I am living proof, actually, I’ve struggled with insomnia from a young age and can absolutely corroborate that days after nights where I rested with my eyes closed were considerably better than days where I did something to occupy the time (like reading, as an example).

But boy is it fucking boring.

Clancy was a staunch conservative. Dedicated several of his books to notable conservative politicans such as Ronald Reagan. He supported the NRA (yes I understand the NRA has changed form over the years but I don’t really care) and he opposed abortion.

He praised Bush for being a ‘good guy’, granted he did challenge the justifications for the Iraq War (I also don’t really care about a broken clock managing to be right).

I haven’t read any of his novels for a very long time, but what I remember is that amongst the tech and spy stuff there is stuff that sounds like very clear RW propaganda (to me).

Granted, this is the first time I’ve thought about Clancy in years outside of conversations with my (you might have guessed it) conservative coworker. I don’t really know much about the man other than he was definitely conservative. I think you could probably make the argument that he was center right, and that the center right from the 60’s is very different than the center right of today. Draw your own conclusions.

Why would I ever do that? Ever?

Why would Clancy write anything that isn’t in full support of conservative idealogy?

Again, I don’t have much to add — but god damnit I try to go to bed early and end up staying awake staring at the ceiling all night anyway.

I could probably get more sunlight but this is a post on how to be less sleepy, not more sleepy.

Capitalizing every word in a sentence is also stupid, yet here we have people discussing the pseudo-grammar of it.

You must have tree trunks for legs, but my very literal perception of this joke has always been ‘uphill, no downhill — just uphill’. As if they were on some kind of treadmill of hell.

I’ve gardened all my life and my favorite flowers are morning glories, please shove a cactus up your ass. Thank you.

But that’s not a hill? What were you, rich?

I think that small talk is an ever constant reminder of the pervasive nature that is ‘wanting to be happy’.

Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with wanting to be happy. There is something wrong about being willing to sacrifice anything for what you perceive is the thing (or person, or hobby, or whatever) that will bring you happiness.

I think that the reason small talk is so fucking meaningless is because we all are just seeking some measure of peace and happiness in our lives. We simply can’t tell everyone who asks that our day is going terribly, for one thing it will make us feel worse — for another it will also make everyone that has to tolerate us feel worse. So we say “Fine” or “Good” or “Tired” or “The weather has me down” or whatever other instantly acceptable and obvious answer is easiest and ends the interaction quickly.

I think if we allowed people to be more honest with themselves that things like small talk wouldn’t really exist beyond trying to fill a silent void. But sure, friendly human noises go brrr.

I don’t think anyone just uses one device anymore, pretty sure there are workarounds.

Makes me think God was a woman, and this is her pulling up the ladder.

I’m not being serious, of course, but it’s a fun concept — to me.

Edit: I guess that second part isn’t exactly clear, I’m agnostic so I have enough trouble deciding whether God is or isn’t to be concerning myself with whether or not it’s a man or woman.

The written language is developed by the spoken language. I.e. colloquialisms are king.

I raged against people using literally when they mean figuratively for years. I lost.

I would start buying plots of land in food deserts, demolish the buildings there and start up communal gardening hubs. Actually, there are a ton of things that could be done to areas like this to make them walkable and liveable — but gardening hubs first sounds good.

Obligatory Dwarf Fortress

Hey so, this might seem pretty extreme but um…

People who even attempt to steal sunlight should die. I don’t care how, they should just be dead.

Weren’t many millions of dollars spent directly against Mamdani?

I’d say it’s one of the most hope inspiring things I’ve seen, personally — given the propaganda roulette we’re faced with in the MSM.

To me it looks like the U to the far left is also messed up — it could be some kind of misalignment that’s applying more pressure on specifically that part of the press.

Idk, maybe there was an earthquake or something – I actually kind of like imperfections like this.

Hypochrists is a good one.

You can make the argument that Helldivers is more of a mission based shooter, and many people will agree with you.

Hunt is absolutely an extraction shooter. You take gear into a raid, fight other players, collect money and even their guns, fight a boss and collect the bounty when you extract.