Elodes (@ElodesNL) / X

Elodes

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Elodes

@ElodesNL

vibe harder and smarter alt: @ElodesM

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Joined September 2018

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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Sep 10, 2025
I'm proud to announce that my Three Hundred Ways series of blog posts is now available as a full-fledged book on Gumroad! Follow @300waysproject to get the contents in your X feed. Retweets appreciated. I'm grateful for your support throughout the years. ————・𖥸・————
300 Ways
@300waysproject
Sep 10, 2025
300 Ways It Can Hurt to Be a Man ——————・𖥸・—————— Follow to get the contents in your feed.
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Dec 25, 2023
my parents have a kind of praxis where they approach chores or labour as having near-zero cost; time will pass anyway so you mightas well spend it improving your dinner, your home, your life. I respect it a lot; it inspires me. this week I will try to make this attitude my own.
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Apr 30, 2024
not explaining this rn but i'm becoming increasingly convinced that trauma isn't about what happened but about the context around what happened it's not even that something happened but rather that the people around you didn't help integrate it into the rest of your life
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Oct 24, 2022
women don't want you to know this but when a girl enters your DMs it's basically guaranteed you can get her to marry you if you play your cards right
Elodes
@ElodesNL
Mar 27, 2024
as a kid I went to a Montessori school where I could do what I wanted so long as I was making the baseline expected progress and I think I've never recovered from the harsh cultural shock of afterwards spending six years locked up in high school with its mandatory classes & rules
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Feb 17, 2022
guys will literally make up a goal for themselves when they're 17 and vow never to respect themselves until they reach it
Elodes
@ElodesNL
May 25, 2021
Elodes
@ElodesNL
Dec 21, 2023
Replying to @mechanical_monk
imo it means she's landed in the new interpersonal context (good work there) and a new context of course requires a new greeting or welcome to establish that it is recognized. she's dropped out of the old context, the vibes and people are different, you're meeting e/o anew
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Feb 28, 2023
Riven is a really great game. It's maybe the single most immersive game ever made, which is impressive, given it's 25 years old and is presented in a manner only slightly more interactive than a powerpoint presentation — at a 640x480 resolution to boot. Let me sell you on it.
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Jan 10, 2024
Replying to @harry_taussig
there's at least one underlying dynamic of "your social reality does in fact convince other people of itself too" "oohh I gotta soften this because it's a hurtful thing" → "wait, it's a hurtful thing?" → "you're hurting me?" vs. "hey here's a thing" → "oh, cool, a thing"
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
May 10, 2023
some dude bought $59k headphones and had an absolute field day with them. I'm really happy for him 🥲 old.reddit.com/r/headphones/c…
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Dec 15, 2023
real
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Elodes
@ElodesNL
Sep 12, 2020
🔒Socializing with strangers is a prisoner's dilemma 🔑 or: Why the globally optimal strategy is to always assume strangers will like you Thread 🧵👇
Elodes
@ElodesNL
Mar 27, 2024
Replying to @ElodesNL
for example, it took me two years to get it into my system that studying was an activity I needed to do. studying is actually barely a real-world activity; normally in life you encounter problems, ask the relevant questions, and learn what you need to in order to answer them.
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