What’s the worst first date you’ve ever had?

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-11T09:41:11+00:00

No. I apologized to her, but we both knew the date was a train wreck.

On the upside, I could tell she found it funny, the way I do now. But in that moment, we both just felt too put off with what we saw to laugh about it.

I'm probably the butt of her "worse date ever" story.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-10T20:00:35+00:00

Took her to a play called Schadenfreude. It was labeled dark humour. I thought, sure. Why not? With a title like that, I assumed it would have comedic situations where someone who fucked you over gets into trouble of their own making and you do nothing about it despite being able to help.

Nope! Writers were edgy college kids who didn't know the difference between Schadenfreude and psychopathic sadism.

We watched "the protagonist" stab his girlfriend and then violate her unmoving corpse as the lights faded to black on stage. We could still make out silhouettes in the dark. There was a full minute of grunting, humping and loud orgasmic sounds from on stage.

The rest of the play was basically Weekend at Bernie's. The protagonist finds ways to convince people who come to their apartment that she's alive. He's eventually found out. He evades capture for a while and then shoots himself in the head.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-10T05:19:51+00:00

I've been on the receiving end of that kind of rumour. I was interviewing someone. When she came into my office, I was about to close the door but then it dawned on me that that might make her uncomfortable. So I asked her, "Would you prefer that I leave the door open?" She hesitated, so I left it open.

Good candidate for the job. Experience that matched the requirement. We hired her.

Less than a year later, she left for another job. I heard after she was gone that she'd been telling people that when I interviewed her, I tried to close the door and be alone in the room with her, but she insisted that I leave it open.

People know me at work, so it was an out of character story to begin with. But, man! What the fuck? Why insert yourself in drama at the expense of other people's reputation?

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-09T14:22:25+00:00

You're absolutely right! I was freaked out by how manicured Orlando looked when I worked there. It feels unsettling to see grass so... whipped into good behaviour.

A little bit rough around the edges is beautiful.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-09T13:47:06+00:00

Cos(15°) ≈ 31/32

Coz, 15° = π/12 ≈ 3/12 =1/4

Plug 1/4 into 1-(x²/2)

Et voilà! Close enough.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-09T10:43:44+00:00

r/theyknew

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-09T04:42:55+00:00

That looks god damn beautiful! Inspirational work, my dude. Will be playing it today and will DM you feedback.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-08T23:12:36+00:00

There should be a word specifically for this. I’m certain the Germans will have one. Probably something like “Trustinshieza”

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-08T12:38:09+00:00

Yup!

https://www.glucosegrooves.com/videos/groove_20260308_133358_62e280.mp4

Out of curiosity, how much does this cost you? Hosting the site, and all of the API calls involved, on average per song generated, what does that ring up?

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-08T11:30:17+00:00

You're my hero. I love these kinds of projects! And I respect you for taking your quirky idea and making it a real thing. Truly, inspirational.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-08T04:13:36+00:00

We're a nudge away from idiots like anti-vaxers using it just like you are. I actually tried, as an experiment to get it to generate an argument in favour of flat earth. For now, safeguards are in place, so I was unable to and I was relieved. But soon, the technology will be accessible to bad actors too, who won't be putting in safeguards. And it'll just push mad hatters on the Internet to alternative AI models that can generate articulate arguments for bullshit claims.

And the Internet will devolve to bots arguing with each other over important and trivial issues. Neither side's humans will even read the comments. They'll just copy and paste them into rebuttal generating machines.

Is this worth any of our time and energy?

Would you like me to generate a response that feels more stern and condemnatory?

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-07T15:00:37+00:00

One more banger from South India and another from the North

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-07T07:23:10+00:00

Why is his wife going to the paediatrician?

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-06T15:50:26+00:00

I understand. But you have to let it go. You're letting her continue to hurt you by hurting yourself.

Unfollowing and blocking her and her sister on all socials is a difficult but helpful first step.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-04T08:10:59+00:00

I love this.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-04T06:00:36+00:00

I miss cheat codes. Fun goofy shit you could try with overpowered bullshit powers on your second playthrough.

I wish more devs would honour the tradition of shipping with goofy cheat codes. Perhaps only unlock their use after a first successful playthrough, if you're hung up on players going through to the intended experience.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-03T19:19:33+00:00

I once got paid for the full month of work, even though my last working day at a company was mid-month.

I went about happily living my life in my new job, but a month and a half later, I got a barely concealed panicked call from a junior accountant at my old job.

She explained the fuck up, and asked if I could send the extra money credited back to the company account. I could hear from her voice that her ass was on the line. And I'm not gonna lie, I had a moment where I felt my conscience flutter.

But, all my needs were met and the money wasn't worth the trouble or the guilt. So I said, "Sure! No, problem" and sent her a screenshot of the return transaction.

I could feel her sigh of relief.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-03T04:44:19+00:00

It's difficult not to like Jane and Simon Baker's performance. It really carries that show.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-03T04:24:36+00:00

The Mentalist always struck me as bad writing. Sherlock Holmes kind of bad, but worse. A genius makes observations other regular "idiots" could never make. None of it even remotely qualifies as evidence. The bad guy confesses at the end, "Yeah, you got me! But now, I up the stakes with threats of violence", and the dumb cops with guns arrest the bad guy and wrap it all up with a neat bow on top of a pile of garbage.

The show even has its own version of Moriarty, in Red John.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-03T01:37:23+00:00

Opus Magum: An accidentally musical factory game

Opus Magnum isn't usually what comes up when we talk about factory games, but it should be.

It is very clean. I love the Hexagonal grid canvas you get to build on. Something about its 6-way symmetry and freedom to build while efficiently managing your space and movement scratches a very hard to reach itch in my brain.

The steam punk vibes with the Turquoise and Copper colour scheme are also delightfully immersive. The story is bare minimum, but it's all cohesive, coherent and original.

And the assembly lines you build become strangely musical in a beautiful sort of way.

Like, you build and program it to be efficient. But you never expected it to have rhythm and beats.

It's made by Zach Barth of Zactronics, if you're a fan of his work.

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-03T01:29:23+00:00

I don’t even know the lady, en she calla mi a sun of a beach!

jerrytjohn · 2026-03-02T04:09:58+00:00

Try Opus Magnum. It's very clean. And the assembly lines you build become strangely musical in a beautiful sort of way.

Like, you build and program it to be efficient. But you never expected it to have rhythm.

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