I don’t have a problem. I can quit any time I like. I only swipe recreationally. Every five minutes. Maybe I’m in denial. First stage, right?

update: Auto-correct and I are in a toxic relationship. Swiping just enables it. Tried quitting once. Worst 5 minutes of my life.

update: There’s this 12-step program… Step one was turning off predictive text. Didn’t make it to step two.

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  • Get to know yourself. What kind of person you are, what do you like, need and so on. Accept yourself as you are.

    Sure, you can change your weight, learn new skills, become better at stuff and get stronger. I’m not talking about those things. Some traits just are the way they are, and fighting against them will only result in frustration, stress and sadness. Try to figure out which parts of you can be changed and which ones can’t. Treat them accordingly.



  • Here we stumble again on the flawed definition of a species. It’s not black and white. Biology is a fuzzy mess with no clear borders, so the fuzzy terms should be treated accordingly.

    People love clear boundaries, but biology doesn’t work that way. Everything in biology is incredibly complex, so any rule of thumb comes with huge caveats. Fuzzy concepts like “species” or even “life” are useful—as long as you avoid the grey areas.

    The moment you start exploring edge cases, all bets are off, and the warranty on all neat definitions expires. Nothing works neatly with edge cases, so those who wander into the grey area are on their own.