R.
@forord.bsky.social
Famed web/beach hunk. Teaching Latin and Greek when not watching SCTV.
Mostly posting drivel & bellywash (all posts are for educational purposes)
Mostly posting drivel & bellywash (all posts are for educational purposes)
Whenever tech bros try to discuss data with me, I simply say "'Data' is a Latin substantive adjective"; their brains shut down for 45 secs. (Prepare for drool!)
I then search their pockets for butterscotch, golf dot com gift cards, & other means of improving my life as a tender-hearted humanist :)
I then search their pockets for butterscotch, golf dot com gift cards, & other means of improving my life as a tender-hearted humanist :)
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Whenever tech bros try to discuss data with me, I simply say "'Data' is a Latin substantive adjective"; their brains shut down for 45 secs. (Prepare for drool!)
I then search their pockets for butterscotch, golf dot com gift cards, & other means of improving my life as a tender-hearted humanist :)
I then search their pockets for butterscotch, golf dot com gift cards, & other means of improving my life as a tender-hearted humanist :)
A lot of Rahner talk on the timeline lately; this is good.
However, it's not as theologically deep as, say, Trad Who Must Not Be Named's extensive coverage of whether or not Joe Biden pewped himself® when meeting Francis, the Bad Pope
However, it's not as theologically deep as, say, Trad Who Must Not Be Named's extensive coverage of whether or not Joe Biden pewped himself® when meeting Francis, the Bad Pope
February 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A lot of Rahner talk on the timeline lately; this is good.
However, it's not as theologically deep as, say, Trad Who Must Not Be Named's extensive coverage of whether or not Joe Biden pewped himself® when meeting Francis, the Bad Pope
However, it's not as theologically deep as, say, Trad Who Must Not Be Named's extensive coverage of whether or not Joe Biden pewped himself® when meeting Francis, the Bad Pope
I miss ads being a Husserlian rigorous description of essences; no catchphrase, pure eidetic
Pepperidge Farm Soups (1965-circa 1971): A line of canned soups marketed as being gourmet/higher end, but also a celebration of "classic, regional cuisine." They leaned heavily into a salt-of-the-Earth, Americana-themed advertising campaign. See some of the varieties below (🧵)
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I miss ads being a Husserlian rigorous description of essences; no catchphrase, pure eidetic
I bet we can get Sufjan Stevens to write a triple LP on this theme
I miss the grocery store. I love the grocery store
February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I bet we can get Sufjan Stevens to write a triple LP on this theme
Such crippling honesty got me into Peebleton's Art Academy and Grille
Serious fault might be found with the anatomical details of this whale, but let that pass; since, for the life of me, I could not draw so good a one.
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Such crippling honesty got me into Peebleton's Art Academy and Grille
Is the consensus still "King of the Hill reboot = good"?
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Is the consensus still "King of the Hill reboot = good"?
What happens 10% of the time when you meet a mutual irl for the first time
February 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
What happens 10% of the time when you meet a mutual irl for the first time
Like bats, hang glider aficionados sleep together in caves and all too many die in Indiana from "white nose disease"
February 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Like bats, hang glider aficionados sleep together in caves and all too many die in Indiana from "white nose disease"
Imagine explaining this to Cicero
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Imagine explaining this to Cicero
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If Karl Rahner were a zoomer he'd be an unemployed grad student calling himself a fat fuckin chud every day on twitter dot com while his SEEK catholic comp lit frenemy from notre dame gets another high five figure fellowship at CUA's Mary Magdelene Institute for Marital Debt Studies
February 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If Karl Rahner were a zoomer he'd be an unemployed grad student calling himself a fat fuckin chud every day on twitter dot com while his SEEK catholic comp lit frenemy from notre dame gets another high five figure fellowship at CUA's Mary Magdelene Institute for Marital Debt Studies
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mostly I am tired of people with 3 passports and 6 multinational conglomerates lecturing me on the virtues of ethnic nationalism
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
mostly I am tired of people with 3 passports and 6 multinational conglomerates lecturing me on the virtues of ethnic nationalism
Spiced take: Habermas and Gadamer are probably the only meaningful post-Heideggerian 20th c German philosophers
(Some good A- commentators also exist, but I mean heavy hitters)
(Some good A- commentators also exist, but I mean heavy hitters)
"Writers like Barthes and Derrida may have theorized the “death of the author,” but, ironically, they were so consciously singular and eccentric that their approaches are recognizably their own. By contrast, Habermas worked very hard to divest himself of authorial presence"
Also a Review of Habermas
Is Habermas a titan of recent philosophy or a stodgy academic lacking a burning political vision?
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Spiced take: Habermas and Gadamer are probably the only meaningful post-Heideggerian 20th c German philosophers
(Some good A- commentators also exist, but I mean heavy hitters)
(Some good A- commentators also exist, but I mean heavy hitters)
If there's a Wuthering Heights 2, it should star Adam Sandler as Mr Darcy's son, Lord Peppergrundle :)
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
If there's a Wuthering Heights 2, it should star Adam Sandler as Mr Darcy's son, Lord Peppergrundle :)
When AI becomes your neurodivergent friend in a lit program
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
When AI becomes your neurodivergent friend in a lit program
Yet again, my legal name is revealed for ALL on this website of pervs and heretics
Richard the Lionfarted
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Yet again, my legal name is revealed for ALL on this website of pervs and heretics
Going through the Christopher Guest mockumentaries... we did not deserve Catherine O'Hara
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Going through the Christopher Guest mockumentaries... we did not deserve Catherine O'Hara
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AYN RAND: it is Rational and in fact Noble to care only for one's self because who knows if anyone else is even Real with an inner life like you, plus you're the Main Guy so your happiness is like the whole world is happy
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
AYN RAND: it is Rational and in fact Noble to care only for one's self because who knows if anyone else is even Real with an inner life like you, plus you're the Main Guy so your happiness is like the whole world is happy
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATHS: wow what an interesting and totally New belief system
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I would improve olympic ice skating by making everyone skate at once in an ORDERLY fashion.
I'm not here for this modernist individualistic "drunk driving" on ice. Also, the music should be replaced with phrases like "don't blow it" to keep them focused.
I'm not here for this modernist individualistic "drunk driving" on ice. Also, the music should be replaced with phrases like "don't blow it" to keep them focused.
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I would improve olympic ice skating by making everyone skate at once in an ORDERLY fashion.
I'm not here for this modernist individualistic "drunk driving" on ice. Also, the music should be replaced with phrases like "don't blow it" to keep them focused.
I'm not here for this modernist individualistic "drunk driving" on ice. Also, the music should be replaced with phrases like "don't blow it" to keep them focused.
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replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
August 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
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making the video game taking damage grunt every time I get a new email
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
making the video game taking damage grunt every time I get a new email
As a Hegelian, I wear tighty whities backwards to remember what used to be and what could be anew.
I sit in the urinal, muttering "the Owl of Minerva smashes that 'Like Button'"; my holy card of Wilford Brimley is covered in pasta sauce. The urinal cake is a source of Geist; I avoid eye contact
I sit in the urinal, muttering "the Owl of Minerva smashes that 'Like Button'"; my holy card of Wilford Brimley is covered in pasta sauce. The urinal cake is a source of Geist; I avoid eye contact
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
As a Hegelian, I wear tighty whities backwards to remember what used to be and what could be anew.
I sit in the urinal, muttering "the Owl of Minerva smashes that 'Like Button'"; my holy card of Wilford Brimley is covered in pasta sauce. The urinal cake is a source of Geist; I avoid eye contact
I sit in the urinal, muttering "the Owl of Minerva smashes that 'Like Button'"; my holy card of Wilford Brimley is covered in pasta sauce. The urinal cake is a source of Geist; I avoid eye contact
The first canonized saint to say "zaddy" was, of course, St. Anselm
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The first canonized saint to say "zaddy" was, of course, St. Anselm
Help decide the vote for a weeklong slightly hipster escape: Bristol or Glasgow?
February 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Help decide the vote for a weeklong slightly hipster escape: Bristol or Glasgow?