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K. Chen

@tznkai.bsky.social

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Heartless humanist, unmovable automaton, distributed midwit, fount of terrifying knowledge and purveyor of Collegey Velveteen Discourse. Insightful and painful enough to be the germ of something really excellent. @tznkai on Twitter and elsewhere

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Nov 8

I think I'll use this thread as a table of content for my health insurance and personal finance explainers, but with clickbait titles

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 21m

Well that was fun until I lost three levels of campaign progress to some sort of gamepass save bug.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 31m

There's probably an interesting and unflattering comparison of humans to LLMs here actually, where we all 'know' giving someone a pizza if they ask for a sandwich is not what is expected but logical argument and classification are impossible (the distinction isn't logical it's cultural, vibes)

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 33m

It's not but you can't prove it for the simple reason open-faced sandwiches exist.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 9h

I dunno what’s wrong with me but I just suddenly started making an impassioned argument in my head that pizza is a sandwich

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 7h

It is an age, yes.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

It was good but more linear than usual and involved the usual EXIT bullshit you'll know what I mean at the end if you've played these before.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 2d

My wife just alerted me to the existence of EXIT: The Game – Adventures on Catan (2025) which is the most self indulgent concept for a boardgame I've ever heard so that's date night sorted.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 10h

So what punishment?

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 10h

So what sentence is appropriate for Dowling

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 11h

Are you seriously suggesting the government should fine people for anything that could be interpreted as a religion-flavored insult or judgement?

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N8 þə Gr8 @nclud.bsky.social · 12h

I’m kinda partial to this one

Political axis quadrants from top left clockwise:
Fuck me mommy
Fuck me daddy
Fuck you mom
Fuck you dad

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 13h

Interpretation is a group activity on social media and it is thus dominated by group dynamics.

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Dan @pandred.bsky.social · 1d

It's Wilhoit's Law, but for posters:
There must be in-groups whom posting etiquette protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom posting etiquette binds but does not protect.

This extends to the grace the parasocial hordes give to their co-partisans.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 13h

He's increasing along the poe gradient for dramatic effect, unfortunately that has side effects