Aaron Parecki

I offer thoughts and prayers tonight, but my thoughts are for the safety of the world, and my prayers are to the one named Nemesis, she who is the implacable enemy of hubris, balancer of the scales of life and fortune. May justice be served.

I promise you this: coffee does not get better if you add wifi

Yes, nacho night is supposed to be something reserved for the end of a long week. Yes, this is the second nacho night I am having in 4 days.

All joking aside, I wish him a full and speedy recovery, electoral defeat, criminal indictment, prosecution, conviction and imprisonment.

No. This is that plot twist very far from the end that is ridiculous and only for the purpose of boosting ratings.

This is the beginning of the 2020 season finale isn't it

CONTENT CREATOR SCAM ALERT. Do not accept any ads from companies who send you an exe file then ask your to send the generated "verification number" or "unique id". It's basically remote desktop. They offered me $3250 to do an ad for an indie game. Nope.

Girl, we gotta give it up to the 2020 writers... the way they wrote Miss Rona to go from most hated character to one you root for?! Whew character development!

I've never suggested otherwise.
But I think the gambling analogy, while popular is overplayed. The simple fact is that if you have an understanding of what you're looking at you can make educated assumptions. That's not the same as relying on luck.

At least stop reading Facebook & YouTube algorithmic feeds, and turn off all #socialMedia notifications.

More from @mantonsblog: https://www.manton.org/2020/09/14/stop-using-facebook.html

@aaronpk How to leave Facebook: https://aaronparecki.com/2020/06/14/14/how-to-leave-facebook

Want smaller steps? https://indieweb.org/Facebook#How_to_wean_yourself_from

When cartoon characters discuss numbers in base ten rather than base eight, it takes me completely out of my suspension of disbelief. Their society would not have developed that way.

1. calling any sort of meeting a powwow: powwows are enormous celebrations that require months of planning. they are a way to celebrate native culture, art, and community. taking the idea of a powwow and using it to describe a 10 minute hang out with your friends is appropriation

When I was five years old, a kid at school said he could draw anything. “Show me,” I said. Suddenly, he scribbled all over the page; just loops on top of loops. “Look,” he said, “it’s the 37 rooms of the Millennium Falcon.” Every child around us nodded in awe. I still admire him

I tend to try, and I'm not being sarcastic here, logic

The "trap" is... I tell them I'm sincerely interested in understanding their point and ask them if they are genuinely willing to have a civil and logical discussion

This guy is the reason for the #hacktoberfest spam PRs "+Logr awesome project" making it @shitoberfest

Thumbnail literally translates to - "Loot Free T-shirts asap" and he is teaching thousands of people how to spam

@hacktoberfest @MattIPv4 please take action 🙏🏻 it's too toxic

The #singletrack in #colorado is fabulous this time of year. 😀🚲 #greenmountain

Today in YouTube comments (actually, everyday tbh):

Talk slower or I’ll unsubscribe.

Talk faster or I’ll unsubscribe.

Stop talking iPhone 12. Unsubscribed.

Stop talking non-iPhone. Unsubscribed.

Use different title FX or I’ll unsubscribe.

You switched FX, unsubscribed.

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We parent by setting up several Echo dots around the house and create a ton of Alexa skills. Either way, we'll have a ton of data to share for their future therapy sessions.