I feel like the penn&teller of sex, where I explain the magic trick yet somehow u still enjoy the show. See this eye contact? that's deliberate. I'm smiling cause i know boys like that. Here's my 30 page seduction strategy guide im using on u. yet u still pay me to horf ur willy

— Aella (@Aella_Girl) May 14, 2023

But it doesn’t matter. Sex or no sex, the illusion of authenticity is just as good as the reality. Done well (this is tautological), they are indistinguishable. For another example, I know Carrie Coon as Nora Durst didn’t really lose her entire family in an incomprehensible event as seen in The Leftovers but she made me feel it deeply just as if she did regardless.

It’s going to be interesting when there are actual autonomous-ish robots who mimic a human with adequate verisimilitude that they are good enough for most people. Human-human relationships are going to decline enormously then. Because…have you met humans? They are terrible.

Biggest myth women believe about men: That all men are ready to have sex all the time and any time with any woman who presents herself, and that all we think about is sex.

Biggest myth men believe about women: All women are naturally nurturing and don’t mind taking care of your incapable ass, or a bunch of kids, or both at the same time.

Today’s brilliant idea… pic.twitter.com/f8lURvOVSw

— Billy Wilson (@ibillwilson) May 16, 2023

Love it.

Wow https://t.co/dB0MJ6wVtw

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 16, 2023

This is a large part of what Return to Office BS is about. A lot of commercial real estate is done for.

It's very on brand for Russia to constantly brag that they have a missile that can't be intercepted, and then to fire a bunch of those missiles and have them all get intercepted.https://t.co/rQSednmcgd

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 17, 2023

That is pretty funny. Anything that helps Ukraine and makes the tankies cry is a damn fine thing.

It's also not really going to be driven by anything Biden does. At this point every company realizes that the moment China invades Taiwan, all their investments in China go *poof*.

Decoupling is now an existential imperative for multinationals. https://t.co/VhxG5PHykm

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 17, 2023

If you’re a non-Chinese company that has anything going on in China and you’re not doing everything you can to diversify away from there, in a few years you’re gonna be completely fucked. China is going to invade Taiwan and you’ll lose everything.

I very much advise using non-sugar sweeteners for weight control, no matter what the WHO says. The studies they are relying on are nearly all extremely flawed.

Non-sugar sweeteners work great and I’d be 20-30 pounds heavier without them. Fortunately, there is a relatively easy three-step synthesis process for saccharine if they try to take it away. I will then learn how to make it.

People Who Do Strength Training Live Longer — and Better.

Indeed. It’s improved my life vastly. The health benefits are great, as are the aesthetic benefits you’re not supposed to work for or talk about. But I do work for them and fuck anyone who has a problem with it.

And it’s awesome being strong again. It just makes all of life easier. Highly recommended.