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johnny v5
@generativist
Lapsed computational social scientist. Blasphemous orthodox jester with Discordian allegiances, nerdy habits, burrito affinities, and a big computer. 🇺🇸
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    imagine being buried and then seeing a rat with a backpack suddenly arrive. it would be all i was even capable of talking about ever again
    I train these clever creatures to save victims trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes. We kit them out with a rat backpack, and train them to trigger a switch when they find a victim & come back for a tasty treat 🐀 #herosnotpests #science #weirdjobs #WomenInSTEM
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    you will live to see horrors beyond your comprehension
    Trying this before-bed caffeine pill by tonight. Supposed to be released 7 hours after and wake you up.
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    Hometown friend: "Wait, you have 17,000 followers? How?!" Me: "Know how I often get really excited about things and talk about them for several minutes before someone says, 'okay, I get it,' to politely ask that I stop?" Friend: "Yea?" Me: "On twitter, no one asks me to stop."
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    calling it "twitter" versus calling it "x" is still a very good discriminator for account quality
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    guy at the (palo alto) library (in quiet room) has just been saying "oh fuck" and "oh no" and "jesus" every few minutes for the last hour
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    backend engineer sweating while doing timezone calculations on an object that flies across them
    Incredible edge case I found while researching flying with the toddler
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    A lot of people on here have great nature tattoos but I’m not sure this one is beatable
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    apple continues to be the best in the hardware biz
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    i never saw XKCD 2117 before
    differentiation is easier than integration
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    the richest man in the world’s timeline is indistinguishable from a fb boomer in the mid-to-late stages of family-doesn’t-talk-to-him anymore. it’s genuinely astonishing
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    My favorite accounts on this hellsite are people who, - post about things they understand deeply while also, - frequently shitpost in the wheelhouse of their weird.
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    A person in this coffee house just repeatedly pronounced @github as jithub. I’m having a lot of trouble with boundaries right now.
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    BREAKING: PALANTIR CROWD CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED AFTER FAILING TO IMAGINE SOMEONE WILLING TO TOSS THE RING OF POWER INTO MOUNT DOOM
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    Replying to @jswalden
    free speech ends where my dead airpod batteries begin