i don’t trust you: on empirical paranoia

I’m going to need to make fun of myself a bit here, because i’m generally soaked in anxiety, and i know my “take a shot every time my paranoia pays off” methodology is largely a symptom of my own eccentricities and assuredly steeped in confirmation bias and psychological cruft.

So this is largely about the media, i think — but that only encapsulates about 90% of our waking experience in 2025. Think of a time during your day that you’re not exposed to or ruminating on a medium that could have been crafted maliciously — that is — manipulative, disingenuous, paid-for, needlessly negative, whatever. Think of that time, treasure it, roll it around on your tongue. And then prepare to be exposed to my propaganda. dickens¹dickens _(noun): apparently a minced oath for ‘devil’

it’s more healthy to think of everything as a conspiracy

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  dickens _(noun): apparently a minced oath for ‘devil’