Repost: Megan O’Brien, "5 Psychological Pricing Tactics That Attract Customers..."
During a discussion of biases, the topic of “$2.99’ vs “$3.00” came up.
Personal Grooming, Personal Choice
Hairy Situations: A Comedic Take on the Shear Absurdity of Armpit Etiquette
Nitpicking Foods
This list is not about my preferences. If you’re curious about those: Yes, to pinapple on pizza. No, to cream cheese in sushi. Meat rare. Sub toppings pickled. And most important: wet your dries.
Repost: Arielle Lana LeJarde (RA), "Anonymity is a Lost Art: Why some artists are taking breaks from social media"
DnB DJ Halogenix, “The insatiable appetite {social media} 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: Brooke Houghton, "Someone In Toronto Asked Me Out IRL..."
“Seeing how someone acts in real-time — and when they don't have the opportunity to curate or edit themselves — creates a much more authentic interaction."
Repost: Neia Balao, "Woman sneaks into Columbia University’s surf-and-turf event, reflects on institution’s ‘hypocrisy’"
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.”
On Joke Theft
Comedy is delicate. So we ignore that everyone has retold someone else’s joke.
Repost: Anton Cebalo, "The Social Recession: By the Numbers"
Repost: Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander), "Black People Less Likely"
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.