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This has been similar to my own personal experience. I've generated a number of scripts and browser extensions to do various things perfectly fitting my use cases, but they're far too niche to be worth publishing.

Not just the em dash, but the pervasive "not X, but Y" construction.

(oh no am i one of them?)


I'd say changing something for vague aesthetic reasons is far more wasteful than doing so to make things more accessible. Compare the cost of installing a curb cut vs. filling it back in because you think a straight curb looks "stronger."

serif vs sans serif is not "a vague aesthetic reason", it's the most fundamental typeface choice you can make, moreso than monospace (which is an artifact of some 19th century technology) Rubio is an attorney, and there are many stylistic conventions in the legal and judicial space, why ruffle those feathers by flouting them? if you are given a style guide for your PhD thesis, do you follow it or do you futz endlessly with the fonts to show them what an independent thinker you are?

It seems like Rubio has chosen to futz endlessly with fonts rather than follow the established style guide.

People should be deeply concerned that Rubio even has time to think about this. How does he not have something better to do?

Reminds me of the classic Scale of the Universe flash toy by Cary Huang (now available in HTML 5!):

https://htwins.net/scale2/



Just make sure you're using the new version (old one was compromised):

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube


Grueling Household Tasks Of 19th Century Enjoyed By Suburban Woman

https://theonion.com/grueling-household-tasks-of-19th-centur...


"I just saw something incredibly cool! A big floating ball that lit up with every color in the rainbow, plus some new ones that were so beautiful I fell to my knees and cried."

"Was it out in front of Discount Shoe Outlet?"

"Yeah..."

"They have a college kid wear that to attract customers."


"Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?"

"Well, sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines and movies and at ball games, on buses and milk cartons and T-shirts and bananas and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No, sir-ee!"


And https://masterofallscience.com/ for Rick and Morty.

edit: Though it seems to be somewhat outdated.


and https://funcooker.fun/ for 30 Rock. (I think the Frinkiac people used to run a different 30 Rock page but it went away at some point)


Got some example words or phrases? When I hear stuff like this I'm curious how much is just your standard "out of touch adult" stuff and how much is genuinely bizarre niche rabbitholes.


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