HEY. Non-bro dudes, I’m talking to you. Yeah, you know who you are. You’re a dude, but you also aren’t a fan of toxic bro culture. You might be a football fan, but also feel torn because of the long-term head trauma associated with the game. Maybe you’re a straight […]
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“If I Were You”
The phrase “If I were you..” at least in how we use it, is inherently flawed. There’s a built-in sense of certainty and knowing what it’s like to be in someone else’s situation. But we’re usually doing more of a make-believe act than really being empathetic. We’re considering what it […]
Problems
There are two ways of looking at problems. The first is to see the barrier. To focus on the thing that’s preventing your life from being more ideal. To complain about it, and let the problem overcome you. To resign. The second way is to see it as a design […]
P508
I recently was comparing two products, and one had a name like a serial number, and the other had an easily memorizable name. One I can easily tell my friends, the other I personally would have trouble remembering. When I consider how I got started buying products in this particular […]
May Day
Happy May Day. The need for labor laws and unions grew from the Industrial Revolution, where we saw people as mere meat-based cogs in a machine that was designed to grind them up as collateral damage in the pursuit of profit. While this has never been a smart way of […]
Other Options
It’s tempting to do something the same way you’ve always done it, especially if it seems to get results. You don’t know what you don’t know, and if you’ve never seen any other way, it can be scary to try something new. That said, there’s a difference in trying something […]