{"id":12195,"date":"2018-02-16T03:26:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/?p=12195"},"modified":"2018-02-16T03:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:26:49","slug":"bestof-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2018\/02\/16\/bestof-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestof 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>todo: search twitter for &#8220;from:visakanv 2018&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>FB<\/h3>\n<p>Jan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155375500528915\">happy new year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155385812778915\">I want to go to the moon<\/a> (hilarious)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10155386096418915&amp;set=a.10150429702803915.369295.650823914&amp;type=3\">trippy glitch + indian art visualizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SG\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155388068838915\">really good SG music<\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155395456228915\">cheesy-funny Singtel ad<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10155388307928915&amp;set=a.10151316919453915.477729.650823914&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">creative SG chinese names<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155404586868915\">ch8 is a strange and interesting place<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155399279843915\">Quote about LKY vs current PAP in terms of hearing contrarian views<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10155399540023915&amp;set=a.436311173914.239760.650823914&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">&#8220;speak your truth, child&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155416479458915\">Ageing population to drag down SG&#8217;s GDP per capita growth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10155407160753915&amp;set=a.10151316919453915.477729.650823914&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">no ball games<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155402476038915\">great apocryphal story about Mozart and a young composer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155379919268915\">on being a sociopath who tries to be good<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155414870883915\">Video of artist drawing with progressively less time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155423429873915\">High-end art markets are manipulated af<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155444773693915\">The rhetorical trap of limiting your opponent&#8217;s options<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 eg &#8220;if you complain about abuse, you&#8217;re oversensitive&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155427456468915\">How to Not sexually harass someone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155392583403915\">Why women are &#8220;rude&#8221; for their own safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Feels\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155428438178915\">A Story Like Mine<\/a>, Halsey&#8217;s poem about sexual assault<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Asking\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155439311033915\">Kopi siew dai still too sweet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155434095493915\">Sales commission at Harvey Norman?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155414601643915\">RC Meetup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155390242628915\">Mac mini?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155406639813915\">air purifiers?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feb<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155494620338915\">&#8220;snakes have legs&#8221; \u2013 the daily testicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155465041473915\">Birth control side effects on a person&#8217;s life<\/a> [5min]<\/li>\n<li>SG\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155467517218915\">Cherian George&#8217;s article about #TharmanForPM<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155386117928915\">also SMPC in Jan<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155468170453915\">Pissed off with AIG Singapore&#8217;s selfish, intrusive ads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155470841213915\">4chan comments on SG&#8217;s death penalty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155500505293915\">Kiasuparents \/ tutors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ricemedia.co\/current-affairs-commentary-stamford-raffles-monster-bicentennial\/\">Sir Stamford Raffles was probably an asshole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/videos\/10155481514023915\/\">CNY procession in Northpoint<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155465172078915\">contrast with intrusions on Thaipusam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155475624133915\">Be kind and merciful when arguing with people<\/a> \u2013 it&#8217;s painful to have your reality broken<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155480780613915\">Childbreaking in Jailworld<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155458797558915\">Great Tumblr writing with the prompt STILL ON PATROL<\/a>\u00a0(for submarines lost at sea)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155453915358915\">Tweetstorm about the problem with &#8220;art should be less political&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155452441108915\">Don&#8217;t punish the behavior you want to see<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Funny\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155512318588915\">Don&#8217;t use sampan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155510771723915\">male news anchor putting on makeup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Feels\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155463287658915\">Tribes react to polar bears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155484346813915\">Woman breathes with new pair of lungs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marissa.terri.b\/posts\/10215914934766042\">Students decide in advance to protect wheelchair-bound teacher in event of a shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Asking\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155473073553915\">Soliciting questions to answer on YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155460396353915\">Steamboat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155468044888915?spotlight=1\">Birthday dinner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155450291558915\">POS systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/posts\/10155498183108915\">Fav IKEA product?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>March<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter<\/h3>\n<p>Jan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/956172644264558592\">songs are subreddits and hashtags<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Millicentsomer\/status\/954066572871589888\">bad sex as defined by men and women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/956460114508001281\">The Information, pre-empting Info Wars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Fun\/Funny\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_youhadonejob1\/status\/929771610462212096\">Welcome to the Garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchStadium\/status\/873393578218737666\">Beat The Freeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robmanuel\/status\/956986022381973505\">Pig Breeds and Fonts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/honorcamper\/status\/956499462624563200\">welcome, weary traveler, to my SHOP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gossip, Grooming \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/956113972658282497\">the stress of being a low-status monkey sets off a cascade of hormonal events that leads to infertility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feb<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielleDASH\/status\/960982052328927235\">Woman killed by ex-boyfriend despite doing everything right<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGGuy44\/status\/955874786093051904\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/959833266948722688\">solicit advice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/959256738825363456\">the best way to complain is to make things<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/959113380563894273\">black mirror-esque brand-building for teenagers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/959296201664356352\">reminder to publish stories for dying children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drethelin\/status\/959210972652204034\">ads for addictive substances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LettersOfNote\/status\/959375441483137024\">Darwin having a shitty day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pallavi_rao\/status\/964031783015772160\">how people with privilege deftly escape criticism and responsibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Feels\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RDJsSunglasses\/status\/960579170114981898\">Don Glover made it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomi_adeyemi\/status\/961031862058549249\">author gets emotional at receiving her book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JemiSHaaaZzz\/status\/959111352286629888\">Ruby Bridges \u2013 black woman and child walking to school<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fun\/funny\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamcbest\/status\/959228482298445824\">Catbird<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sark_10\/status\/959053623966752768\">&#8220;Do you have a sister?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adiiilaaa\/status\/963335209054699520\">coordinated outfits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/961532125471100929\">Yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/959747639754473477\">Masculinity<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/963606743610634240\">Menworld<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Notes to self\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visakanv\/status\/960564900555718656\">Somebody feed Phil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>March<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>todo: search twitter for &#8220;from:visakanv 2018&#8221; FB Jan happy new year I want to go to the moon (hilarious) trippy glitch + indian art visualizations SG really good SG music\u00a0(and cheesy-funny Singtel ad) creative SG chinese names, and ch8 is a strange and interesting place Quote about LKY vs current&hellip; 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