Currently avoiding reading extremely interesting Wikipedia pages about civil rights because it would be major spoilers for the LBJ biography I'm halfway through
Cognitive behavioral therapy is just medicalized stoicism
Lady the elevator is going up, not down! oh God she has airpods in!! She can't hear us!! Noooooo we are all condemned to mild awkwardness for the next 45 seconds nooo
LBJ only wanted extremely subservient aids, creating an environment where he could freely abuse them. He would force newly hired aids to watch him use the toilet as he barked orders at them, as a sort of literal "shit test". Wow
LBJ HAD A BOOBY TRAPPED CIGARETTE HOLDER THAT WOULD FLING CIGARETTES AT YOUR FOREHEAD IF YOU DISPLEASED HIM??
This reminds me. I was once at Yellowstone marvelling at an enormous jet of water shooting into the sky and a girl behind me angrily mumbled "what a waste of energy 🙄". Classic hydrothermal stan behavior
I am reading Caro's biography of LBJ. He wrote ONE THOUSAND PAGES about the 12 years LBJ was in the Senate alone. Very instructive book. I am entering my LBJ arc. Time to piss aggressively at people and commit rampant ballot stuffing
I think being stuck in standstill traffic might be the pinnacle of human experience. I'm glad America collectively spends millions of man-hours a day here. Gives me ample time to admire the whimsical typography of this billboard ad for SOC2 compliance
I'm deeply uncomfortable about growing old. Its nearly all downsides. And the bad news is, you can't do anything about it, except accept it. Well, I guess that's the good news, too.