IdeaSmith
@ideasmithy.bsky.social
Ideas are toys for a playful mind.
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When I was a kid, I was often home sick from undiagnosed allergies. My mother used to feed me rasam rice and kootu. I HATED it because I associated it with having to stay in bed quietly. All these years later, it has become comfort food. Like a hug from within.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
When I was a kid, I was often home sick from undiagnosed allergies. My mother used to feed me rasam rice and kootu. I HATED it because I associated it with having to stay in bed quietly. All these years later, it has become comfort food. Like a hug from within.
One breath at a time. Make it deep.
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One breath at a time. Make it deep.
It has come to my notice that WEH metro station has a bookshop. Where was all this book love when I was surviving Andheri East? And apparently it’s in that floor that for years I thought would turn into a place to hide those not of the living persuasion anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It has come to my notice that WEH metro station has a bookshop. Where was all this book love when I was surviving Andheri East? And apparently it’s in that floor that for years I thought would turn into a place to hide those not of the living persuasion anymore.
Don’t you love just how quiet this is? Especially for a book called that.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Don’t you love just how quiet this is? Especially for a book called that.
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I’m seeing a lot more women in pairs or groups sitting together at restaurants & cafes than I did in my 20s. Back then, I was the only one getting solo lunch or one ticket for movies and got a lot of stares. Still not many solo women but it’s good to see how diverse some of these women duos are.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m seeing a lot more women in pairs or groups sitting together at restaurants & cafes than I did in my 20s. Back then, I was the only one getting solo lunch or one ticket for movies and got a lot of stares. Still not many solo women but it’s good to see how diverse some of these women duos are.
They voted back in a man who incited an attack on a government building and just insulted a female reporter who asked about a pedophile. Then again, look at me talking. Quiet, piggy, indeed.
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
They voted back in a man who incited an attack on a government building and just insulted a female reporter who asked about a pedophile. Then again, look at me talking. Quiet, piggy, indeed.
Heaven help me from the “I’m not on social media” brag because this is no different from the “I am a coder” brag from the 2010s.
Nobody cares, ‘bro’ and even among the people who do, you’re too late.
Nobody cares, ‘bro’ and even among the people who do, you’re too late.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Heaven help me from the “I’m not on social media” brag because this is no different from the “I am a coder” brag from the 2010s.
Nobody cares, ‘bro’ and even among the people who do, you’re too late.
Nobody cares, ‘bro’ and even among the people who do, you’re too late.
Suddenly being followed by s*nghis and creepy s3xb0ts on X. Is it worth weeding them out when the big daddy himself is well…?
Why am I still on there? Because I was one of the early users and have over a decade’s worth of content, connections and memories.
Why am I still on there? Because I was one of the early users and have over a decade’s worth of content, connections and memories.
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Suddenly being followed by s*nghis and creepy s3xb0ts on X. Is it worth weeding them out when the big daddy himself is well…?
Why am I still on there? Because I was one of the early users and have over a decade’s worth of content, connections and memories.
Why am I still on there? Because I was one of the early users and have over a decade’s worth of content, connections and memories.
My second Japanese book this year after Asako Yuzuki’s Butter. And I’ve fallen headlong into how relatable it is.
Maybe only a book will ever hear you.
#Books
Maybe only a book will ever hear you.
#Books
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My second Japanese book this year after Asako Yuzuki’s Butter. And I’ve fallen headlong into how relatable it is.
Maybe only a book will ever hear you.
#Books
Maybe only a book will ever hear you.
#Books
I need to learn to be among people without engaging actively. At first I thought this just meant not talking but I realised most people don’t put as much thought and effort into talking as I do. And people are *very* uncomfortable around me when I don’t talk. Tips would be welcome.
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I need to learn to be among people without engaging actively. At first I thought this just meant not talking but I realised most people don’t put as much thought and effort into talking as I do. And people are *very* uncomfortable around me when I don’t talk. Tips would be welcome.
Desi men on dating apps be like I’m a great guy despite being separated and lying about it or divorced with hateful feelings but I’m the best you’re ever going to get because trust me, bro okay never mind you’re a drama queen you want honesty kaunsa mard aisa karta hain chal come for long drive.
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Desi men on dating apps be like I’m a great guy despite being separated and lying about it or divorced with hateful feelings but I’m the best you’re ever going to get because trust me, bro okay never mind you’re a drama queen you want honesty kaunsa mard aisa karta hain chal come for long drive.
Not being able to write isn’t always writers block. Right now it feels more like idea pregnancy and I’m not yet at term.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not being able to write isn’t always writers block. Right now it feels more like idea pregnancy and I’m not yet at term.
For the first time in months have not been responsible in schedule, work, diet, exercise, conversation or socialising and I feel calm. For the first time. This city is shit, human beings are garbage and I’m going to survive, that’s all.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For the first time in months have not been responsible in schedule, work, diet, exercise, conversation or socialising and I feel calm. For the first time. This city is shit, human beings are garbage and I’m going to survive, that’s all.
Gen Z fashions are so sloppy that it really makes it easier to dress ‘my age’ a.k.a. millennial cuts that fit me instead of drowning me in fabric.
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Gen Z fashions are so sloppy that it really makes it easier to dress ‘my age’ a.k.a. millennial cuts that fit me instead of drowning me in fabric.
Let’s stop calling them angry men and call them what they are. Spiteful narcissists. Calling them angry men humanises monstrous actions while also silencing their victims. A human adult who spews poison in action & words does not deserve that excuse. Call them narcissists. Unless you’re one.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Let’s stop calling them angry men and call them what they are. Spiteful narcissists. Calling them angry men humanises monstrous actions while also silencing their victims. A human adult who spews poison in action & words does not deserve that excuse. Call them narcissists. Unless you’re one.
Anxiety in men is just a capitalist word to excuse entitlement, control games and socially condoned abuse. Nobody else gets to get away with these things, refuse to get help and anyway be excused as being mentally ill.
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Anxiety in men is just a capitalist word to excuse entitlement, control games and socially condoned abuse. Nobody else gets to get away with these things, refuse to get help and anyway be excused as being mentally ill.
All the book club discussions I’ve been to this year are decidedly not literary discussions. Instead they’re about people’s personal feelings. Like group therapy meets toxic fandom. People are reading to become book influencers. It’s probably good for publishers now but I don’t see it lasting.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
All the book club discussions I’ve been to this year are decidedly not literary discussions. Instead they’re about people’s personal feelings. Like group therapy meets toxic fandom. People are reading to become book influencers. It’s probably good for publishers now but I don’t see it lasting.
Fat golden shallots make sambar just hit differently. Yum, what genius is Southern home cooking.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Fat golden shallots make sambar just hit differently. Yum, what genius is Southern home cooking.
I’m not too worried about AI taking away my job right now because I have full faith in the lazy greed of capitalism that cuts costs with zero regard for crash-and-burn scenarios. I saw it happen with the dotcom boom/bust and the social media wave/mess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m not too worried about AI taking away my job right now because I have full faith in the lazy greed of capitalism that cuts costs with zero regard for crash-and-burn scenarios. I saw it happen with the dotcom boom/bust and the social media wave/mess.
I love drawing buildings and interiors without people because they are studies in geometry and light.
I enjoy this because drawing lets me break the rules of gravity and perspective and shade just because I like how pencil scratches look there.
#Ideart
I enjoy this because drawing lets me break the rules of gravity and perspective and shade just because I like how pencil scratches look there.
#Ideart
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I love drawing buildings and interiors without people because they are studies in geometry and light.
I enjoy this because drawing lets me break the rules of gravity and perspective and shade just because I like how pencil scratches look there.
#Ideart
I enjoy this because drawing lets me break the rules of gravity and perspective and shade just because I like how pencil scratches look there.
#Ideart
Why is no one talking about ‘Nobody Wants This’ on Netflix? It’s very Indian-relatable from the snooping aunties to the communal boundary violations to of course, religious discrimination as identity.
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Why is no one talking about ‘Nobody Wants This’ on Netflix? It’s very Indian-relatable from the snooping aunties to the communal boundary violations to of course, religious discrimination as identity.
Probably too much to expect non Dravidians to say Bengaluru right when they haven’t managed to say Chennai correctly for 20 years. Never mind Sambar that has exactly two As pronounced exactly the same but they’ll randomly stretch out one in the manner of Americans mocking an Indian accent.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Probably too much to expect non Dravidians to say Bengaluru right when they haven’t managed to say Chennai correctly for 20 years. Never mind Sambar that has exactly two As pronounced exactly the same but they’ll randomly stretch out one in the manner of Americans mocking an Indian accent.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just read the phrase ‘bitter divorcee energy’ and I immediately thought of all the men frothing at the mouth over WhatsApp groups.
Funnily enough, the women divorcees look tired at worst and relieved at best. No time or reason for bitterness after escaping marriage.
Funnily enough, the women divorcees look tired at worst and relieved at best. No time or reason for bitterness after escaping marriage.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just read the phrase ‘bitter divorcee energy’ and I immediately thought of all the men frothing at the mouth over WhatsApp groups.
Funnily enough, the women divorcees look tired at worst and relieved at best. No time or reason for bitterness after escaping marriage.
Funnily enough, the women divorcees look tired at worst and relieved at best. No time or reason for bitterness after escaping marriage.
I’ve been pondering how to respond to people angrily saying “I didn’t know that” when I stop their nasty assumptions with my realities. Maybe I’ll take a page out of this and ask, “Now that you know, what are you going to do with that knowledge?”
Not hopeful about positive results though.
Not hopeful about positive results though.
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’ve been pondering how to respond to people angrily saying “I didn’t know that” when I stop their nasty assumptions with my realities. Maybe I’ll take a page out of this and ask, “Now that you know, what are you going to do with that knowledge?”
Not hopeful about positive results though.
Not hopeful about positive results though.