off to the cinema to see Ghosts: The Possession of Button House. was a big fan of the show while it was running so naturally should enjoy this. if you haven’t seen ghosts it’s worth your time so funny and heartwarming and the best way i can describe it is like horrible histories for adults

and both are built on lies and deeply corrosive to the fabric of society NEXT

people simply don’t believe you when you lament that your mind doesn’t work the way it once used to. when you lose sharpness they think it’s an exaggeration. but a dramatic drop in intelligence is possible: i am a living example. i don’t quite know the reasons

if i had always been stupid this could be tolerable, i’d be happy sharing an existence with others in my iq bracket and embrace life. but i once was a high tier midwit, 128 iq. i used to be able to write longform essays for university and short snappy zingers for twitter now i can’t write anything

do you know how utterly soul-destroying it is to see old pieces of text written by you with the full understanding that you will never be able to write that way again. you simply cannot string sentences together in the same manner. your lexicon has shrunk. your brain is fried

there are still songs to sing beyond mankind