Critical Nonsense

When do we tool or not tool? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about rules aversion, AI, devil hamsters, banana slicers, tool expertise, and simplicity. They don’t talk about gaffer tape. 

references 

• Inc.: After a Tragedy, a Year of Magical Thinking for Sylvain 
• Arc welding 

What do you think makes us spoiled? 

This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about The Lululemon Index, air travel, gender-based differences, hard work, Warren Buffett, and shrooms. They don’t offer any spoiler alerts. 

references 

• The Mycelium Network 

Bonus episode: A takeover! Aaron shares his latest edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: To Follow or Not to Follow.

For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co.

How should we start bottling things up? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about undesired thoughts, Nietzsche, folk wisdom, Marie Kondo, baggage, and forgetting. They don’t talk about the Young "Black" Teenagers. 

references 

• perseverate 
• Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts 

When did we start calling it hibernation and when did hibernating start being a thing? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about lux, vitamin D, dopamine, socialization, Groundhog's Day, and disgust thresholds. They don’t talk about the late, great Roy Ayers. 

references 

• You need more lux. 

This week, Jess, Aaron, and Joey celebrate 300(!) episodes of Critical Nonsense by revisiting random episodes. They talked about 121! The Coming-Out Gauntlet and Thick Conversations, 75! Top 3 Things Not to Do in Quarantine, with Clarissa Pharr, 170! Weirder Inspiration, and 158! Buttresses, Tethers, and Grunts. They don’t talk about the Rota Fortunae. 

references 

• Step Brothers 
• Wheelz of Steel 
• Till the Wheels Fall Off 
• Wood Wheel 
• Wheels of Confusion 
• Keep On Movin' 
• Here's Where the Story Ends 

What are the things that we should be treating like corn that's better than corn? 

This week, Jess and Aaron talk about potatoes, clothing overabundance, plastics recycling, concrete, eating fruits and veggies, and pomegranates. They don’t talk about the International Adult Conspiracy's creamed corn agenda. 

references 

• Theme Songs with Candy 
• CBS Sunday Morning: Critics call out recycling "fraud" by plastics industry 
• Why modern sandwich bread is different from 'real' bread 
• Shucked: The Original Broadway Cast Recording 

Bonus episode: A takeover! Claire Choi shares her latest edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: The State of Wellbeing: Are We Unwell?

For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co.

Where are other places where desire paths would be relevant when not talking about sidewalks? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about friction, grocery store layouts, Norman doors, incentives, breaking templates, and shopping districts. They don’t talk about sneckdowns. 

references 

• The Bushwhackers 
• Norman Door 
• Do you celebrate sneckdown season? 

What's the best way to get sick as an adult? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about historically un-sick parents, hyper-individualistic cultures, COVID, community health, personal comfort vs. social responsibility, and rest. They don’t talk about Mudhoney. 

references 

• Los Angeles Disaster Support Masterlist 
• Mother Jones: Wildfire Smog Is Deadly—But LA’s Covid Mask Organizers Have It Covered 
• Reddit: How Sick Day Culture Differs Around the World 
• Parenting in an Individualistic Culture with a Collectivistic Cultural Background: The Case of Turkish Immigrant Families with Toddlers in the Netherlands 
• Eisenhower Matrix 
• If I send you this, it means I'm not going.