Kristina Wilson

So….no. The word you’re looking for is no.

@rick_paulas The first warm weekend in NYC is one of the most powerful drugs available

this is going to be a wildly horny weekend out here in NYC. perhaps the horniest. people are PENT UP! babies will be CONCEIVED. we are going to see everything from a small business opening up to planes hitting our world trade centers.

@TheLetsNotDate The twitter comment section has about as much of a sense of humor as I’d expect lol. This is great. You should follow @swipesfordaddy on if if you don’t

Men use sexuality to intimidate, to frighten, to unsettle. I use it as a language. Turning their favorite weapon into their discomfort is one of my favorite games. It is their turn now.

@Polymarket My BMBL position cannot keep taking hits like this dear god why

NEW: Dating app Bumble to remove left-right swipe & replace it with an AI matchmaker called “Bee.”

@LW1307 @ChallengCliches @jakozloski This guy suuuuuucks

We are on social media and I believe my sentence was essentially proper and conveyed what I wanted and intended. Who are you? Are you fluent in six languages? Are you licensed to practice law in multiple states? Who the hell are you? How many trials have you won? Have many papers of yours have been published?

"Would you marry someone less intelligent than you?" Outright "no": Women: 45% Men: 8% Women are nearly 6x more likely to rule it out entirely. The single largest gender disparity in our deep-question dataset.

@HowardRoark90 @jakozloski Could be accurate if it’s analyzing whatever sample they selected for this study and that sample was more male. Does raise questions though

@jakozloski ~left without further comment~

@MattWalshBlog I think this is the kind of thing that calcifies with time. I would have said the same thing about the aughts in like 2012, but now that period feels very distinct.

Every decade in modern American history can be identified and defined by its own style, its own approach to music, film, fashion, its own aesthetic. That seems to have stopped right around 2010. The 2010s don't really have their own unique feel, even in retrospect. The 2020s certainly don't. We're more than halfway through the decade. What are the movies, music, style, and trends that this decade will be remembered for? It's like we fell into some kind of cultural blackhole 15 years ago.

@HannahDCox I don't know. Childcare is veryy expensive, as are those extra plane tickets and the extra hotel room. This is why I think you have that like K-shaped fertility where very wealthy people (have 5 nannies, don't care) and very poor people (never traveling anyway) have the most kids

True. A lot of kids have been had out of boredom and/or just not knowing what else to do. Society also used to box people without kids out much more. Still, I think people who have means to enjoy themselves are mostly choosing to forego kids for reasons other than “I’m having too much fun.” Because people with resources can afford help or to take their kids with them. Meanwhile, people in camps 1 and 3 are undeterred from having kids due to financial reasons.

There are only three real reasons to have kids: You enjoy them. You think life is a gift worth passing on and are willing to give that to your offspring despite the hardships of rearing kids. They fulfill a psychological need you have or you do it because others do. Let’s be honest, most people don’t just LOVE being around kids all that much. There are exceptions, and those people will reproduce - but they face increasing hardships in doing so (fertility/costs). These people make great parents and are the types that “should” have kids. Number two is where the real decline is happening though. I’ve been a part of the capitalist minded crew that has argued “the world is getting better!” for years, and on paper that’s true. Life spans have increased, poverty has decreased, labor has gotten easier. But it isn’t materially true and we have to stop trying to gaslight people about that. Science shows that organisms that see closer to reality are less likely to reproduce. Many people no longer believe their offspring would enjoy a greater quality of life. They don’t see a world that’s worth extending or offering their kids up to. And you aren’t going to hoodwink them into changing their minds. A global systemic overhaul would be required to get this camp to have kids. Many of these people would be great parents, many would come around if conditions were different. But none of their existential issues are being addressed in this discussion. The third camp will continue to have kids, albeit mostly for selfish reasons. They tend to be completely unexamined and fragile in this choice, oftentimes raising kids who will go on to join camp #2. In evolutionary game theory, these organisms are not reproducing based on reason or realistic outcomes (which is why when this topic is discussed you’ll find people in camp 2 have thought far more in depth on the subject than people in camp 3 who actually pulled the trigger have), they’re acting based on inherited behavioral programs that happened to not die out in their ancestors. (i.e. they’re hardwired to survive without ever asking why).

@uncledoomer meanwhile starbucks still refuses to sell me a Trenta iced americano, those dorks

every now and then a fast food item will be unveiled that really pulls back the veil on the american consumer as a hog eating slop out of a trough

@HannahDCox Like if you were living in Wisconsin in 1965, you probably don't know anyone who's ever left the region much less the country. Everyones houses and things are about the same. So like yeah of course Ill have kids, what else is there to do with my money and time.

@HannahDCox My pet theory is that with social media people are more acutely aware of all the other things they could spend their money and time on than before (exotic trips, nice clothes, beautiful houses, etc.)

@MerriamWebster Next do the fact that 'Jamaica, Queens' and 'Jamaica the island nation' come from completely different origins that just happened to end up with the same word.

You may have noticed that the word for ‘night’ in many languages appears to be that language’s word for ‘eight’ with an ‘N' in front of it. English: N + eight = Night German: N + acht = Nacht French: N + huit = Nuit Spanish: N + ocho = Noche Italian: N + otto = Notte Portuguese: N + oito = Noite ⬇️

@darkacademician People cannot, for one million dollars, understand why Im leaving my full remote job for a hybrid one. I feel like I have three heads trying to explain to these people that it SUCKS.

As someone who did the remote thing for ~4.5 years (not really by choice, just seemed to work out that way), it’s aggressively not worth it. You don’t realize what you’re losing until you hit a point of complacent nothingness.

@Seferyn @HannahDCox The exception does not prove the rule because there is no rule. Corporations do not pay women money (any amount) out of the goodness of their charitable hearts. Hey at least you got a chance to use the phrase ad hominem though 👍 bet you were saving that one

@kwilson008 @HannahDCox **Tries to win argument with edge case, the exception proves the rule, then goes for cliche ad hominem attack.** I guess this discussion is making you feel a certain way.

It truly seems there may have been a mismatch in assigned roles. Women are running circles around men both in education and obtaining employment right now. Meanwhile, so many men swear being a SAH parent is the easiest and most desirable job in the world. So let nature take its course - women can be the breadwinners and men can be in the caretaking role. I see nothing wrong with this.

@Seferyn @HannahDCox >guy insults my entire gender >I explain why his insult is dumb >”uhhh well ACKSHUALLY I never techhhnically said literally every single woman sooo duh” 🙄 get a life, loser

@kwilson008 @HannahDCox I am sure at your level they expect you to understand the difference between exceptions and generalizations. That's probably part of that salary.

@Seferyn @HannahDCox Damn its so wild they're paying me $450k to provide absolutely no value to the company. I'm really getting a good deal huh

You're confusing getting an education and obtaining a job with actually getting anything done. The large majority of women are in paper-pushing email jobs, HR, and a bunch of other useless shit. We will always need men to provide leadership, vision, and actually accomplishing goals.

@paulswaney3 Just want to say - you may get pushback but this is good advice. I have a high-comp offer out and just reviewed all my social media and went private just in case. Can't hurt.

Young people massively underestimate how their public social media can kill high-paying job offers I have personally seen 5 offer letters pulled in NY over social media content. All were 300k plus total comp roles. Real cases If you are aiming for 85k forever, you are probably fine If you want bigger things, read this

@typesfast this is really helpful info! thanks so much to the financial times

Financial Times perfectly illustrates our possible futures

@noahpasaran this kinda slaps ngl

“I am the daughter of farmers,” she said. “You are a billionaire. We have nothing in common.” “Perhaps we do,” murmured her New Yorker antagonist. “What?” blustered Porter. “We are,” responded Steyer, “both traitors to our class.”

@JamesSurowiecki I'm really shocked this doesn't seem to be turning things around for COIN (-33% in 6 months)

The last thing you want to hear the CEO of a financial-services firm say is "Non-technical teams are now shipping production code."