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  1. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

    18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're still thinking of the next thing to write?" Astutely, she replied: "If you can't think of the next thing to write, write literally anything, even just "Mickey Mouse" over and over and over again until […]

    snowebell.cc/mickey-mouse-mick

  2. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

    18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're still thinking of the next thing to write?" Astutely, she replied: "If you can't think of the next thing to write, write literally anything, even just "Mickey Mouse" over and over and over again until […]

    snowebell.cc/mickey-mouse-mick

  3. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

    18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're still thinking of the next thing to write?" Astutely, she replied: "If you can't think of the next thing to write, write literally anything, even just "Mickey Mouse" over and over and over again until […]

    snowebell.cc/mickey-mouse-mick

  4. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

    18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're still thinking of the next thing to write?" Astutely, she replied: "If you can't think of the next thing to write, write literally anything, even just "Mickey Mouse" over and over and over again until […]

    snowebell.cc/mickey-mouse-mick

  5. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse…

    18 years ago I was sitting in my 7th grade English class and my teacher told us that while we were roughing out our work we should always, 100% of the time, be writing. I, always the antagonist and forever unwilling to take things at face value, of course questioned my teacher. "What if we're still thinking of the next thing to write?" Astutely, she replied: "If you can't think of the next thing to write, write literally anything, even just "Mickey Mouse" over and over and over again until […]

    snowebell.cc/mickey-mouse-mick

  6. You may think #analogies are just cute rhetorical devices that help you explain to grandpa how a cellphone works, but they actually keeping your brain from melting down. & grandpa’s. We review #JohnPollack’s #Shortcut: the-agency-review.com/shortcut #writing @jdpollack #advertising

  7. You may think #analogies are just cute rhetorical devices that help you explain to grandpa how a cellphone works, but they actually keeping your brain from melting down. & grandpa’s. We review #JohnPollack’s #Shortcut: the-agency-review.com/shortcut #writing @jdpollack #advertising

  8. You may think #analogies are just cute rhetorical devices that help you explain to grandpa how a cellphone works, but they actually keeping your brain from melting down. & grandpa’s. We review #JohnPollack’s #Shortcut: the-agency-review.com/shortcut #writing @jdpollack #advertising

  9. We got into Warhammer in 1995 (peak Warhammer/40K 2nd/Mordheim/Titan Legions/Blood Bowl/etc). Now, at nearly 40, my brother is getting back into painting.

    He was in his local store. The manager is a similar age but started more 2000s, so he remembers some bits of Red Period and the turn of the millennium games but is only vaguely aware of other bits.

    While getting his Mini of the Month, my brother was educating the 20-something staffer on the Red Period style that he was going to use. And then mentioned John Blanche. And the guy goes "who?" 😮

    My brother had to call over the manager for this flagrant shortcoming. But apparently Blanche is part of Deep Lore that they don't cover in standard staff training.

    But… it feels like working for the Tolkien Estate and not knowing the work of Alan Lee or John Howe.

    Or working on the Man United Old Trafford tour and saying "Eric Canto-who? And Peter Schmi-something? Nope, dunno" 😐

    #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop #Oldhammer #JohnBlanche #Nostalgia #Analogies

  10. We got into Warhammer in 1995 (peak Warhammer/40K 2nd/Mordheim/Titan Legions/Blood Bowl/etc). Now, at nearly 40, my brother is getting back into painting.

    He was in his local store. The manager is a similar age but started more 2000s, so he remembers some bits of Red Period and the turn of the millennium games but is only vaguely aware of other bits.

    While getting his Mini of the Month, my brother was educating the 20-something staffer on the Red Period style that he was going to use. And then mentioned John Blanche. And the guy goes "who?" 😮

    My brother had to call over the manager for this flagrant shortcoming. But apparently Blanche is part of Deep Lore that they don't cover in standard staff training.

    But… it feels like working for the Tolkien Estate and not knowing the work of Alan Lee or John Howe.

    Or working on the Man United Old Trafford tour and saying "Eric Canto-who? And Peter Schmi-something? Nope, dunno" 😐

    #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop #Oldhammer #JohnBlanche #Nostalgia #Analogies

  11. We got into Warhammer in 1995 (peak Warhammer/40K 2nd/Mordheim/Titan Legions/Blood Bowl/etc). Now, at nearly 40, my brother is getting back into painting.

    He was in his local store. The manager is a similar age but started more 2000s, so he remembers some bits of Red Period and the turn of the millennium games but is only vaguely aware of other bits.

    While getting his Mini of the Month, my brother was educating the 20-something staffer on the Red Period style that he was going to use. And then mentioned John Blanche. And the guy goes "who?" 😮

    My brother had to call over the manager for this flagrant shortcoming. But apparently Blanche is part of Deep Lore that they don't cover in standard staff training.

    But… it feels like working for the Tolkien Estate and not knowing the work of Alan Lee or John Howe.

    Or working on the Man United Old Trafford tour and saying "Eric Canto-who? And Peter Schmi-something? Nope, dunno" 😐

  12. We got into Warhammer in 1995 (peak Warhammer/40K 2nd/Mordheim/Titan Legions/Blood Bowl/etc). Now, at nearly 40, my brother is getting back into painting.

    He was in his local store. The manager is a similar age but started more 2000s, so he remembers some bits of Red Period and the turn of the millennium games but is only vaguely aware of other bits.

    While getting his Mini of the Month, my brother was educating the 20-something staffer on the Red Period style that he was going to use. And then mentioned John Blanche. And the guy goes "who?" 😮

    My brother had to call over the manager for this flagrant shortcoming. But apparently Blanche is part of Deep Lore that they don't cover in standard staff training.

    But… it feels like working for the Tolkien Estate and not knowing the work of Alan Lee or John Howe.

    Or working on the Man United Old Trafford tour and saying "Eric Canto-who? And Peter Schmi-something? Nope, dunno" 😐

    #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop #Oldhammer #JohnBlanche #Nostalgia #Analogies

  13. We got into Warhammer in 1995 (peak Warhammer/40K 2nd/Mordheim/Titan Legions/Blood Bowl/etc). Now, at nearly 40, my brother is getting back into painting.

    He was in his local store. The manager is a similar age but started more 2000s, so he remembers some bits of Red Period and the turn of the millennium games but is only vaguely aware of other bits.

    While getting his Mini of the Month, my brother was educating the 20-something staffer on the Red Period style that he was going to use. And then mentioned John Blanche. And the guy goes "who?" 😮

    My brother had to call over the manager for this flagrant shortcoming. But apparently Blanche is part of Deep Lore that they don't cover in standard staff training.

    But… it feels like working for the Tolkien Estate and not knowing the work of Alan Lee or John Howe.

    Or working on the Man United Old Trafford tour and saying "Eric Canto-who? And Peter Schmi-something? Nope, dunno" 😐

    #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop #Oldhammer #JohnBlanche #Nostalgia #Analogies

  14. #analogies (foireuses ?)
    La latence, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour que la balle arrive.
    Le débit, c'est le nombre de balles par secondes.

    La tension du courant, c'est la hauteur de laquelle tu lâches la balle.
    L'intensité, c'est le nombre de balles par seconde.

    (Libre à vous de corriger, améliorer, étendre...)

  15. #analogies (foireuses ?)
    La latence, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour que la balle arrive.
    Le débit, c'est le nombre de balles par secondes.

    La tension du courant, c'est la hauteur de laquelle tu lâches la balle.
    L'intensité, c'est le nombre de balles par seconde.

    (Libre à vous de corriger, améliorer, étendre...)

  16. #analogies (foireuses ?)
    La latence, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour que la balle arrive.
    Le débit, c'est le nombre de balles par secondes.

    La tension du courant, c'est la hauteur de laquelle tu lâches la balle.
    L'intensité, c'est le nombre de balles par seconde.

    (Libre à vous de corriger, améliorer, étendre...)

  17. #analogies (foireuses ?)
    La latence, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour que la balle arrive.
    Le débit, c'est le nombre de balles par secondes.

    La tension du courant, c'est la hauteur de laquelle tu lâches la balle.
    L'intensité, c'est le nombre de balles par seconde.

    (Libre à vous de corriger, améliorer, étendre...)

  18. #analogies (foireuses ?)
    La latence, c'est le temps qu'il faut pour que la balle arrive.
    Le débit, c'est le nombre de balles par secondes.

    La tension du courant, c'est la hauteur de laquelle tu lâches la balle.
    L'intensité, c'est le nombre de balles par seconde.

    (Libre à vous de corriger, améliorer, étendre...)

  19. Easily Swept Aside

    I thought about making an analogy between spider webs and something fragile like human plans, or political ambitions, or romantic fixations, but they all seemed too obvious. You all know already that our best laid plans often go awry. You also know that you would not hesitate to swat away a cobweb that touches your face. So, I decided instead just to show some lovely, clever, temporary, webs on my patio this evening. They may not be there tomorrow.

    #analogies #beauty #cobwebs #engineering #fragility #nature #Photography #spiderWebs #temporary

  20. Easily Swept Aside

    I thought about making an analogy between spider webs and something fragile like human plans, or political ambitions, or romantic fixations, but they all seemed too obvious. You all know already that our best laid plans often go awry. You also know that you would not hesitate to swat away a cobweb that touches your face. So, I decided instead just to show some lovely, clever, temporary, webs on my patio this evening. They may not be there tomorrow.

    #analogies #beauty #cobwebs #engineering #fragility #nature #Photography #spiderWebs #temporary

  21. You may think #analogies are just cute rhetorical devices that help you explain to grandpa how a cellphone works, but they actually keeping your brain from melting down. & grandpa’s. We review #JohnPollack’s #Shortcut: the-agency-review.com/shortcut #writing @jdpollack #advertising

  22. 🤖🥪 AI coding is like making a PB&J: messy, sticky, and you'll probably end up with jelly on your face. But sure, let's pretend your real superpower is "clear communication"—because there's nothing clearer than a thousand-word rant about how you can't spread jam. 🙄📝
    iamcharliegraham.substack.com/ #AIcoding #PBJ #analogies #clearcommunication #messyprocess #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  23. 🤖🥪 AI coding is like making a PB&J: messy, sticky, and you'll probably end up with jelly on your face. But sure, let's pretend your real superpower is "clear communication"—because there's nothing clearer than a thousand-word rant about how you can't spread jam. 🙄📝
    iamcharliegraham.substack.com/ #AIcoding #PBJ #analogies #clearcommunication #messyprocess #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  24. 🤖🥪 AI coding is like making a PB&J: messy, sticky, and you'll probably end up with jelly on your face. But sure, let's pretend your real superpower is "clear communication"—because there's nothing clearer than a thousand-word rant about how you can't spread jam. 🙄📝
    iamcharliegraham.substack.com/ #AIcoding #PBJ #analogies #clearcommunication #messyprocess #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  25. 🤖🥪 AI coding is like making a PB&J: messy, sticky, and you'll probably end up with jelly on your face. But sure, let's pretend your real superpower is "clear communication"—because there's nothing clearer than a thousand-word rant about how you can't spread jam. 🙄📝
    iamcharliegraham.substack.com/ #AIcoding #PBJ #analogies #clearcommunication #messyprocess #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

  26. From @_elena: "I have come to see the #Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases."
    blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa

    #Analogies #SocialMedia

  27. From @_elena: "I have come to see the #Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases."
    blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa

    #Analogies #SocialMedia

  28. From @_elena: "I have come to see the #Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases."
    blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa

    #Analogies #SocialMedia

  29. From @_elena: "I have come to see the #Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases."
    blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa

    #Analogies #SocialMedia

  30. From @_elena: "I have come to see the #Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases."
    blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa

    #Analogies #SocialMedia

  31. Cory Alexander is to Cris Collinsworth as #ACC basketball commentary is to #NFL commentary. Horrible. #analogies

  32. Cory Alexander is to Cris Collinsworth as #ACC basketball commentary is to #NFL commentary. Horrible. #analogies

  33. Cory Alexander is to Cris Collinsworth as #ACC basketball commentary is to #NFL commentary. Horrible. #analogies

  34. Cory Alexander is to Cris Collinsworth as #ACC basketball commentary is to #NFL commentary. Horrible. #analogies

  35. Cory Alexander is to Cris Collinsworth as #ACC basketball commentary is to #NFL commentary. Horrible. #analogies

  36. CW: Machine Unconscious

    H/T @sarahebull

    It was often called _uncanny_, there was something uncanny in the rhetoric itself, all the shop talk about _latent knowledge_, about _regression_, about its capacity for _free association_, terminology that has its origins in psychoanalysis.

    #LLM #analogies

    nplusonemag.com/issue-40/essay

  37. CW: Machine Unconscious

    H/T @sarahebull

    It was often called _uncanny_, there was something uncanny in the rhetoric itself, all the shop talk about _latent knowledge_, about _regression_, about its capacity for _free association_, terminology that has its origins in psychoanalysis.

    #LLM #analogies

    nplusonemag.com/issue-40/essay

  38. As the guinea pig of time meets the the celery stick of destiny I find my Sunday is in its final hours and the light of myopic wandering becomes the unlit path to the fumbling key in the lock of impermanence.
    May your Sunday be / is / was a calming experience. #Sunday #analogy #analogies #what?

  39. As the guinea pig of time meets the the celery stick of destiny I find my Sunday is in its final hours and the light of myopic wandering becomes the unlit path to the fumbling key in the lock of impermanence.
    May your Sunday be / is / was a calming experience. #Sunday #analogy #analogies #what?

  40. As the guinea pig of time meets the the celery stick of destiny I find my Sunday is in its final hours and the light of myopic wandering becomes the unlit path to the fumbling key in the lock of impermanence.
    May your Sunday be / is / was a calming experience. #Sunday #analogy #analogies #what?

  41. As the guinea pig of time meets the the celery stick of destiny I find my Sunday is in its final hours and the light of myopic wandering becomes the unlit path to the fumbling key in the lock of impermanence.
    May your Sunday be / is / was a calming experience. #Sunday #analogy #analogies #what?

  42. As the guinea pig of time meets the the celery stick of destiny I find my Sunday is in its final hours and the light of myopic wandering becomes the unlit path to the fumbling key in the lock of impermanence.
    May your Sunday be / is / was a calming experience. #Sunday #analogy #analogies #what?

  43. Swat at yellow jackets long enough and either you’ll get one, or one will get you; that’s just life.

    #FAFO #LifeChoices #Analogies

  44. Swat at yellow jackets long enough and either you’ll get one, or one will get you; that’s just life.

    #FAFO #LifeChoices #Analogies