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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

References I use pretty often:

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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1. SMBC 1741 https://t.co/FCWfGOPN3v

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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2. Tom Gauld primitive superstition https://t.co/wVjGj9lhyy

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

@VecnanKrait yea https://t.co/gwVee0FHMX

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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3. Oglaf - Overthinking https://t.co/h5JMI3CgqP

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

@marionnjoya One of my favorite Oglaf strips: https://t.co/ulCvihjmj2

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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4. xkcd 1227 - the pace of modern life https://t.co/rGtHll3Y4z

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

btw I particularly use XKCD 1227 a lot, I reference it so much I have it memorized and basically hot-keyed: https://t.co/XDNhwjIt7J https://t.co/bd8P2hlBCz

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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5. Julie Zhuo, creative process https://t.co/rDJAY2U8wi

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

I think about these two pictures from @joulee a lot – very succinct and powerful way of describing how professional creatives have a more structured process, and how that isn't necessarily limiting – you actually get to try more things this way https://t.co/XUA8zUZBMb

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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6. Contrapoints, on gender https://t.co/vRjQCudK60

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 5 years ago

@the_aiju @lisatomic5 I can't not post one of my favorite contrapoints quotes in response to this https://t.co/UibK7Nrlqq

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

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7. mansplaining https://t.co/J4HzgKHMi8

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

My favorite example of mansplaining https://t.co/yrE6ZJhgeZ

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11/30/2020

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

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8. don't ask questions just consume product and then get excited for next products https://t.co/e9WJfiQgyQ

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3/28/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

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9. that is a very American way of looking at it https://t.co/7rpAxEv78K

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3/28/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

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10. the mind of god https://t.co/sR5dhAAlAn

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 5 years ago

@nicklovescode let there be light https://t.co/uF4UsJPco1 https://t.co/Dos78NS3gV

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4/6/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

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11. joseph campbell on swimming vs drowning https://t.co/aZIbT0X86e

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5/6/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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12. disco record sales https://t.co/fk1iQwRvWB

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8/11/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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13. https://t.co/2Y4DqATRfg

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

me when I get my ass kicked https://t.co/flFD4VDaAF

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8/29/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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14. https://t.co/nVdlr6aEzd

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

@juliagalef Oglaf- Delusionist https://t.co/BqDBgZvfMk

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8/29/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

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15. will i ever be as good as the old masters? https://t.co/xvnqXCz0ka

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 6 years ago

@pirarobizarro oooh, rediscovered one of my all-time favorites https://t.co/240m5FoTXO

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8/29/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago

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16. never waste a teaching opportunity https://t.co/qBKSDxeXfF

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10/22/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago

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17. shouldn’t take long https://t.co/wzUr78oPRx

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11/24/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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18. worker/genius separation https://t.co/hMKRpoylNc

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

I often return to this talk by Liz Gilbert to contextualize this sort of thing for me: https://t.co/XMt6QNexxE https://t.co/R1B4vlDlbH

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2/20/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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19. a quick thing https://t.co/pPXxsJqXyi

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2/20/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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20. hmm… A or B? https://t.co/AUvbMD9VV4

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2/24/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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21. anarchist garbage man https://t.co/P6XZIx6XVy

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3/9/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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22. objective distribution https://t.co/DQRalblOrG

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3/30/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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23. it is most preferable to do fuck-all https://t.co/j7qEQiqFNx

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4/1/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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24. consider obeying the inscrutable exhortations of your soul https://t.co/pLlRDKQEgK

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4/3/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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25. stop and smell the flowers https://t.co/jijYuSon5K

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4/3/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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26. hit da bricks!! https://t.co/eZQF6Iq1HK

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4/3/2022

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• over 3 years ago

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@visakanv wanting to link this one to its original source, maybe in part because that source is actually on twitter: https://t.co/aGp2suVXG1

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4/6/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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27. nice pecs bro https://t.co/jjy6YZW1m6

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4/8/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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28. sometimes it's ok to bother people https://t.co/reghXfi2bu

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4/8/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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29. they’re the same picture https://t.co/pwD6TYQEEl

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4/11/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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30. the nature of ambition, Grant Snider (@grantdraws) https://t.co/iPfOacNVnH https://t.co/PZRiED1OK7

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4/14/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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@grantdraws 31. "Each group is some percent crazy assholes." https://t.co/Hj88m8BJst https://t.co/gDm4zRclje

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4/25/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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32. https://t.co/Q7GRKXqEwp

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

the thing I really like about the KWML archetypes is how they break it down into the failure modes. Too much yin or too much yang, too soft or too hard, too needy or too detached https://t.co/nXIMqdzJt6

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4/25/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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33. microdosing https://t.co/OMBHkZzKHW

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4/30/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

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34. don’t shoot https://t.co/u2KuYOOItK

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5/12/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

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35. you have no concept of justice (https://t.co/R7gkqYcv9T) https://t.co/XJtvTuP89H

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7/12/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

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36. are you proud to serve it? https://t.co/OQ1RVVzJ31

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7/23/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

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37. Stop reciting theory and just hit your target https://t.co/MBshpdeRnL

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8/3/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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38. https://t.co/tQvGfPhb30

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9/7/2022

Phil@blisstweeting• almost 3 years ago

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@visakanv @SakoAsko This is the best illustration for the current AI generated scary pictures discourse

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9/7/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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39. just looking out for everyone else https://t.co/jhuoeEicqh

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9/10/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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40. we’ll all be normal! https://t.co/1UatnKBptu

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9/17/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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41. tragic backstory https://t.co/JvIkhTbqzH

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10/6/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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42. but can you take compliments? https://t.co/fwlvaQIrHd

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10/13/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 3 years ago

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43. the babelfish problem https://t.co/kNLVIKDGOm

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11/13/2022

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

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44. detoxing 🙏🏾 https://t.co/B8zK742sKj

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1/24/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

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45. why the mask? https://t.co/cJvrzBeyry

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3/16/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

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46. deeply held beliefs https://t.co/rXLsniDeVe

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4/9/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

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47. very normal thing to say https://t.co/lX0g83x5CF

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4/22/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

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48. no peace https://t.co/AxpQs7e6W9

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6/22/2023

Rudra Dakini@the_wilderless• about 2 years ago

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@visakanv Oh thank god,, I’m trying to write a thing about this rn using the thread below, But my thread was riffing on a TikTok and I was like “fuck that’s not gonna translate well to print” Bunny-duck war works much better https://t.co/qx03Y1VOij

Rudra Dakini@the_wilderless• over 2 years ago

Wars are fought over whether “baptism piracy” or “that isn’t mercy” is The Truth Lives are made joyful or shitty or forgettable or meaningful based on which line a person expects to hear, or is taught to hear

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6/22/2023

Rudra Dakini@the_wilderless• about 2 years ago

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@visakanv I cannot overstate just how timely your post is lol

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6/22/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

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@the_wilderless nice, i love to be useful by accident 😂🫡

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6/22/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

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49. too busy https://t.co/6Twdd0mfUH

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6/24/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

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50. the circle of life https://t.co/bqO6ASq91w

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8/30/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 2 years ago

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51. I’ve found myself quoting this bit from The Matrix increasingly often lately when talking about the challenges of getting people to consider a perspective that contradicts their model of reality. If you’re going to try, you better be skillful about it and expect a struggle https://t.co/Q9lLt07i9B

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10/16/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 2 years ago

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52. woman leaves cryptic message in notes app for future self to decipher https://t.co/ot6Gk4Rhjl

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11/1/2023

Emma P@emmaconcepts• almost 2 years ago

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@visakanv ahh reminds me of this 😂 https://t.co/Zu9vaQ2Ept

Emma P@emmaconcepts• almost 4 years ago

The problem with not sorting through your random notes for 12 months is you come across fragments like: "Megalothymia, phalansteries, and leaning into your neurotype." and you are like OKAY EMMA, WHATEVER YOU SAY.

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11/1/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 2 years ago

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53. you are not doing the activity https://t.co/PGGQhI3pwa https://t.co/JNzzIhkldO

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 11 years ago

1/ It's very interesting and useful I think to apply the MVP model of product development to personal development. http://t.co/ef1dY1UNr8

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11/20/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 2 years ago

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54. four of them https://t.co/4BiEDcFsJ6

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11/24/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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55. they actually agree https://t.co/XLQ4VuZBIp

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12/5/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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56. cutting costs https://t.co/8BcYTnYArr

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12/28/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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57. nobody panics when things go according to plan https://t.co/jJx37rH2LG

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2/11/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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58. "i just need to push harder" is sometimes the wrong approach https://t.co/GUgPMnBTAm

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2/20/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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59. sometimes what people call "genius" is simply doing any thinking at all https://t.co/1FmF0Q4RjD https://t.co/hmQh9MYiax

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 years ago

people are really impressed by any plan that has more than 2 steps. first they tell you it’s hubris and/or impossible, then when you get it done some people call it luck, others call it genius. imo it’s none of those things, not much. it’s regular 2d chess

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2/22/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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60. via 'the art of cleanup', by ursus wehrli https://t.co/Yy2h6KCVsq https://t.co/Q6fSLAFLW8

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

@natural_hazard yes– Ursus Wehrli https://t.co/Emw9hmQY4p

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3/16/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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61. failure is part of the process https://t.co/KvedIKrMLS

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3/31/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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62. https://t.co/UTYfEstnG0

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4/5/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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63. a description of empire collapse, via Asimov’s Foundation https://t.co/MazYwLQBpy

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5/1/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 11 months ago

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64. interwoven layers of misconceptions https://t.co/covfL5OZmp

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10/7/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 11 months ago

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65. everyone will not just https://t.co/0u94VIdXKA

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10/13/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 8 months ago

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66. imagine what you’ll know tomorrow https://t.co/jq2UfCjybb

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1/8/2025

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 8 months ago

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67. have you ever heard of a blind spot?! https://t.co/P1g5w5KM88

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1/16/2025

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 6 months ago

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68. kinda missing the point https://t.co/5jIPEQx94C

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2/25/2025

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 4 months ago

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69. the danger scale https://t.co/IRcLVA0HDu

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4/22/2025

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• 4 months ago

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70. caffeine https://t.co/SECbSKI16F

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4/30/2025

Elodes@ElodesNL• over 1 year ago

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@visakanv omg

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2/19/2024

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• over 1 year ago

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@visakanv haha what is this from?

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2/18/2024

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

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@Malcolm_Ocean I have no idea lol

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2/18/2024

Vivid Void@VividVoid_• over 3 years ago

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@visakanv Just remember that your desires come from the product of tragic social conditioning and mine come from the inscrutable exhortations of my soul

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4/3/2022

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• over 3 years ago

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@visakanv https://t.co/PUdCSYF6pv

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4/8/2022

anansi 🌞@s0ulDirect0r• over 3 years ago

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@visakanv Bro this man is my hero

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4/3/2022

anansi 🌞@s0ulDirect0r• over 1 year ago

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@visakanv Still my hero 😂

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3/9/2024

Johnson (TC House Lisbon -Dec)@justavagrant_• about 3 years ago

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@visakanv legend😂😂😂

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8/3/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 4 years ago

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@visakanv the last panel is actually super interesting in light of the whole thing about how cave paintings are meant to be viewed in flickering fire light. someone did an amazing thread about this but i probably won’t be able to find it

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10/22/2021

QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 4 years ago

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@visakanv https://t.co/l0TvVooHNS

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10/22/2021

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago

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@QiaochuYuan ye https://t.co/ptSweywBZe

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

7. what if cave art was carefully designed to be viewed by firelight? https://t.co/x3G3rSvZDS

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10/22/2021

QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 4 years ago

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@visakanv ay there it is

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10/22/2021

Harsh Gupta@hargup13• over 2 years ago

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@visakanv What is the context of this one? I want to watch the episode.

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4/9/2023

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

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@hargup13 I don’t remember

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4/9/2023

Quentin@Tangrenin• over 3 years ago

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@visakanv It reminds me of Julia Galef's website :) https://t.co/zeuwBkZWU4

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2/26/2022