I posted a video that got 512k views and 1200 likes. I know that engagement is terrible, so why did Instagram boost it so heavily for free? Is this a meta marketing tactic? #newtothegame
Why do dozens of independent, always-empty storefront pharmacies keep popping up all over Sunland and Tujunga, California? I feel like I'm the only one who notices. Every AI I've asked tells me they survive on nursing home contracts. I'm sure the storefront itself is a legal requirement to run that kind of business, fine. But how is every one of these shops landing massive nursing home contracts? And why are dozens of them packed into the same small area with no foot traffic, no visible staff, and no signs of actual operation?
Genuinely curious if there is something everyone else knows that I don't.
Do atheists or non-Christians get Jesus head tattoos?
I know it doesn’t matter, I’m just curious. Also, this Jesus head is sick.
edit: i was also kind of hoping people would post there jesus heads here 👹
I recently received this legendary book as a birthday gift, and I absolutely love it. I’ve read it multiple times already, and I’ve noticed that there are at least three sheets that are duplicated. I’m not referring to the lines and painted versions of the sheets, but rather the exact sheets themselves. One sheet of acetate is repeated, but slightly rotated. Additionally, I believe some sheets are simply copied to fill out the book.
What's the deal?
Don’t want to jinx but we back?
Has anyone else noticed that early in learning piano, there's a moment where your hands suddenly start moving with the ease and knuckle dexterity you used to envy in other players, like they've quietly become someone else's hands?
You could post an illustration on a hashtag and reach thousands of people actually scrolling that tag because they liked that thing. Every follower was a real person. You could connect with other illustrators doing the same thing and build a network together.
Now everyone's competition. The algorithm turned it from collaboration into zero-sum. You're fighting the same people you used to collaborate with for scraps of visibility that costs money to reach.
And it's worse even when you pay. You can throw money at ads and still not build a real community. You just get hollow followers who disappear the second you stop paying.
I know money's always been there. It's just sad that that that day is over, because it was pretty cool.
Elder Millennial | June 1, 2026
20+ years as a designer on MacBooks and Mac towers. Every single one has had problems. Batteries die fast, they shut off when they want, performance degrades within 2-3 years, keyboards fail, ports break, fans scream under loads that shouldn’t faze them.
Recently built a PC for 3D work and it’s faster and better in every way. Now I’m wondering, has PC actually been better this whole time and I just didn’t know because “Macs are the industry standard for design”? Or am I in a honeymoon phase?
Have I been drinking the Kool-Aid for two decades, or is there a real reason designers stay on Mac?
Edit: I should mention I posted this while having a hissy fit due to my most recent mac hardware issue on my $2500 computer. I still am genuinely curious if a PC laptop running windows at the same price point would perform drastically better or not. I know my souped up PC tower isn’t a fair comparison to a MacBook Pro.
Bucket 1, airport fiction lane: loved Dark Matter, Recursion, and Pines from Crouch (didn’t click with his others), plus Sakey’s Brilliance trilogy. High-concept, fast-paced sci-fi hooks, fast-paced sci-fi.
Bucket 2, on the other hand: Chiang / Ken Liu lane. Literary, idea-driven short fiction, philosophical, restrained, often melancholy. Already familiar with Three-Body Problem and Le Guin, so looking outside those.
Random side-note, I also really like Ken Grim wood’s Replay.
Tried a bunch of Goodreads lists and nothing stuck. There have to be more writers working these lanes, just need help finding them.