All in Dating & Preferences

REPOST: Arielle Lana LeJarde (Resident Advisor), "'Anonymity is a lost art': Why some artists are taking breaks from social media"

REPOST: Arielle Lana LeJarde (Resident Advisor), "'Anonymity is a lost art': Why some artists are taking breaks from social media"

Guy Ginton
Dating & Preferences, REPOST, Technology

“UK drum & bass artist Halogenix posted his concerns about the social-media landscape. ‘I refuse to participate in this relentless game of social-media-driven visibility… The insatiable appetite it creates to be constantly seen is destroying not only my mental health, but the core values and qualities of the [music] culture that I fell in love with.’”

REPOST: Neia Balao, "Woman sneaks into Columbia University’s surf-and-turf event, reflects on institution’s ‘hypocrisy’"

REPOST: Neia Balao, "Woman sneaks into Columbia University’s surf-and-turf event, reflects on institution’s ‘hypocrisy’"

Guy Ginton
USA, REPOST, Dating & Preferences, Controversial

Brenna Lip (@brennalip), a New York City-based content creator, posted a TikTok in which she admits to attending a surf-and-turf brunch at Columbia University despite not being a student herself. What started off as a harmless ruse, however, soon turned into an eye-opening look into “the hypocrisy of this whole place.”

REPOST: Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander), "BLACK PEOPLE LESS LIKELY"

REPOST: Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander), "BLACK PEOPLE LESS LIKELY"

Guy Ginton
Controversial, REPOST, Dating & Preferences

The eight points above add up to a likelihood that black people will probably be underrepresented in a lot of weird subculturey nonconformist things. This is not a firm law – black people will be overrepresented in a few weird subculturey nonconformist things that are an especially good fit for their culture – but overall I think the rule holds. And that’s a big problem.

In Defense of Filming Crime

In Defense of Filming Crime

Guy Ginton
Controversial, Dating & Preferences, Technology, World, USA

So I say we should be ashamed of the crime rates and apartheid of St. Louis, where this man managed to murder and walk the streets for hours. We should be more ashamed of the media that pushes this content on us. And we should be even more ashamed of the social media that prioritizes clicks over mental health, wanting us to see content we explicitly do not want to see, just because it gets a reaction. We should never shame the bystandards of horror for their natural reactions. After all, most of us would do the same.

Moments in Time -- a Rant

Moments in Time -- a Rant

Guy Ginton
Dating & Preferences, MEME, Philosophy & Time, Controversial

… And so, 'next Monday’ typically means ‘this Monday.’ If you wanted to say “next Monday” as I mean it, you’d have to say “the following Monday,” pretending not to care that “next” means “the following.” We are burdened by societies’ inability to differentiate “this” and “next.” But if you really want to prevent confusion, just say “the following Monday, the ninth.” In this case, proximity and day of week are relevant, and we forget the number.

REPOST: Stephen Katz, "How to Speak and Write Postmodern"

REPOST: Stephen Katz, "How to Speak and Write Postmodern"

Guy Ginton
REPOST, Philosophy & Time, Dating & Preferences

If that doesn't work, you might be left with the terribly modernist thought of, 'I don't know'. Don't worry,just say, 'The instability of your question leaves me with several contradictorily layered responses whose interconnectivity cannot express the logocentric coherency you seek. I can only say that reality is more uneven and its (mis)representations more untrustworthy than we have time here to explore'.

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