Today, as i was waiting for my 3 y.o. daughter’s tennis lesson to conclude, i found myself (as most of the time when i’m idling) browsing my neverending stream of blogposts, articles, and semi-funny memes. Until i came across this blogpost by the ever-so-delightful to read Dan Sinker about Jenny Holzer. I got giddy. I love Jenny Holzer, and especially her truisms. I’d have “abuse of power comes as no surprise” tattooed on a bicep (GET IT?) if it wasn’t so tacky.
First some background for the uninitiated as per Wikipedia:
Truisms is a text-based art piece developed between 1978 and 1987 by the American artist Jenny Holzer. As the title suggests, the work features hundreds of truisms showcasing a wide range of opinions and beliefs. Since its release, various featured truisms have been rewritten on a variety of mediums, such as park benches, baseball caps, and t-shirts.
Repetition Is The Best Way To Learn Things #
When i first started this site i did it because i had a document of thoughts vaguely linked with other documents of other thoughts as a mindmap in Obsidian. I thought writing it down and thus repeating it would help me memorise and eventually better hold on to the knowledge ingested. I got lazy, and failed to keep up with it, and it now sits somewhere in a folder on a usb-stick in a drawer. I needed the same but with some form of accountability: enter this site. It is basicly the same thing, but out there. It functions as a public ledger of stuff i’ve come across, and sometimes forces me to linger longer on them writting pieces like the one you’re reading now. I might get lazy again, who knows, but for now it works.
Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise #
I have a long standing “discussion” with my girlfriend about that there is no way an ethical billionaire can exist. My train of thought on this is that, to amass such a perverse large quantity of wealth, you have to have done something morally wrong along the way. Charging too much for your product or paying your workers too little is morally deplorable. The coca-cola hitsquads, the entire fucking trump regime, the goddamned catholic church for fucks sake, etc… The examples are legio. The abuse of power in itself comes as no surprise, but the way the abuse is commited can still catch me off-guard. The creativity in stepping over other people for gains and fame is at times flabbergasting.
You Should Raise Boys And Girls In The Same Way #
This was written in 1978. It is now 2026, my daughter went to the mardi-grass thing at school as a dinosaur, her nephew asked and received an Elsa costume. We’re hopefully instilling a certain “Fuck what others think, you do you, as long you’re not hurting someone else."-vibe that was kind of missing in our own upbringings.
Oh, also, men can cook now, women can provide now. The fact that there is a movement clinging to the opposite of that means it is working.
Repetition Is The Best Way To Learn Things #
When i first started this site i did it because i had a document of thoughts vaguely linked with other documents of other thoughts as a mindmap in Obsidian. I thought writing it down and thus repeating it would help me memorise and eventually better hold on to the knowledge ingested. I got lazy, and failed to keep up with it, and it now sits somewhere in a folder on a usb-stick in a drawer. I needed the same but with some form of accountability: enter this site. It is basicly the same thing, but out there. It functions as a public ledger of stuff i’ve come across, and sometimes forces me to linger longer on them writting pieces like the one you’re reading now. I might get lazy again, who knows, but for now it works.
There’s A Fine Line Between Information And Propaganda. #
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1978. OR YESTERDAY.
The End #
You don’t have to agree on the sentiment of what is said, that’s the beauty of truisms, but you have to start with the acknowledgement that what is said is a basic truth. Also check out Lapalissades, a form of truism that is peak comedy. “Here lies the Seigneur de La Palice: If he weren’t dead, he would still be envied.”
Repetition Is The Best Way To Learn Things #
When i first started this site i did it because i had a document of thoughts vaguely linked with other documents of other thoughts as a mindmap in Obsidian. I thought writing it down and thus repeating it would help me memorise and eventually better hold on to the knowledge ingested. I got lazy, and failed to keep up with it, and it now sits somewhere in a folder on a usb-stick in a drawer. I needed the same but with some form of accountability: enter this site. It is basicly the same thing, but out there. It functions as a public ledger of stuff i’ve come across, and sometimes forces me to linger longer on them writting pieces like the one you’re reading now. I might get lazy again, who knows, but for now it works.
