Host of the podcast Almost Plausible, where I and a couple of friends take an ordinary object (such as a paperclip, eggnog, or a toilet brush) and come up with a movie plot based on that object.

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Cake day: October 13th, 2023

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  • I still remember one of the questions on my written driving test from almost 30 years ago. It was something like:

    A group of pedestrians start crossing the road in front of you, just as the light turns green for you. What do you do?

    • Honk your horn and yell at them.
    • Nothing, just wait for them to finishing crossing.
    • Rev your engine to scare them into crossing faster.
    • Hit one to teach the rest a lesson.

    I was so tempted to pick the last option.















  • In my experience, Hinge is still the best, but all of the apps have the same fundamental flaw. Imagine every person in your area who is single is in one big room and you line up to meet each other one at a time. That’s basically how they work. Want to skip meeting people with different political or religious beliefs? No problem! Just pay up (and by the way, it’s not cheap). Also, the filters are critically limited and largely superficial. It’s a slog no matter what.

    From what I’ve heard, OkCupid used to work properly as a way to find people who were actually a good match for you, but Match group bought them and stripped all the tools that made it useful. I actually recently saw a great comment about exactly that.