Category: Armchair Philosophy

Entries where I explore things from a higher perspective and try to apply wisdom from the past to the current day.

Uncle Josh on Change

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For some reason, I dislike change, which is an odd thing to dislike, as it is the only constant in my life. As Stephanie and I come to closing night in this townhouse, I think about change. Maybe too much. When Stephanie and took our first road trip together, before we were dating, we went …

Uncle Josh on Novelty

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Many years ago, my wife went to her first convention. I had gone to this convention for a couple of years and encouraged her to join me and go to the costuming panels. My wife and I are both introverts, and a convention is very good at draining our reserves for dealing with people. On …

Uncle Josh on Past Failures

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My father died when I was 28 years old. Because of my fierce and overblown sense of independence as a kid and teenager, I was finally getting to the point where I not only was capable of listening to him, I wanted his advice. I wanted more of his life story. I was a bit …

Uncle Josh on Power Fantasies

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A little while ago[1]longer than a week, less than a year I answered some question on Reddit. I think the question was along the lines of “Why do Star Wars fans hate Kelly Marie Tran” and of course the real answer was “Real Star Wars fans love her” but that’s fangating and not cool. There …

Uncle Josh on Reclaimed Words

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I love words. I have a strange passion for knowing words and an annoying desire to use the right word in every situation. I like my language to be precise. So when I encountered a Twitter thread about the word “dyke” (in terms of lesbians, not water resource management) and I thought “what’s that called?” …

Uncle Josh Remembers What He Forgot to Say

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Yesterday’s entry was a bit slapdash and done without notes. To be honest, that’s how I’ve been writing here anyway. My notes are growing in an Obsidian vault and simmering in the background, but that means certain things don’t get written when they should. One of the things I did during my time in the …

Uncle Josh on Going to the Dentist pt2

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Yesterday’s adventure was only round one. I went back this afternoon for work on three front teeth, including getting the chipped front tooth fixed. It wasn’t a problem the dentist was worried about, but it looks better and is beginning to feel better. I’m still a little numb from the procedure and my front teeth …

Uncle Josh on Going to the Dentist

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Sometime earlier this week I chipped by front tooth. It didn’t hurt, but it played with my mouth feel and I kept thinking I had a hair stuck between my teeth. With my beard and moustache, that’s not an unlikely scenario. So I called my old dentist and managed to get an appointment for this …

Uncle Josh Struggles With a Tweet

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I recently published this tweet Graham’s Tweet compared the 10 Republicans who put Country over Party and voted to impeach Leader Dearest note to Judas betraying Jesus. This implies, indirectly, that Leader Dearest shares the same elevated status as Christ Jesus. And so I tweeted. And then I began to regret it. Not for any …