My therapist just told me my problem is that I need to write more fanfiction.
This sounds fake but the logic behind it is actually really interesting? She said obsession with a new fandom triggers quick dopamine release when we consume all this related content–it’s easy and addictive.
What we’re NOT getting is that ‘slow dopamine’ that’s more sustainable and engaging. That’s the kind we get from DOING things that take effort but are ultimately rewarding.
So like, she suggested that writing fic and making fanart are ways to balance the quick dopamine of watching a show/reading fic with the slow dopamine of working at something that takes effort.
Moral of the story is you should engage in the process of creation around your favorite things. You’ll feel better for it.
Exactly the same sentiments have always been expressed for the Melbourne F1 GP ever since the city took over the Australian race from Adelaide decades ago.
For years you’d find protesters at the Melbourne Grand Prix because the circus brought fewer economic benefits than losses with evidence that the city lost money each time the race was held.
Protesters also pointed out that the race week disturbs the neighborhood as the sounds of those 2.4-3.0L V8s-V12s reached far beyond the race neighborhood. Albert Park is a housing area after all, so people’s routes and access would be affected for the week. Today’s V6s are nowhere near as loud.
The Singapore GP on the other hand, despite being held around housing neighborhoods as well, have seen little publicized protests. The racing circus there seems to be welcomed with open arms and many residents and visitors come to not just see the race but enjoy the accompanying concerts as well.
You could probably argue that government-controlled media may have a hand in not highlighting protests or maybe the Singapore Tourism Board have just been really good at framing the race to the residents. And the engines are also not as loud as they used to be.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino showing her iPhone screen to the audience at Code Conference
CEO of X doesn’t have X on her Home Screen but casually (maybe inadvertently) shows off Facebook and Instagram while on stage at Code Conference. Maybe she uses the browser, maybe it’s on the second page, maybe she’s a desktop or Tweetdeck user, doesn’t matter, successfully fumbled the optics all on her own, nevermind the interview itself.
This is why companies have PR people who deal with media or appearance briefings. Going to be a study case or example in PR circles.
Kara Swisher then posted her Home Screen in response and hilariously this set off a trend on Threads where people started showing off their home screens and discussed why they have certain apps there.
Been saying for a while that ASEAN is a largely irrelevant organization of geographically adjacent nations that share very little common interest and barely a common goal.
Anwar is probably the first regional leader to implicitly admit its irrelevance while Indonesia has always been a champion of ASEAN’s appearance of a united front made up of human rights violators and corrupt governments who are careful not to offend each other out of fear that their own dirty laundry become exposed and openly addressed.
As long as this sorry excuse of an organization can’t even resolve a conflict within its own member state decisively, it will never be the substantial economic and political union it has always wished or pretended to be.
It’s always upsetting seeing a StarTrek show ending whether by its own accord or by executive order but when it’s ordered, it doesn’t get to conclude on its own terms no matter how much time they give it.
Discovery hasn’t been the best among all Treks and even breaks the mold of what a Trek show is especially given how frequently it’s centered and dependent on Michael Burnham saving the day. What it does have though, are some of the boldest story tellings in the franchise and really going to new places and opening up far more possibilities.
Would have loved to see it go six or seven seasons with Burnham as captain in a rebuild of the Federation in the 32nd century and all the storylines and conflicts that would have gone along with it. Maybe we’ll still get to see it in season 5 but just one season of that, and only ten episodes, it’s going to come in very compact and rushed.
I have two posts on Netflix Indonesia’s price drop, one written by myself, the other by ChatGPT. It was a fun exercise in seeing how different the pieces would turn out. ChatGPT took a very general analysis view on the subject matter while I dug deeper on the reasons and give more business and competitive context to the readers. Let me know what you think of both.
Just spent half the day helping my kid format her school paper on Word. I haven’t touched that software probably in more than a decade. Always worked on alternative apps like Pages, Notes, TextEdit, Docs, Bear, iA Writer, etc.
Talk about being overwhelmed. Had to hunt and peck each button and feature and search online for tips on how to do certain things.
Never got my parents to help me with any of those as a kid because they didn’t grow up or worked with computers and to this day they still don’t know how to operate one beyond using browsers and WhatsApp. Had to figure things out myself and it was practically troubleshooting which got me into tech support before journalism kicked in.
As someone who lived through his entire life surrounded by tech products and devices and worked as tech support for a significant period, this was kind of embarrassing but also challenging and humbling. It took much longer to complete than it ought to but got it done eventually.
Getting the brain to reconnect neurons that didn’t need to connect for a long time was quite an exercise. Pretty exciting, actually, but also exhausting.
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