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Comments are collected in person, via text, and through replies to these emails. Get featured and enjoy the smallest amount of internet celebrity possible. Without further ado some comments from human I love (hils).
hil #1: “I wish there was an audio version of this. You write exactly how you talk and I’d like to hear it in your voice.” -BP
hil #2: “Yo I was telling SS your newsletter makes me want to write a blog again. But more like a personal updates/reflective type of personal blog” -ML
break ice ⚒
I tried to break the ice. Then I got the cold shoulder.2
icebreaker: “What job would you do if you weren’t doing this one?”
favorite reply: “I don’t even know. All roads would’ve led me here..” -SV
words 🗣️
“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
People always say that the hardest part is identifying that you have a problem. I used to fight this idea, because it was always easy for me to identify my problems. Over the years, I’ve come to understand the spirit of this: people don’t want to acknowledge and face their problems. Because if we really face them we have to accept that we’re willing to live with them or we have to fix them. Complaining about them is more fun.
read 📖: a reminder that often times, simple is better
People who think software developers are meek little code monkeys, need to watch this. People who think things should be complicated should read this: Just fucking use HTML.
watch 📺: the world isn’t totally f*cked and there’s reasons for hope
The Internet is one of the most magical things that has come into existence. Sometimes I’m nostalgic for life before it, so I could appreciate it for what it was promised to be. It isn’t a collection of websites; it’s an opportunity for connection. It’s a way for everyone who couldn’t express every side of themselves to find a room for each facet.
Hank and John are two people who helped me realize that potential. They put words to feelings I didn’t know I had yet. In this video John combats world suck by celebrating some human world wins.
write 🖋
the pensieve
Their wand arm shook as a thin white chord emerged from their temple. With a final flick and flourish the chord floated into the mysterious liquid. They leaned over and saw their muddled reflection staring back at them, disrupted by flashes of familiar faces from distant memories.
“I’m glad that’s out of my head.”
In Harry Potter we were introduced to a device known as a Pensieve. It allows wizards to store and relive their memories as a third party. The Pensieve is as terrifying as it is beautiful. Like real life, facing ourselves and our memories is not always the most fun activity.
I’ve often thought of it as a mirror to writing.
It’s vulnerable.
It forces you to face moments.
It crystallizes our memories and opens them to future exploration.
And every visit brings forth something different.
swish and flick,
1 Ants are in a hil. The hil in question? The humans I love category ❣️
2 Yes, it’s a dad joke. Yes, it’s from ChatGPT. Yes, I’m cringing.
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