Nine Things Jun 26 2025

keep trying until the bitter end

Often when people hear the word self-compassion, their reason-giving machines go into overdrive, cranking out a long list of reasons to steer clear of it.

The Happiness Trap - Russ Harris

coding (+ writing), reading, exercising thats really it

if you had to pick the central plank of coder psychology, the one common thread in nearly everyone who gravitates to this weird craft? It’s a boundless, nigh masochistic ability to endure brutal, grinding frustration.

Coders - Clive Thompson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nZYNrGjrgQ&ab_channel=ThaRixer

• horny ass wallpaper of bulma
• trunks dies so many times in these speedruns
• rotate the sticks as hard as you can (sus)
• i remember liking when in budokai you punched someone so hard off stage they flew to a second stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7h1MGdfuHA&ab_channel=DrakeKaizoku

refinement is speed running capitalism (The Existential Horror of Financing a Burrito.)

bulma knows where dr gero's lab is but neglects to tell trunks in the future (TFS - You f***ing failure - YouTube)

how old is that baby? (TFS - You f***ing failure - YouTube)

gohan: this is between you and me cell vegeta: monologues about his vengeance (Vegeta Avenges Trunks (1080p) - YouTube)