My “primitive motivations” are on full display, not covered at all. The “primitive motivation” is to show your kid how to not let people walk all over you.

You absolutely should not be a third wheel for the adulterous ex and her cheating-partner guy.

I never said anything about teaching lessons to the ex. You brought that idea in from nowhere.

100%. At best it’s extremely disrespectful. At worst it’s a petty power play. And you don’t want to teach your child to allow themselves to be treated that way.

Best answer yet IMO. The cohesive experience is essential to the branding, and low threshold for entry.

Imagine if there were two twitters, and you only sign up for one but you can read and comment on posts for both.

Now imagine if anybody can install their own Twitter, and anybody else can sign up on either one, and they can all talk to each other like that.

Star power. High production values. Less complex (appears to be more centralized, immediately easy to conceptualize as “twitter but not right wing”)

No. I actually think it sets a bad example for the kid. Your wife is allowed to leave you and be with somebody else. But she’s wretchedly petty to transform you into a third wheel in front of your child. Your kid should see that you’re above that. Just like your kid needs to see that you can still get along with the mother.

I’ve been doing it wrong!

I go back and forth between reading novels and difficult non-fiction books. Also, I read in the morning with coffee and in the evening with non-caffeinated tea.

When I fall out of my reading habit, I restart it by reading a page-turner. Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, whoever.

When reading a difficult book (philosophy) I treat it like a serious undertaking, something I might not be ready for. I have a dictionary nearby. I’m here to learn, to struggle. And it’s like a sport. But an extremely edifying and satisfying sport. It’s like climbing a mountain. Some philosophy books require reading like three other philosophy books first. These are geniuses talking to each other, and I just get to watch.

And when I’m done with a difficult book, I follow it up with a page-turner. Alastair Reynolds, some comedy novel, or whatever.

I never read a book “just because it’s a classic.” That’s no fun. There has to be something about the book that makes me want to read it.

And I try not to read multiple books at the same time. I’m currently breaking that rule.

Edit:

Also, find your niche. I never feel guilty about not reading. I just love all the experiences and ideas I get from books. You do it for the love of it. So find the kind of book you love. History (of Europe, of technology, of whatever), spy novels, whatever!

I’m buying a new fleet of Ferraris

I really liked the “Baron’s” brand workbooks. I re-did some high school math with those. They explained the concepts and also there were many exercises to do by hand.

Sounds too much like Threads, the invasive corporate thing which can get fucked. Never going to market for them.

Threadiverse

Fediverse

I don’t think it makes sense to be walking on top of a thread of time, as if we are separate from time. Our being is inseparable from the thread of time. The fibers in the fabric are our experience, we are the fibers, and we still travel through a one-directional thread, no matter how tangled.

a knot is still a thread. It can still proceed as normal.

Also, tangled knots happen in space. What kind of space can time get tangled within?

Dark Grandpa

He’s not trapped with them. They’re trapped with him.

This is essential. Speaking from experience as a guy with bad mental problems who can’t do relationships. Work on that, kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qRnYyBtuo

My cat eats his own hair. It’s so gross.

Also he learned to open doors. I have handles instead of knobs and he reaches up and paws at it until the door swings open. It’s adorable but I can’t keep him out of anywhere now.

I put up a toddler gate to keep him out of my bedroom but he leaps over it like a racehorse. So I had to buy a second one. He’s desperate to explore this place that he’s already explored countless times.

Oh I hate those chat bots which just display a list of articles matching keywords in your question.