oh wizened tortle 🐢 @tortle@schelling.pt

I'm trying to get better at not overthinking things/procrastinating on decisions and trusting my judgement about stuff.

I think this involves knowing when (ie, now) is not a good time to make a decision and deferring until when I feel better/less tired.

Talked to my life insurance actuary friend about how they were modelling the impacts of AI on their key assumptions (they're not).

But now that I've seeded the idea I'm interested to see if they do anything with it (probably not).

It has been 36 hours since no ChatGPT (banned in Hong Kong).

I feel weak, my mind is blurry.

I wonder how long I can go on in this state.

Me and my sister spent 15 minutes walking around the airport trying to find a MacDonald's a few days ago. We love McDonald's.
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RT @Austen
McDonald’s is the point of highest preference falsification in society.

Nobody claims to like it or go there.

$23 Billion/yr revenue.
https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1652176018491469831

Marriage requires compromise (negative connotation)

I've yet to hear a perfect solution to wanting to family and children's surnames when you get married
- wife changes here: loses identity
- wife keeps hers: not same unit as children
- hyphenate: see qt
- new surname: both lose their identity!
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RT @NLRG_it
my most controversial parenting take is that if you give your child both your last names hyphenated you should have your kid taken away
https://twitter.com/NLRG_it/status/1652146537315565569

I'ma make you my, I'ma make you my
I'ma make you my, I'ma make you my (Baby)
I'ma make you my, I'ma make you my
I'ma make you my, I'ma make you my (I'ma fuck you up)

Me ever since I listened to Charli XCX's album CRASH
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RT @ohwizenedtortle
Charli XCX (ft. Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek) - New Shapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tvW25Qu5WE
https://twitter.com/ohwizenedtortle/status/1649197508407754752

👉😎👉Dinner with my extended family when the waiters keep refilling my wine glass

Drake meme
✋Dinner with my extended family as a kid
👉 Dinner with my extended family when I'm of drinking age

...*sigh* me and who
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RT @ipsumkyle
daniel and taylor typing out this exchange in bed next to each other, giggling as people post screenshots and take sides
https://twitter.com/ipsumkyle/status/1652010931172384768

This hotel has a gym, lfggggg (let's f-ing go gym get gains, girlies (gender neutral))!!!

Hong Kong has 24 hours to explain to me why I need to wander across the mall to take an elevator or escalator to go the top level or it's over

Results!
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RT @ohwizenedtortle
Is knowing about "kiki and bouba" kiki or bouba?
https://twitter.com/ohwizenedtortle/status/1649582874654556161

Haha ah yes now the family fighting is beginning!! It's just like old times baybeeee!!!

OK I don't know why but I just had the best sleep in the last seven days in a hotel room shared with two other people including one snorer!

So excited to see the Happier Lives Institute thinking about how we could test some of these questions!
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RT @MichaelDPlant
Can we trust happiness surveys? Is my 7/10 = your 7/10? Is going from a 2->3 = to 6->7?

While researchers assume yes, the evidence is scarce.

@HappierLivesIns, we ran a 50-question pilot survey (n=128) (https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/report/assessing-the-comparability-linearity-and-neutrality-of-subje…
https://twitter.com/MichaelDPlant/status/1636712796908920832

Hong Kong I am in you

Things which affect how valleidaemonicity:
- Slack: Do you have the money/time/freedom/energy to follow your desires?
- People: Is it safe for you to express your valleities? Will they be seen as demands/judged?
- Self: Will YOU judge yourself for your trying to articulate?