Korin

There’s a special breed of internet weirdo who spends so much time staring at a screen that their brain has completely turned to mush. To them, the entire world is on fire 24x7. There is no middle ground, no nuance, and no sense of proportion whatsoever. Someone having an annoying opinion on a blog isn't just someone being a bit of a twat; it’s an existential crisis that requires a boycott, a campaign website, and multiple days of frantic keyboard warrior activism. Everything is connected in…

I watched a documentary on Channel 4 recently called England 'Til I Die (embedded below from YouTube). It follows a group of racist thugs and how they want all the "rapist Muslims" out. Horrible, vile people. These idiots often quote that the asylum seekers are here to rape and pillage. They're not, you fucking morons. They're here because it's not safe wherever they've come from. GET THEM OUT! This is another quote we see a lot. But what have you done for this country? Except squat around in…

Use Johnny Decimal, set up a Zettelkasten, implement the PARA method, buy a Bullet Journal... none of it matters if you never do the work. I often read about people setting up these elaborate systems to save time. It only took you 3 weeks to set up, but think about how much time you will save going forward! It's bollocks. You're spending hours tweaking plugins, tags, and folder trees to avoid a five-minute task you don't want to do. All it does is give you the cheap dopamine hit of feeling…

I don't like social media. I haven't been on it for decades. I tried Mastodon recently, but that didn't go too well. I do enjoy YouTube Shorts though - they're a good way to kill some time here and there. The algorithm has recently churned up some videos of auditors. These are people who appear to hang around outside of government buildings "auditing" them (read: taking photo's of staff and their vehicles). This is so the "auditor" can get a rise out of the staff, the puff out their chest and…

I signed up for a Mastodon account recently, forgot about it, then came back yesterday to have a nose about. Had a look at the trending section and here's what I found as a relatively new Mastodon user: Everyone involved in a Linux distro called Omarchy is a Nazi bastard because of the bloke who created it. 1Password are bastards-by-proxy and everyone should hate them. You should all go and delete your Digital Ocean accounts immediately. Because, reasons. Some guy called Manton is crying about…

I discovered unstory recently after nosing around Bubbles. I've read a handful of his/her posts now and Jesus Christ, I hope I don't end up as miserable and jaded as this person. Every post so far has been negative. Whether that's the internet, society, the people within it. All shit according to ustory. All except one post about smoking. Each to their own and all that, but the fact that smoking is seemingly the only thing this person finds pleasure in feels very sad indeed. On a more positive…

I was in work the other day, chatting to a guy who's one level above me, and around 20 years my senior. I was moaning talking about my kids and how I try to make time for them despite having a stressful, busy job. His reply was something like: I wouldn't worry about it too much. I missed everything when my kids were growing up and they turned out fine. I didn't have time for it all with work. That was my wife's job. What he didn't realise was that I wasn't moaning about having to attend these…