Stone Cold Swerve Autism

Enthusiasm and Divine Madness: "Nine Black Poppies" by the Mountain Goats Here is a song that makes me dizzy: "Nine Black Poppies" by the Mountain Goats. I'm a little surprised that the entry for this song in Darni...

I wrote about enthusiasm and divine madness in "Nine Black Poppies" by #theMountainGoats.

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Darnielle's Hyper-Ironism: "Cubs in Five" by the Mountain Goats Here is a song that makes you believe in impossible things: "Cubs in Five" by the Mountain Goats. This song is an ironic pastiche of prophec...

I wrote about how irony can double back on itself in a way that makes room for the impossible in "Cubs in Five" by the Mountain Goats.

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Where Is My Mind: "Going to Port Washington" by the Mountain Goats This post is part of the Mountain Goats Book Club . Here is a love song that will turn your mind inside out: "Going to Port Washington" by t...

I wrote about gods, love, and what it means to have something on your mind in "Going to Port Washington" by the Mountain Goats.

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halfpipe and poetry: two activities where you can do all the fancy stuff possible in the air and it doesn't matter if you can't land it

Religious Stubbornness: "Pure Gold" by the Mountain Goats Here is a psychedelic ditty inspired by a pinball machine: "Pure Gold" by the Mountain Goats.   What universe is this happening in? There's ...

I wrote about the religious feeling I have about the Mountain Goats:

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The Fire of Love in "Sept 19 Triple X Love! Love!" by the Mountain Goats This post is part of the Mountain Goats Book Club series .  Here is a song about destruction, devotion, fire, and household chores: "Sept 19...

I wrote about destruction, devotion, fire, and household chores in "Sept 19 Triple X Love! Love!" by the Mountain Goats.

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Romance of the Useless Key: "Third Snow Song" by the Mountain Goats Here is a song about the lengths to which a man will go to read a plaque: "Third Snow Song" by the Mountain Goats.   This song refuses to st...

Today, I wrote about the lengths to which a man will go to read a plaque in "Third Snow Song" by the Mountain Goats
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John Darnielle's Anti-Tragedy: "The Recognition Scene" by the Mountain Goats Here is a song, about stealing and gluttonously consuming sweets, that makes people cry: “The Recognition Scene” by the Mountain Goats. The ...

Yesterday, I wrote about tragedy, candy, and some kind of knockoff Bonnie and Clyde in "The Recognition Scene" by the Mountain Goats
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[standing next to you] hey!

Wait, maybe I don't know what you're talking about. I thought you just meant comments on the YouTube videos of the songs

I just found out about the YouTube club. I'm writing long-form pieces when I have the bandwidth.

We get it, Manousos, you're hard core

I'm 50% convinced. But the fact that I'm even partly convinced is in itself pretty convincing, so I'm updating that to 75%. And the proof's ability to change my mind that fast is even more impressive: 87.5%. Is a proof whose convincingness converges to 100% formally acceptable?

Comic. Conjecture: It’s possible to construct a convincing proof without words, pictures, or content of any kind. Proof: [empty box] [caption] Proofs without words are cool, but we can go further.

Proof Without Content

xkcd.com/3201/

Ray, what's your favorite They Might Be Giants song?

Good gods, I just had to bin an hour's worth of rationalizations because a different bot wasn't confused enough by the instructions I gave it. I really am in a fucking Kafka novel

Please let me know if you have work for an autistic genius dummy desperate to get out of AI data training. A lot of neurodivergent folks are trapped in this hell industry

Half my job right now is arguing with AI bots. If the bot says my work is wrong, I have to explain why it's actually right. A human still at least nominally has oversight, but what do you want to bet they're using an AI to vet my rationalizations.

They don't know that vaguepost prayer requests are a critical weakness in their spiritual infrastructure

Hey, post on Facebook that you're looking for prayers. Send your family's and friends' prayers my way. I'm harvesting them for Minnesota's resistance of ICE.

We can dream of a better world

My take is that it should be socially acceptable to go up to strangers and say, "Are you autistic? I'm autistic."

At the indie rock show. Are you guys all not coming?

A game of Magic the Gathering Online, with myself on the attack with three large bodies and 3 effects on the stack, my opponent having just cast Wan Shi Tong, Librarian at X=5, and my having replied with Sokka's Haiku. In the chat, swervestray says "howdy!" and "glhf", and 13 minutes later, the opponent says "asterisks you", and I reply, "no owl for you". They have disconnected from the game.

Am I the asshole? Bro just rage disconnected. #mtgonline

Philosophy is like drugs in that if you do it, pretty soon you'll be saying things that make you sound crazy.

Some people fistbump like their fist is giving yours a kiss. Not me. I'm playing bloody knuckles every time. I'm a macho man. Everyone likes me.

I want to return to the warmth of the dream!

I've been waiting for this! Last year's list was eye-opening for me, and I can't wait to tear into this one like a mighty lion rending her prey. 🤘

I used to think I could be one of the Talented Posters, like I was the little mermaid, dreaming of legs

My 9yo told me about his feelings! I was so excited, I could not stay chill about it. So he rubbed his butt into my face. Day in the life