Day 16/31 I vomited in a ferry today, That should have felt embarrassing, right? uncontrolled smelly projectiles coming from your mouth while you feel like dying? And you are making everyone around you uncomfortable? You should just kill yourself with shame. Except I wasn’t. And the reason I wasn’t was that I was not the […]
Day 15/31 When you choose not to listen to AI is how you ll show your personality in future. From LinkedIn to Bumble to Slack, every estate on internet where you have your profile is getting a AI “profile reviews” and “message rewriters”. These tools will no doubt “improve” your profile and writing but looks […]
Day 14/31 If you watch (or are forced to watch because of your mom) Indian daily soaps, you will quickly realize there are probably 3-4 central themes all of them revolve around. Why do all the daily soaps follow the same themes? Some time ago, I had written about medium-message fit. The idea was that […]
Day 12/31 I have come to realize that procrastinating at work, something I am very used to do, is actually not common. Or rather, it cannot be common. Procrastination is a luxury that can only be afforded by entry level, smart, white color workers. You can afford to not do work on time and only […]
Day 10/31 This is a note to self Many conversations we have, are fairly repetitive. Conversations like: It’s a good idea to mentally create scripts for these conversation beforehand. You will form a script anyways after the first 3-4 conversations. The trick is to do it in advanced so that even those first 3-4 conversations […]
Day 8/31 If you are a millennial, your parents are a confusing age right now. Confusing for you, not them. Clearly they are getting old. Random street vendors have started calling them “Aunty” instead of “Didi”. They might have suffered a serious illness or two, and probably have a couple of chronic pains. Visiting the […]
Day 7/31 Youtube have made following changes in their consumer facing products in recent past. And of course I am not considering things like shorts, ads or creator dashboards. I am talking about features that are actually made to make life better for the end customer. Honestly, I am not sure what these features are […]
Day 6/31 (Skipped day 5, will try to make up one day) Two thoughts (frustrations) on food. One pertaining to me and one to society at large The Society People get weird pleasure out of forcing you to eat/drink, especially when they are the host. “Bhai 2 laddoo le le” “Nahi yaar, pet bhar gaya […]
Day 4/31 GDP of a country or state or per capita is measured in USD. But Is USD a good measure of Gross Domestic product of a state? Does it really capture total “value” created in a set time in a society? 1 dollar today does not have the same value it had 50 years […]
Day 3/31 I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Nor do I intend to. But, I have smoked one in a dream. Now, here’s the thing. I don’t know if what I experienced in the dream is anywhere close to what actual smoking feels like. I don’t intend to find out. But I […]