We will probably never cross paths in person so here: you inspired me to study linguistics and etymology! Thanks to you it clicked for me that I’ve always naturally observed linguistic patterns and now I delight in self-teaching for the sake of it. I haven’t enjoyed feeding the electrified blob of soft meat in my skull and my soul in so long. THANK YOU!
Just read this today, I didn't know Howl, so thanks for sharing. The second part of Howl reminded me of Leguinn's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Thoughts on that ?
Did you consciously avoid directly mentioning the single most famous Moloch-related internet essay of All Time or have you (very surprisingly to me) not read "Meditations on Moloch"? https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch
oh please if you read this please click through and read Howl by Allen Ginsberg. thank you for sharing. thank you for organizing around it. how beautiful, how beautiful. i howl with you.
Inspiring post (despite the fact that it is a post - or maybe because of that?) that reminds me to make some things real, not just digital. A puzzle, though: 99% of my (small but good-hearted) audience is not in the same city I am in, many not even in the same country. We seem to have a sense of community (regular weekly livestreams) which I could not shift to in-person. I could add in-person, but not replace my odd YouTube community. I figure I'll just accept the impossibility of my ideal and keep on keeping on. But I will seriously consider adding the live-and-for-real events as well - so I do seriously thank you for this!
We will probably never cross paths in person so here: you inspired me to study linguistics and etymology! Thanks to you it clicked for me that I’ve always naturally observed linguistic patterns and now I delight in self-teaching for the sake of it. I haven’t enjoyed feeding the electrified blob of soft meat in my skull and my soul in so long. THANK YOU!
please rewrite the whole thing this is great
Just read this today, I didn't know Howl, so thanks for sharing. The second part of Howl reminded me of Leguinn's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Thoughts on that ?
Did you consciously avoid directly mentioning the single most famous Moloch-related internet essay of All Time or have you (very surprisingly to me) not read "Meditations on Moloch"? https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch
(please excuse the Moloch-maxxing)
alexander got it from ginsberg, and I prefer the source
Ryder Ripps rewrote the poem 15 years ago—quite the time capsule: https://genius.com/Ryder-ripps-howl-20-for-fixoid-annotated
oh please if you read this please click through and read Howl by Allen Ginsberg. thank you for sharing. thank you for organizing around it. how beautiful, how beautiful. i howl with you.
I follow your Youtube shorts through their RSS feed. I hope this counts as a complement.
Inspiring post (despite the fact that it is a post - or maybe because of that?) that reminds me to make some things real, not just digital. A puzzle, though: 99% of my (small but good-hearted) audience is not in the same city I am in, many not even in the same country. We seem to have a sense of community (regular weekly livestreams) which I could not shift to in-person. I could add in-person, but not replace my odd YouTube community. I figure I'll just accept the impossibility of my ideal and keep on keeping on. But I will seriously consider adding the live-and-for-real events as well - so I do seriously thank you for this!
Very interesting read!
Please turn on the option to listen for those of us with very dry eyes. Thank you.