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impostor syndrome: the hottest of takes
The phrase "impostor syndrome" has made me bristle for a long time, and I think I'm finally able to articulate whySay a new hire says that they feel like they don't fit in, that their skills don't feel up to snuff, or that they can't possibly learn the all things they need to do their job ( Read more... ) -
moral musings
a few threads of moral thought / themes but i've been thinking about lately, or else, seem to be coming up a lot in media i've consumed lately:
(1) to what extent should we take responsibility for, or else be held responsible for, actions done under some kind of duress?
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the spiral of death
So I replayed a bit of Final Fantasy X over Christmas, and-man. While Auron’s “spiral of death” speech doesn’t hit particularly well out-of-context, I rightly remembered it as one of the most affecting moments of the whole game:
Auron: "[Yuna's] strong. She'll make it ( Read more... ) -
a tale of two widgets
say i'm in a team of engineers, and everyone else is discussing how to use Widget A to solve a problem ( Read more... ) -
Pokémon Card Game vs. Magic the Gathering: A Cursory Comparison
so, i played a couple rounds of the Pokémon TCG with the boy a while back.
in particular, the 2018 World Championship decks were on sale right next to the cash register at Kinokuniya, and in general i'd rather dive straight into the deep end of "intense competitive play" rather than fuck around with "starter decks", so i bought a couple and we ( Read more... ) -
five things makes a post
(1) fashion over functionit's a common joke that any couple will slowly "become the same person" over time-borrowing each other's verbal tics, clothing styles, and so on ( Read more... ) -
things i saw on my christmas eve birding trip that were not birds:
* there's a local BBQ place that's been catering Every Event Of My Life since i was born. i did not know it even existed in any physical form, like, it just sort of divinely manifested itself for church lunches and sporting events? but it indeed has a corporeal location! and we drove by it. it's actually a combo BBQ-and-auto-sales place, ( Read more... ) -
yet more parlor questions
in the spirit of continuing one of my favorite tags:
i found this list of parlor-ish questions via a friend. apparently the question-writer held a party where a bunch of strangers answered/asked these of each other, which uh, sounds hella uncomfortable given the nature of some of these questions, but a lot of these would be interesting with close ( Read more... ) -
some books i read lately (december edition)
I got on a nonfiction kick these past two months, so! Hope you like reviews that are mostly me spewing facts.
( The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein ) -
my favorite opsec story of all time
because i don't think i've shared it here before ( Read more... )