a.k.a. things I’ll happily shill to basically anyone
This is a non-exhaustive list of shit that I think is really good. I have forcefully recommended all of this stuff to many people.
Categories:
The Resilience of Costco and Costco Capitalism
I Can Tolerate Anything But The Outgroup
Ribbonfarm (Maya Millennial, Gervais Principle, Gardens/Rituals by Sarah Perry, Tragedy of Wiio’s Law)
Samin Nosrat: Salt Fat Acid Heat
James Fadiman: Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide
Sasha Shulgin: PIHKAL
DFW (Consider the Lobster, Supposedly Fun Thing, The Depressed Person, Federer, Brief Interviews w/Hideous Men, etc.)
Van Neistat Zines
The Most Dangerous Writing App - great for stream-of-consciousness journaling
Ratingraph - great site for movie and TV show ratings
Shroomery - OG mushroom cultivation forums
Sci-Hub - free academic publications
MyFlixer - watch anything for free
Aurlien - Full screen color picker
MFM podcast - money, business, hustling
Pete Holmes Podcast - Millennial comedians talk show biz and get chummy
Bill Hader on Conan O'Brian Podcast - best episode of a generally quite good podcast
Jack Johnson Yellow Album - housekeeping music
Green Day American Idiot - nostalgia
Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas
The Midnight Gospel (especially Mouse of Silver)
Lord of the Rings
Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight
Godfather Trilogy
Girl movies trilogy: Bridesmaids, Mean Girls, Devil Wears Prada
ATLA
Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul
Hamilton’s Pharmacopoeia
Letterkenny
The Office
Chungking Express
Huang’s World
Shrek 2
Girls
My Dinner With Andre
The Choe Show
The Usual Suspects
A Separation
RRR
Y Tu Mama También
A Separation
Community
Atlanta
Chappelle
Middleditch and Schwartz
Powerlifting
Basketball
Rock climbing
Kettlebells
Vipassana
Psychedelics
Cooking
Ecstatic Dance
Salsa Dancing
Regular old club dancing