obsessive disc golfer and musician/writer. big on arts, tabletop and video games, being a comrade☭ ∆∆∆Good luck, be open, and love freely∆∆∆
Austin
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Isn’t it fascinating how literally not a single technological advance has actually saved people work? We’re more productive now than ever and yet retirement is a bigger fantasy now than half a century ago
"As lifespans increase, people have to prepare, mentally and financially, to work well into their 70s and 80s," per WSJ
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Annual working hours per worker have fallen substantially over the long run (often roughly halved since ~1870) amid rising productivity from technological advances. Lifetime hours worked also declined. Retirement trends are more complex amid longer lifespans. ourworldindata.org/working-more-t… ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual…
All the work-branded clothes I get are a little too big around the shoulder and arms. Which is fine, just more motivation to get jacked. (not that jacked just a little bigger I'm a little too skinny for my height and my liking)
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The weather cleared up in Austin and got warmer, all I want to do is take off my clothes fuuuuuck
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I've been more hungry in the mornings lately. Physically and metaphorically. Which is good. But it's also annoying.
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Ben retweeted
I am once again wishing a happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Man I hope the new theme song for JomezPro features some semi unintelligible lyrics close to last years "gonna rock my body right onto ya" because sometimes that just pops in my head as a vocal stim
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Ben retweeted
The economy apparently collapses if you pay a worker $25/hour, but survives just fine if the CEO gets 25 million.
I want to become hotter for no other reason than it would just be fun for my self esteem (I'm a 0-level hotness so it should be pretty easy)
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I was really sad to see so much AI generated art every where. Even on the mead bottles. So much more AI generated art out there that I didn't get pictures of. Which is fine cause there's dozens of crafts people that don't use it. But it's still disheartening.
Went to the Texas Ren Faire today! It was a ton of fun. Got there a little late in the morning but we still packed a ton in the day.
It was "Heroes and Villains" themed so my dad and sister had the idea of going as Lanterns of different colors. Sis made the emblems
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We rely way too much on cars and so that's one reason why many cities have heavy traffic.
But imo the primary reason we have so much traffic is because A VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY SUCK ASS AT DRIVING. MANY OF YOU FUCKS DON'T DESERVE TO OWN A CAR OR EVEN A LICENSE
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