PinnedAlfred MacDonaldI am begging you to not use twitter as a discussion medium.12 min read·Sep 26, 2022----
PinnedAlfred MacDonaldintro / FAQ / readme.txtmy longform writing is on https://alfredmacdonald.substack.com1 min read·Feb 2, 2022----
Alfred MacDonaldaella’s obtuseness toward academic writing, part IIthis writing is so bad that it is inspirational, i.e. my day has actually been improved by reading it:4 min read·Feb 10, 2023----
Alfred MacDonalddirectory of content and contact infofb (I am most likely to respond to this): http://facebook.com/1441668545/1 min read·Feb 10, 2023----
Alfred MacDonaldneologisms/distinguished terms/noticed phenomena/whateverNOTE: this is an EGEG, so it will always be updated and never “done”. speaking of which:12 min read·Feb 10, 2023----
Alfred MacDonald“something in the water” syndromesomething-in-the-waterism is the belief that what you’re lacking is a secret sauce from not moving to the right city and not being part of…2 min read·Dec 18, 2022----
Alfred MacDonalddon’t read “Status as a Service” on the “Remains of the Day” website. it is bad.note: I cannot avoid the author saying that this post itself is a “status game”, or that any criticism of this reasoning is a status game…8 min read·Dec 16, 2022----
Alfred MacDonaldtemporary faddish things don’t matterplato had a lot of silly ideas, but the gist of focusing on universals or somewhat permanent ideas is the correct one. (advertisers, dumb…5 min read·Nov 30, 2022----
Alfred MacDonalda reaction to the 2002–2006 rhythm game scene, and how it treated felony revenge pornI often struggle to get others to believe that there was a period where the bemani-centric rhythm game scene circulated revenge porn of me…4 min read·Nov 21, 2022----