Contra Scott on Taste Good taste is the capacity for pleasure, and the discernment to find it.

i wrote about taste.

i wrote about writing workshop & ai! www.sympatheticopposition.com/p/writing-wo...

i lied & told claude i had high self esteem to make it more willing to critique my writing

50 mins up, shrink clears his throat. "i havent heard such rich material since the prison psych ward yr gonna need YEARS of analysis."
"but doctor, im an irish catholic, analysis doesnt work on me!"
"then whyd u come in & tell me all that???"
"doctor, i'm telling everybody!"

a sweaty irishman, mussed clothes, walks into an analyst's office for a 1st appt. he says, "doctor, today i met the most beautiful woman ive ever seen" & proceeds to describe how they fell into a sexual encounter that got ever more raunchy degrading & taboo as the hours passed...

u already know

in the environment of evolutionary adaptedness, people who could confabulate evopsych explanations of common behaviors had the most descendants

i feel like theres a dynamic here where elon is like the charismatic abusive on again off again bf & bluesky is the boy best friend who's always there for me but not as exciting (sorry)

at the cat's house the apartment was nicer than hers, and no roommates. a low yellow bed & a minimalist linen couch. an orchid in the kitchen window. it didn’t smell like the little black cat she was there to catsit. a half-overripe avocado on the counter. she ate the good half with canned sardines, the good half of the cucumber, the seed-oil free bottled green goddess dressing, some kalamatas, some goat cheese.

a story

playing too much chess youre worried abt losing the wrong queen

chess widow social club

my hounds are bred out of the spartan kind

cant tell what all that is but looks wholesome 👍

call it blue sky the way it has the mandate of heaven

is that what you were expecting

mid level bureaucrat in bizarre system which allows her tragic glimpses into the lives of others

my mom has a child w a pet name & a pet w a child name

my mom has such incredibly spoiled dogs for such a drill lieutenant mom

dude the way they talk is baffling

cuuuute bedspread

itll be like a sleepover ill make a breakfast strata

liking the above post will be considered consent

kidnapping you & forcing you to watch love is blind & post your takes

they take turns

then i would drink a tamarind jarritos

if (if!) i ever had a problem i would simply write 40 mysterious stories about it

those are some good breakfast burritos

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chicken thighs cooking atop a bunbling pot of lentils

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