Warm beer, cold pizza, comforting company.
Chilled beer, sizzling pizza, alone.
No beer, no pizza, no people.
Tag: people
No group chats
That’s the new rule I’m trying to follow.
People are different. Some like being at the center of the widest possible social circle, others just like to keep up with a big social circle. And some, like me, prefer fewer but deeper social connections.
Group chat, like much of social media, is designed for the first two groups. Not just because they’re the heaviest, most reliable users. But also because number of connections (or followers, friends, or people in groups) is an easy metric to calculate and promote.
Depth of those connections is not such an easy metric to devise. And it is naturally capped. It’s hard to have real deep connections with more than a handful of people.
As I continue to clear the noise in my life, this is one more area where I’m making changes. I want a handful of deep connections, and reduce the noise from the many. Continue reading No group chats
Be a pal, not a dick.
I don’t need sympathy or special consideration because, ultimately, who cares? You hate me, and I hate me, too. We are on the same team. I guess what I’m saying is that maybe we could all just mind our own fucking business for once, and that when you can actually see a person’s scars, maybe be a pal and don’t pick at them.
Samantha Irby, in ‘We are never meeting in real life’
A Yesbot
Answers everything with, “Yes, you are right”.
Everyone really wants one, specially when they want an honest answer.
Everyone loves it.
You can make one on glitch with minimal coding.
I’m not it.
Friends, colleagues, partners, and relatives
“It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.”
— George Washington
Languages that I …
… want my imaginary kids to learn.
English
French/German
Hindi
Mandarin
Spanish
Arabic
German/French
Swahili
Punjabi
Tamil
In a globalising, automating world, a personal connect – the soft skills – will rise in value. There are few better ways to enhance your value, and the value of your experience than know the language of the people1.
Small differences
Unconnected. Were never connected.
Disconnected. Were connected, not anymore.
In human relationships, one is usually better than the other.
For some, one is hope. For others, the other is respite.
For some, one is failure. For others, the other is.
Police. People.
Look, we’re wired differently.
We run towards gunfire.
We drink when we’re sad.
We screw when we’re mad.And people hate us,
until they need us.And I hate that.
But I love it, too.We walk a higher path.
It’s not simple.
It’s very hard.And that is why,
people will always need us.
– Detective Misty Knight, in Luke Cage S01E09
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou
Missing *a* place..
Chotte chotte shehron se, khaali bore dupaharon se, hum to jhola utha ke chale…
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