Daft Fish

Post intended to be read sequentially. Click here for part one. Amir of the First World Made it Made it After tying the old knot, Amir earned himself a seat in the 1st world. The experience was transformative in every sense of the word. Life was good, and troubling memories

Amir of Skid Row Humble Beginnings To say that Amir comes from a modest background is to put it mildly. Amir lives in a developing country that, well… who the fuck are we kidding? It is not really developing. If anything, what was once considered by many the country'

It Keebs Me Tame Micah had serious anger management problems and an org-wide reputation for making keycaps fly. Fortunately, this hardly affected his productivity—he had a mason jar teeming with spare caps and hot-swappable switches that none dared "borrow" from. The Jar of Spares and the PCB

New Horizons Collective human wisdom and knowledge are at our fingertips. One need not swallow their pride and ask to be explained a complex concept as if taught to a toddler. The term ELI5 is seldom publicly used, yet it continues to dominate the chart for the most used keywords

Preparedly Unready Sometimes, it hardly matters how prepared one is. You could pull a weekly streak of all-nighters before an academic submission, think through every imaginable aspect of an overseas trip, or plan the perfect wedding, only for it all, through no fault of your own, to be a tragedy

Behind The Times I was conversing with a very good friend of mine whose progressiveness I severely underestimated.  We spoke about venereal diseases and how rolling the sex dice could spell life-long trouble for the unlucky. At the time, I'd gotten the clap, and I went on a

Bent Receptors You know someone's social cue receptors are cooked when you absolutely can't think of anything to say or do to get them to stop talking.  Generous Donation The brains of those who fail to notice the complete disinterest others have in topics they have

➡️Post intended to be read sequentially. Click here for part one. It is court hearing day. You stand falsely accused of reciprocal infidelity, and pinning it down on AI hallucinations makes for a laughable alibi at best.  A few months go by, and the verdict is finally out: family law

It’s the year 2035. Brain-atrophying tech (Gen AI) has found its way into every corner of life as we know it, from media generation, journalism, and coding to answering emails, itinerary planning, and even setting parental and governmental guidelines.  The dead Internet theory is now a reality that you

I work with a company that graciously pays for all employee lunches. The company contracts a vendor — who would want to deal with such a logistical nightmare, right? — that collects meals selected by its ungrateful workforce from a range of restaurants on rotation.  While having lunch today, I overheard a