🫵 What Ever Happened to Just Being Yourself?
August 17, 2025
Once upon a time, social media promised connection. Now it demands performance. This post asks why being yourself stopped being enough — and what we’ve lost chasing likes.
I post when the mood strikes — usually when the snark is strong and the nonsense is louder than usual. Or when I just need to rant.
August 17, 2025
Once upon a time, social media promised connection. Now it demands performance. This post asks why being yourself stopped being enough — and what we’ve lost chasing likes.
August 7, 2025
When we publicly shame the people who made the fatal mistake of voting for Donald Trump (a second time), all we’re doing is reinforcing their commitment. Not necessarily because they still believe every lie he tells, but because it’s psychologically easier to double down than admit you were duped. To admit you were a sucker. Especially when everyone’s pointing and saying, “I told you so.”
Mockery feels good. I bet change would feel better...
July 29, 2025
TL;DR used to mean “too long; didn’t read.” Now it seems to mean “too complicated; didn’t think.”
If our attention span is shorter than a goldfish’s and we’re letting AI do all our thinking, what’s left of us?
Our obsession with brevity is killing critical thinking — and we need to fight for the full thought process.
July 26, 2025
TV keeps showing us cops who break the rules and kick in doors like due process is just a pesky suggestion. That fantasy isn’t harmless. It’s training us.
If you’ve ever thought, “Well, they must’ve had a reason to bust down that door,” — this post is for you.
July 23, 2025
For those of you who weren’t around in the Before Times™ — when pensions were a thing and loyalty actually meant something — let me break it to you gently:
It hasn’t always been this broken.
Today’s corporate system doesn’t just fail to value humans — it actively punishes companies that try. Stock price didn’t go up this quarter? Cue the layoffs. The system wasn’t built for people.
It was built for capital.
And my grandma, who just asked why that’s considered normal, sees through it better than most CEOs ever will.
July 21, 2025
DEI talks the talk, but fat folks still walk alone — ignored, excluded, and judged. The most visible people in the room remain invisible to the movement.
July 18, 2025
Part 3 of a reluctant trilogy about modern systems and the humans they grind down. And the personal cost of being trapped by the system.
July 17, 2025
What happens when you critique the system under a pseudonym? LinkedIn made sure I found out. A case study in platform control and algorithmic silencing.
July 14, 2025
I just wanted to get online and do my job. What followed was a perfect cascade of failure — from my ISP to my phone carrier to my employer’s trustless IT policies. This isn’t broken infrastructure. It’s working exactly as designed.
July 13, 2025
OpenAI needs money. Users need a better way to be heard. Project Catharsis is a feature concept that delivers both. It lets ChatGPT users opt in to share rants (or raves) about the brands they already talk about — while OpenAI turns that raw, emotional data into high-value insights companies will actually pay for. It’s ethical, scalable, and already halfway happening in chat. All it needs now is a name, a toggle, and a team willing to build it.
July 12, 2025
If you’re wondering what it’s like to live on Hard Mode while pretending it’s Easy... Congratulations, you’re probably a man! A woman would already know. This isn’t just life—it’s a full-throttle, hormone-fueled survival sim where your uterus is both the battleground and the final boss. From your first period to your last hot flash, it’s a relentless campaign of blood, sweat, and WTF moments with no pause button and no cheat codes. Congrats. You’re Player Two.
The game was designed by Player One.
July 3, 2025
An everyday work meeting. A dancing cartoon turkey. A dumb pun. I almost typed “cis chicken.” I didn't.
Why? Because fear of being misunderstood and labeled a bigot now outweighs the joke. That's what happens when even the silly gets treated like harm and fear overpowers connection.
June 22, 2025
❤️🩹 Part 1: Brilliance Undone: How Bad UX Is Eroding Trust in ChatGPT
A love letter from a power user still dazzled by the magical possibility. And devastated by the disappointing execution.
June 24, 2025
💡 Part 2: The Brilliance Is There. Now Build the Product It Deserves.
The smartest AI won’t win without smart product thinking.
June 17, 2025
You’re not using AI wrong. You’re just using it like a smart toaster. If you want results beyond warm output and emoji-laden bulleted lists, treat it like a collaborator. Talk to it. Teach it. Trust it. Then watch what happens...