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> therapy is invented > 120 years pass > everyone's more anxious, neurotic, and depressed than even before how did this happen?

"therapy is like a hamster wheel of sadness"

Ben Franklin appreciation post He was simply S-tier at every endeavor: - Invented bifocals, swim fins, and the lightning rod - Diplomat, statesman, charted the Gulf Stream - International playboy; more like founding daddy amirite - Created the first public library, the first

This is why therapy often backfires

What's a good example of this

For many Gen Z men, it seems, the answer is dating in the 21st Century. Feminism has produced what might be termed relationship Armageddon.

Why can't anyone just wish to build a good city? Or is it merely the fact that media will only be interested in the lunatic ideas?

At least one or both of these Napoleonic stories is originally from Jash Dholani - they float around here periodically but they are Jash's find, iirc

found out sugar cubes were invented by a husband in the 1840s so his wife wouldn't keep hurting herself chopping giant sugar loaves just to sweeten her tea. so he made perfect little cubes. just for her. imagine being loved like that

“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.” — Nicolas Chamfort From Jash Dholani “Bangers: 624 Aphorisms from 9 Deep Thinkers”

F1 cinematography team built special swivel cameras that could be attached to the racing cars without slowing them down. The goal was to swivel back and forth between the action and Brad Pitt's face to show that it was actually him driving. Authenticity is everything. AI video

Most of invention is like this. Like a poem, an invention hangs in the ether for all of time until a certain man comes along, who snatches it out of thin air...to scratch a specific emotional itch

I refurbished a console table✨ ✅ sanded e v e r y t h i n g ✅ 1 coat boiled linseed oil ✅ 3 coats of polyurethane ✅ swapped wood knobs for brass Hours and hours of work, especially sanding the ornate details and spindle legs. I love how it came out!

Is it just me, or is autocorrect absolutely useless now? I accidentally typed “unestimably” instead of “inestimably” and autocorrect can’t find any suggestions Literally ONE letter is off in an extremely common prefix This has happened a ton recently — what is going on?

Rough day for the “your sculptures suck and are too perfect” crowd.