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Cake day: August 30th, 2024

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  • I have a scar on the back of my left wrist from when my wife and I were in highschool and had just started dating. We were at her house while her mom was gone, and I brought over a hookah because we thought it was really cool back then.

    She had the hose you smoke out of in her hand, and gestured towards me, pulling the whole hookah over sideways and slamming the coal into my wrist.

    Burnt me a bit and left a sort of small rough patch there when it healed but its been a funny story for us whenever it comes up. I usually tell the story like she’s an assassin trying to kill me with a hookah :)



  • I’m not a fan of analogies. They can be very condescending and convoluted and I find I dont learn much from them. I dont think there are any shortcuts to learning in that way really.

    I find most the times the issue I have with someone teaching me something is that they are treating it as a one sided communication. If the person teaching won’t learn about the student, they end up assuming a lot of things and that is what breaks understanding.

    Analogies are nice when the purpose isn’t to really learn but to socialize, though. Its more a way for people to acknowledge each other and show respect for the things we are interested in. Its a mutual thing in that way.