“I was impacted by the layoffs” = Those MFers just unceremoniously shitcanned me “I am fortunate to have had this opportunity” = Look, future employers, see? See how gracious I’m being? “I’m so grateful to my CEO, Jerry, for teaching me how to move fast and break things” = He’s…

We’ve been having the wrong argument. — It doesn’t matter when life begins — at conception, at a certain number of weeks, when a heartbeat can be detected. This “magic moment” is irrelevant to the debate over abortion’s legality. The question we should be asking is: Should the government force people to risk their lives to save…

I’ve got a bad feeling about this… — Self-help gurus have long profited off the claim that positive thoughts, or a positive mental attitude (PMA), can lead directly to improvements in one’s life and career. But as noted in an earlier post on the pitfalls of mentorship, research shows that race, gender, cognitive ability, and other factors that…

My tolerance for pseudoscience is in retrograde. — Let’s rip the Band-aid off, shall we? Two double-blind tests from 1985 confirmed what critical-thinkers have known since the Enlightenment: astrological “natal charts” cannot accurately predict personality traits. The positions of the stars and planets when one is born have no measurable effect on how one turns out personality-wise. Translation…

Drop the turkey leg and step away from the ButcherBox… — They have names like the Carnivore Diet, the Caveman Diet, the Savage Diet, the Primal Diet, the Sapien Diet, and the Look-at-Me-Daddy-I’m-a-Big-Muscly-Boy-Now-Daddy-Because-I-Eat-All-My-Meats-Are-You-Proud-of-Me-Daddy? Diet. Okay, so maybe I made that last one up. But do any of these carbohydrate-restricting, meat-intensive diets, which are intended to mimic the diets of our pre-Agricultural…

The Solopreneur’s Passive Income Life Hack for Multiplying Your Earnings* (*by Zero) — Do what you love. Whether it’s making candle holders out of driftwood or leading a search for Bigfoot in the woods behind your parents’ house or recreating the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode as a one-woman show, following your passion in life is a surefire way to add some…

A St. Patrick’s Day Reflection on Being Stranded in Rosses Point, County Sligo — The year was 2009. ’Twas a simpler time, to be sure. I had just graduated, against all odds, from a university in Montréal and was living with my French (France-French, not Québecoise—that’ll become relevant in a moment) girlfriend who, against all odds, would go on to marry me. But that’s…

15 Cultic Characteristics of the NFT Enthusiasts Inundating Your Twitter Feed — First, a disclaimer: This article is not about the benefits — or pitfalls — of blockchain technology. It’s not about whether Web3 is going great or not. (Molly White’s already got that covered.) It’s not even really about cryptocurrencies or NFTs. This is an article about human behavior. Specifically, it’s…

How I Learned to Give Up the “Preciousness” of My Writing Practice — Right now, at this very moment, I am sitting on the couch, writing this story on my phone. My toddler is on my lap. Daniel Tiger is on TV, imploring us to close our eyes, snuggle, and take deep breaths. In a few minutes, the episode will end, and my…