The One-Inch Frame Two friends argue heatedly about whether a hot dog is a sandwich. One insists it is—bread on both sides, filling in the middle. The other insists it isn't—ask any deli. After twenty minutes, neither has moved an inch. How to Disagree About Categories In March 2008, Paul Graham published "How to Disagree," … Continue reading Frame-Switching: The Hidden Pattern in Pointless Arguments
Tag: Internet culture
Thoughts on Shitpost Diplomacy
"The internet operates on its own logic. In the world of Twitter, Twitch and Tiktok, fame is the aim and exposure the goal. The influence of an influencer is measured in retweets, reblogs, and runaway memes. The internet-addled man glories in the hashtag that takes on its own life; he revels in the image that … Continue reading Thoughts on Shitpost Diplomacy
textfiles.com
"There are some ugly things down in these archives; there are narcissistic ravings from pre-adolescent social misfits. There are calls for anarchy. There's satanism, there's racism, there's all the -isms in the book lurking in the words. But there's hope, too. There's excitement, there's joy, there's every manner of feeling being crammed down into ASCII … Continue reading textfiles.com
Grovertruk
All you really need to know is that someone decided to document a van life buildout that features a firepit. The fact that this was inspired by Groverhaus, which was a dangerous and crazy decision a guy named Grover and his wife decided to build an add-on to his home without professional help, is interesting … Continue reading Grovertruk
href.cool: Links of the 2010s
"The AV Club did a list of 'things' [that happened in the 2010s]. I wanted to cover stuff that wasn't on there. A lot happened outside of celebrities, Twitter and momentary memes. (We all obviously love @electrolemon, "double rainbow", Key & Peele's Gremlins 2 Brainstorm, 10 hr vids, etc.)There is a master list of lists … Continue reading href.cool: Links of the 2010s
Cultural Good Ol’ Days
"I know people don’t read books like they used to, and they don’t think like they used to, but I struggle to care. Most of this talk is pure nostalgia, a kind of mostly knee-jerk, mostly uncritical (although not thoughtless) response to entirely rational fears about technological opacity and complexity (this nostalgia, of course, was … Continue reading Cultural Good Ol’ Days
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