✦ @mnchrm.co · 22hYou hear a lot less about bazookas these days. My gaming experience as a child told me this would be a much bigger part of my life by now. 140
✦ @mnchrm.co · 23hOne of my biggest pet peeves with songwriting is clinging too tightly to rhyme. It's nice when lines rhyme, but you can tell when a songwriter is too obsessed with it and it leads to some really clunky lyrics. 021
✦ @mnchrm.co · 29/09/2026It can be so hard to know when you should skip something because you're feeling bad, or when you should go BECAUSE you're feeling bad. 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 27/09/2026You hear stories about people being driven insane by boredom after retiring or selling their company or whatever, but the idea of having even just a year to spend however I please is basically my idea of paradise. 051
✦ @mnchrm.co · 27/09/2026I wonder if this near-constant rain is just how global warming is manifesting in Tokyo. 010
✦ @mnchrm.co · 26/09/2026Went to a friend's ikebana exhibition, and when the organizer learned I knew one of the exhibitors, she said she'd thought I was just an "excited stranger," which is probably the best way I could think to describe myself. 060
✦ @mnchrm.co · 26/09/2026Just realized I'm the only guy at the coffee shop besides the barista. Once again coffee and a treat is for the girls :( 100
✦ @mnchrm.co · 24/09/2026At this really annoying point in my fighting game journey where the only way to proceed is to practice, address my flaws, and play more. Fucking sucks! 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 24/09/2026Subtle flex, but I've somehow made enough friends it feels kinda hard to keep up with all of them. 020
✦ @mnchrm.co · 19/09/2026It feels kind of crazy you can just buy a phone online, hook up and esim to it and you're good to go. 020
✦ @mnchrm.co · 19/09/2026Can you imagine how hard the first dude who said he was going to ponder the moon must've felt? 010
✦ @mnchrm.co · 18/09/2026I find myself needing to wear a tie <5 times a year, but I'm very good at tying one. Always free try, perfect placement and dimple. 000
✦ @mnchrm.co · 18/09/2026Every day I go to the gym, in the afternoon I'm like "Whoa, I went to the gym today." 010
✦ @mnchrm.co · 16/09/2026Every handyman I've ever met sorta seems like they don't know what they're doing. 110
✦ @mnchrm.co · 16/09/2026Japanese businesses love giving you a completely useless point card. Spend ¥40k here for ¥500 off!! 130
✦ @mnchrm.co · 16/09/2026Seems like we've completely settled on either He / She / They for pronouns; the brief window where someone could fill out a form for HR and check a box that said Fae / Xir / Etc. is done. 000
✦ @mnchrm.co · 16/09/2026People frequently prefer to work with someone who's bad but familiar rather than someone new. 110
✦ @mnchrm.co · 16/09/2026I thought Death Stranding was this unique creative masterpiece, but that's just what life in Japan is like. 040
✦ @mnchrm.co · 15/09/2026I read an article about how Sony is reissuing 6 year old headphones because the difference between those and the latest ones is so marginal, but I just upgraded from 8 year old earbuds to the latest and it felt like a huge leap. 120
✦ @mnchrm.co · 12/09/2026The way people talk about Murakami on social media you'd think he denies the Bosnian genocide, but no, basically he just has sex in his books. 000
✦ @mnchrm.co · 11/09/2026Every time I look up some quote in Latin that's hard as fuck it comes from Virgil. 120
✦ @mnchrm.co · 11/09/2026We haven't even come close to realizing the full potential of hypertext. 011
✦ @mnchrm.co · 03/09/2026Wrote about my nemesis, the camera bump, how we've let them get worse, and what we need to do to fix it. A deep dive on smartphone photography! mnchrm.co/kill-the-cam...mnchrm.coSmartphone Camera Bumps Are Ruining Phone DesignEnough is enough. 150
✦ @mnchrm.co · 03/09/2026The Japanese love to complain about the heat and then set the thermostat to like 78° 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 03/09/2026The idea of hard sci-fi is so funny to me. It's like if fantasy authors were suddenly like, "my novel only uses historically-accurate dragons." 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 03/09/2026I get everyone's sick of the protein-added food, and it is a little weird, but if you've ever done any sort of meal tracking you'd know the amount of protein the average person gets is criminal. 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 01/09/2026Every time I look up some disputed territory, the Wikipedia page is always like, "A collection of rocks in the ocean. Uninhabitable aside from the poisonous snakes that call the islands their home. It storms year-round, and holds no economic or strategic value." 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 01/09/2026My new (Android) phone adopted the iPhone single bar navigation, where a swipe up from the bottom is "home," and a slightly longer?, or paused maybe? swipe up opens the app list. Just not an intuitive gesture imo. 010
✦ @mnchrm.co · 28/08/2026I feel I would be very good at making lamps. Maybe I should put my money where my mouth is. 130
✦ @mnchrm.co · 24/08/2026Flying back to Japan now, Maggie's carry-on is nothing but a brand-new blender (wedding gift) and a dress, and boy was security confused about that. 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 13/08/2026It's so embarrassing Air Canada needs to put a warning that you can't bring shuriken into Canada. 110
✦ @mnchrm.co · 13/08/2026Literally every time I've flown out of Tokyo, there's been at least one guy who's got a One Piece straw hat. 130
✦ @mnchrm.co · 13/08/2026I know Tokyo's the right spot for me right now based on how much it sucks to leave! 030
✦ @mnchrm.co · 10/08/2026Seeing this kind of thing makes me think it's all going to end, really soon. 140
✦ @mnchrm.co · 07/08/2026It's actually insane that Black Country, New Road was able to complete reinvent themselves and make another album that sounds completely different but is also incredibly good. 000
✦ @mnchrm.co · 07/08/2026I wrote about why and how to find a personal motto: mnchrm.co/asked-and-an...mnchrm.coHow to Find Your Personal Motto and Life DirectionOn how I found a personal motto to orient myself from moment to moment, and how you can too. 100
✦ @mnchrm.co · 06/08/2026Got a BANGER newsletter coming out tomorrow, subscribe now so you don't miss it: mnchrm.co/newsletter 010
✦ @mnchrm.co · 06/08/2026My company's gotten two nerdy intern kids, and they're both skin and bones. Eat a cheeseburger! Go outside! 010
