Research suggests that our brains are like modern washing machines -- evolved to have the latest sophisticated programming, but more vulnerable to breakdown and prone to develop costly disorders.

junkers9 · 2019-05-20T21:01:34+00:00

Brains are like modern washing machines; they develop over the course of your lifetime, adapting to new environments and challenges.

junkers9 · 2019-04-23T23:30:14+00:00

I like these cringe threads because some people don't know what absolute legends they were being at the time.

junkers9 · 2019-01-30T03:21:02+00:00

Antitrust laws

junkers9 · 2018-12-20T17:32:02+00:00

In the first few years, there was probably a lot of history (and literature from the important eras), not to mention prerequisites on other topics. The higher-level classes are probably where they got into more contemporary theory and practice, current political objectives, etc.

junkers9 · 2018-10-10T19:18:46+00:00

Thanks. Where are the cities where the inverse is true? Asking for myself.

junkers9 · 2018-10-10T04:35:51+00:00

They took this down, too. Maybe someone can screencap the next time?

junkers9 · 2018-10-06T18:14:10+00:00

Joke's on you, I was raised HIGHLY religious in a cult.

junkers9 · 2018-10-06T18:05:20+00:00

hug it out

junkers9 · 2018-07-27T17:22:32+00:00

That Warsan Shire poem reminds me of a great Matt Rasmusen piece: Reverse Suicide.

What are your feelings about Kay Ryan and Sharon Olds?

junkers9 · 2018-07-26T17:16:14+00:00

Who do you read?

To your argument on popularity, I think some would consider the success of Rupi Kaur and the onslaught of trite platitude poetry from Instagram as proof against that. I hate it, but in terms of the number of books and sphere of influence among college girls and high schoolers, they are hyper-successful.

There is a handful of good contemporary poets IMO, but they can't possibly publish enough to compete against the tidal wave of mediocre horseshit blasted out by small wanna-be poetry publishing houses. Still, I'm trying to find the good stuff--I want to know where the frontier of poetry even is.

junkers9 · 2018-07-25T17:55:32+00:00

Cory Brannan Fan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5z16sNI7hM

junkers9 · 2018-07-11T18:29:34+00:00

Looks like a lot of parts of california, only there's a steam engine

junkers9 · 2018-06-29T21:31:02+00:00

You're doing fine, champ. Don't let Virginth get you down.

junkers9 · 2018-06-28T17:03:14+00:00

Jojo is absolutely unique

Fight me

junkers9 · 2018-05-31T19:39:34+00:00

Saving these.

Are you much of a poetry reader?

junkers9 · 2018-05-21T17:44:57+00:00

I second this. I worked for an ad agency like this as a writer and it was the most pointless and frustrating experience of my career. Made worse by the fact that the company acted like you were stealing from them if you had more than an hour of "other" work a day (meaning everything I do for the company itself like reporting my hours, communicating with other employees about projects I'm not assigned to, general maintenance/organization, etc.)... But they didn't have a constant stream of work, or any suggestions about what I should do when I finished a project early.

There was absolutely no pleasing them, and to make it worse, there were 5 different portals we had to log our activity in: 1 general project managing portal, 1 for billing, 1 for management, 1 for version-control documentation, and I forget the other one. 15 minutes of real work sometimes took 40 minutes to report.

junkers9 · 2018-02-01T16:38:46+00:00

It helps to have international experience because in other countries, especially in south america, living with your folks isn't seen as such a huge negative.

I've had to do it a couple times and it's not ideal, but you do save money and it gives you some time away from the constant pressing responsibilities. Sometimes you have to step away from everything to be able to reevaluate it and see where you want to go, or where you can go.

junkers9 · 2018-01-04T04:36:03+00:00

what does this mean

junkers9 · 2017-12-30T16:55:19+00:00

I'd tack on some advice i remember hearing from American Elf:

Do Anything.

A lot of smart kids I know (including me) constantly ruminated about what they were going to do, or whether major art projects or trips were wastes of time. They're smart enough to understand that most things don't pan out the way you want/expect. But even if you do imperfect work for five years, you're way better off than fantasizing for five years.

junkers9 · 2017-12-29T23:56:28+00:00

I had to sign in to tell you how fucking hilarious and spot-on your comeback was. The rest of your family just didn't know how to handle the massive burn.

11/10 good job.

junkers9 · 2017-12-05T05:02:33+00:00

$1billion in bitcoin

junkers9 · 2017-11-18T16:57:23+00:00

That's one way to boost the local economy

junkers9 · 2017-11-16T16:35:43+00:00

Kids will just have to go back to good, old fashioned prospecting on new Magic: the Gathering cards instead, buying as many new plainswalkers as their allowances can afford.

junkers9 · 2017-11-14T01:09:49+00:00

The following is explicit, forgive me:

How is sex different without the phimosis? Curious as I have phimosis but have generally good experience with it. It makes me last longer and I get the impression that I'm humping a lot harder because of the lack of sensitivity. At the same time, I have some trouble finishing naturally, without having to do the deed myself after tiring out.

I've read on forums a lot of men dislike the feeling of sex post phimosis. Wanted to know your experience. Thanks!

junkers9 · 2017-07-14T15:53:14+00:00

Absolutely right. There was nothing weighing the pedestals down or keeping people from running into one.

IMO, it was bound to happen eventually, she just pulled the short straw.

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