Day -2: Back in 2018, my dearest parents put forth a down payment for an Antarctic cruise to depart in spring 2020. Of course, given the course of history, that did not happen. This is why I’m writing this now, seated in a café in sunny Buenos Aires, a day…

Clothes affect how much most people perceive someone a lot for how quickly and easily they can be changed. Assumptions can be made about whether someone is rich, aspiring, or poor, tasteful or tasteless. We’re told not to judge a book by its cover, but our heuristics often make those…

Stacey wasn’t a bad person. No, she was a kind person at heart, or at least according to her second-grade teacher, but that had been twenty years ago. She just happened to be addicted to meth. It wasn’t her fault really, a joint or two, then some cocaine, and then…

8/10. Excellent. The reactions of those know of my taste in literature likely range from surprised to mortified that I’m writing a book review on a pulpy sci-fi web novel. The fact that I refer to books as literature should reveal my pretentious tastes and opinions. Furthermore, though I arrived…

This is the second part in a series about my choice to reduce my alcohol consumption, and the first can be found here. It’s not a holier than thou attempt to convince others to do the same, but hey, the kid’s got to write about something. It’s been four months…

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a metacognitive phenomenon which compares the knowledge or ability someone has in a field or subject with their perception of their actual ability. Averaged across a general population, the curve is traditionally presented like this: a sharp upward slope indicating increased confidence with little knowledge, then…

Nathaniel and Hasan were sitting in the living room of Hasan’s house a couple of hours after midnight, just catching up. They had missed the pre-game and were waiting for last call at the bars so they could go to afters. They saw each other nearly every other day, outside…

Happy January everyone. Classic yuppie New Year’s post combined with men’s podcast episode, as reflected by the nasty-sounding title. I think everyone wishes they could be more productive; very often, productivity is standard “type-two” fun: it’s grueling or a chore at best in the moment, but it’s satisfying to look…

All right, gather around, pseudo-misogynistic post number three in what seems like just as many months. I never thought I’d write something like this, but I’m truly out of content and craving clicks. Recently, I helped a friend set up a dating profile and gave him a few pointers based…