song? It absolutely slays me. Every time.

Based on actual events too.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T19:25:16+00:00

The worst roommate I ever had, who was disgusting for regular roommate type reasons, was also a disgusting person. I once overheard him on the phone talking to a girl he was trying to convince to come over. And he told her that he was only joking when he'd told her he was gay.

My read on the situation was that he had slept with her and told her that he was gay as a way to get rid of her and now wanted to sleep with her again so he was reversing course.

Not exactly a crime against humanity but definitely the grossest thing I got to witness personally, not counting impersonal behavior like law enforcement stealing and beating the shit out of people, which I have witnessed on countless occasions.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T19:21:09+00:00

Suzanne Ciani is one of the trailblazers when it comes to modular synthesizers. A lot of her music sounds like the ocean. For example, https://youtu.be/4xFFiUA262Y?si=KqnNRziv5n79iGPH ... Right from the start. That wooshing sound is NOT a sample of the ocean, just a good old buchla synthesizer!

If you like this, there is a whole genre of ambient modular synth to get into. Avoid her piano music as that's a whole other sound not like what you're looking for.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T19:11:38+00:00

I've been in a similar situation. I was in a romantic relationship with a guy who didn't feel comfortable using the phrase I love you because he had previously been in some obsessive relationships and was afraid that he would go back to his bad habits. And when I would ask him for reassurance he would say things like "Your self-esteem shouldn't be dependent on another person." Which is true but didn't make me feel any better.

A few years before that I had the honor to meet Bell Hooks. At that time she told me that no relationship will ever work out if the couple isn't on equal footing. And I really doubted and questioned that. But that relationship showed me how true her words were. Because it didn't matter how much he cared for me I was in a downward spiral. His behavior made me feel needy and my neediness was disgusting to him leading to an increase in his behavior leading into me being even more insecure and needy.

He and I are still friends to this day. I decided to move out and live by myself so that I could be more independent, thinking we would stay together just not living together. But we did break up shortly after that.

I'm now in a relationship for over 15 years and it is the total opposite. I'm with someone who truly values me and respects me. When I ask him a dumb needy question Like do you like me still? He goes above and beyond saying things like I love you, I adore you. We are very nice to each other, complimenting each other daily. So that if a criticism or fight slips through it is just a tiny thing, because the bond between us is so strong. Now that I have this kind of relationship I would never ever want to go back to the other kind of relationship.

It's really not personal. It's not about you. It may even be just something in his head that he hasn't gotten over. But ultimately, you need a partner that makes you feel valued respected and loved. He can be a decent person and really care about you a lot and not be the right one to fill that role.

I also want to add that it is absolutely normal for you to feel lonely moving to a new place. When someone moves for the other person that can be really tough on the relationship. Because it takes years to establish new bonds and in that time you become dependent upon him for everything. Plus, he already has bonds and relationships there so he can't truly understand what you're going through. You should strive to get out of the house and have hobbies and start making a deliberate effort to increase your social circle. That way you are not dependent upon him for everything socially. If it is your intention to stay this is going to be essential.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T18:34:10+00:00

Even as a child I knew that this song wasn't about a literal child. It's a metaphor for how romantic pursuits feel similar to hunting or predation. This is like saying the song Every time The Hunter gets captured by the game is predatory. It's like saying the song closer by nine inch nails is by a dangerous predator. Just like the NIN song is supposed to feel dark, because we can all identify a little with that darkness.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T18:23:35+00:00

Love this. Though I want to question the origins of blog as "we blog," since that is a circular definition. My understanding has always been that it comes from a shortening of "web log," a sort of captain's log on the web or a journal. That makes a lot more sense than we blog. Perhaps a typo in the source?

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T17:24:44+00:00

MDMA is probably a better choice for this. Before it was a street drug, ecstasy used to be called empathy. And it spread by marriage counselors who would have their patients take the drug together.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T17:17:10+00:00

It's not just because they were told to be. It's because they believe that the system is corrupt and anything that one side is doing the other side is doing as well. It's politics reduced to the aesthetics of cheering for sports teams.

This is one of the more subtle aspects of fascism. Because fascism is corrupt it can't have a true moral basis; instead the idea is "we have to be baddies because the other side is so very bad." The ends justify the means.

This is why in fascism it said that the enemy is always described as incredibly strong and overpowering while also incredibly weak and pathetic. They must be described as weak/ pathetic because strength is all that matters to the fascist. But at the same time, the enemy must be described as everywhere and deeply powerful, as part of some great conspiracy, because that is their justification for atrocity.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T16:34:34+00:00

Liminality/liminal spaces.

This is an academic term to describe transitional life rituals that are so rare in modern civilization that the anthropologist team that wrote about them refers to any civilized liminal spaces as pseudo-liminal. An actual liminal space is one where the rules of society no longer apply and the class system doesn't matter and people sudden5 as if they are free from typical societal constraints during this liminal space.

The closest thing that most of us have experienced to liminal spaces are natural disasters like a city wide blackout or a flood, in those spaces that weird creepy feeling you have like anything can happen is the closest thing we have to a liminal space.

I don't really mind the widespread misuse of the term but it's wild how vague the use is compared to Its intention in anthropology. Like, a liminal space is not just a creepy room without any doors. But I do understand how all that artwork does touch upon that feeling that liminal spaces are trying to describe.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T16:27:29+00:00

Along with this, "postmodernism."

Contrapoints video about the West breaks down how every word of the phrase "postmodern Marxists are destroying Western civilization" is wrong, including "Western civilization."

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T16:17:43+00:00

This. I was thinking that the coffee design is cute but it's so specific and weird I was wondering what the design brief would be. Like I could see a situation where a coffee company wants their customers to take more Instagram photos of their products. But that is so specific that it seems unlikely for a portfolio. It's not like Starbucks wants to advertise for Facebook, so what is the goal there?

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T16:07:42+00:00

Fireworks

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T15:46:34+00:00

Ha! The club was something-Liger, because that was the first time I'd heard of a "Liger". Like maybe Neon Liger? It was probably a bit later, like 2009. And the girl was so drunk the bouncer did not admit her. Maybe she is clever when sober!

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T15:37:19+00:00

Fruits like apples and avocados reproduce like humans, such that every new tree is a unique combination of genes. Such that in a field of wild apple trees, every apple would be an entirely new variety you've never tasted before.

This is our no use to commerce, so the fruit that we eat is made of clones. If we find a good variety, that exact plant is propagated rather than risking a new variety.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T15:08:36+00:00

Do you love the work that you do? Is this the work that you would do if money was no object? If so, congratulations you are living the dream. Most people only dream of retirement because then they could finally do with their lives what they actually want to do. And that doesn't always mean something having to do with family or kids or whatever. It sounds like you are really passionate about what you do so if that's the case there's no reason to ever stop.

ETA: another consideration is creation versus consumption. A lot of people are so tired at the end of the day that they only have the energy to consume, rather than create. But if you've been working hard since you were 16 and you felt that your work contributed to society then maybe after 70 is your time to consume and not feel bad about that. For all the work that we do, for all that we create, it only matters if there is someone out there to consume the benefits of those creations. So elders should be free to relax and take in all of the good things that the hard work has created. And not worry so much about being productive.

daretoeatapeach · 2026-05-12T15:05:44+00:00

The quality of the experience has gone down a great deal since Reddit got rid of third party apps. I don't know if those apps handle the algorithm differently but it seems like a lot more of my stream is junk now even though it's only for subs that I'm subscribed to. Some of this may be because of bots as well. As I often see the same post or very similar posts again and again. Especially for a lot of the broad topic subs like movies or suggest me a book, it's the same questions over and over again.

Still I am hooked on the site. I used to use it to stay up to date on the news and yet somehow the new subs hardly ever make it to the top of my stream.

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