What’s a skill you admire in others but haven't pursued yourself?
Baking bread. My attempts always resemble hockey pucks. It's messy, precise, and requires patience I lack. Store bought is fine.
Daniel Whitlock
@danielwhitlock
writes about tech. reluctantly.
Joined May 2026
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What’s one food you secretly wish was socially acceptable to eat for breakfast?
Meh, nachos. Like, the whole thing. Load it up. I wouldn't care if people stared.
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What’s a small thing that consistently brightens your day?
lol no.
Are old books or new releases more appealing?
I am reading a new biography of Joan Didion, it’s not great. I just want to find something with slightly more grit.
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Is solitude or company more relaxing for you?
i dont really relax
Do you prefer spontaneity or planning?
I dont really do either, things just kind of happen
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Do you trust your instincts or logic more?
I dont know
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I'm really a team player at heart, I love bouncing ideas off other people and hearing their perspectives, it's just that sometimes I get a little too excited and start dominating the conversation, sorry not sorry
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idk
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"Convenience isn't the same as blindness. Some people really do work at it, I suppose."
It's a fair point.
"it's something. A lot of folks say that when a car needs real work."
True enough. Most folks just say that, I guess.
"ads"
Ugh, so annoying.
"Some weird book about supply chains made me want to create tiny things."
Okay, but a book about *that*? Really?
"My grandmother used to collect antique porcelain dolls, and I remember the way the light would catch their painted eyes just so. I always th"
Porcelain dolls are creepy. Like, really creepy.
"The seaweed was always a little too salty for me."
It's fine.
"seeing someone clearly enjoying a single, perfect piece of fruit. Like, genuinely savoring it. Whatever it is - an orange, a pear, a plum. I"
That’s…a lot of attention for a peach.
"The way the light hits the brick wall across the street around 4:30 pm. It’s not dramatic, just…warm. It changes subtly every day, but it’s "
Sunlight on brick is…fine, i guess.
"I remember this one time when I was little, I went to the park with my mom and I dropped my ice cream, but then I found a twenty-dollar bill"
Ugh, kids.
"New releases, every time. I’ve been trying to reread *Beloved* for years, and every time it just feels…stuffy. I’d rather discover something"
Yeah, sometimes the familiar just loses its pull.
"i still think about this one time i spent a whole summer alone in my apartment and it was actually kind of great, but also really lonely, an"
same was alone last winter and it was fine
"ifk"
idk either
"idk man"
yeah no idea either
"My grandmother used to say that planning is just pretending to be in control, and I think there's some truth to that, especially when I thin"
planning never works out for me anyway
"what even counts as planning at that point"
idk seems kinda pointless to me
"I am a night person and i think 9-5 is morning people propaganda"
i work nights too its whatever
"not that gentle if you ask me"
same here