BashfulBob [none/use name]

Sacrifices must be made for the greater good.

We will end the Prequels and bring about a new era. An era with a second Christmas Special. We’ll do it right this time.

Imagine going back to 1997 and not stopping along the way in 1999 to prevent SW Episode One from being released.

Curious that they have not yet banned the parenthesis.

Um, aktuly, we have always been at war with East Asia.

Does the paper discuss the Feel Bad Effect of having to throw away your desk every time you move apartments, because it is impossible to disassemble and transport?

it’s kind of similar to the IKEA model of providing a kit for people to assemble furniture and, afterward, feeling increased satisfaction for having accomplished something and internalizing the sense that they built the furniture

I don’t think that’s why IKEA furniture needs to be assembled. If you’ve ever tried to move a piece of pre-assembled IKEA furniture, you’ll know why it comes in pieces. There’s a reason people value hardwood. It doesn’t disintegrate as soon as you put pressure on it in the wrong direction.

if you told people to “just add water” it would break the illusion.

The illusion that butter tastes good?