Skittle Factory Dementia Monkey Titty Monetization

<p>Hi friends 👋, </p><p>Happy Tuesday! I have been excited to send this episode to you since the pseudonymous writer, Parakeet, responded to the message I sent her immediately after reading her weird and wonderful essay, <em><a href="https://parakeet.substack.com/p/skittle-factory-dementia-monkey-titty" rel="nofollow">Skittle Factory Dementia Monkey Titty Monetization</a></em>.</p><div><a href="https://parakeet.substack.com/p/skittle-factory-dementia-monkey-titty?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow"><div><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/46750fd4878d4b8b4fc0853ec36c4e13.jpg"><span>Parakeet’s Substack</span></div><div><div>Skittle Factory Dementia Monkey Titty Monetization</div></div><div>I’m implementing a new method for improving my productivity and it’s ruining my life, my sleep, my peace of mind, everything…</div><div><span>Read more</span></div><div>12 days ago · 232 likes · 44 comments · Parakeet</div></a></div><p>I first heard about Parakeet a couple weeks ago when I saw half of my Twitter feed and half of my Substack Notes feed sharing her essay, including a bunch of people I wouldn't expect to share an essay with "Monkey Titty" in the title. <a href="https://x.com/GrahamDuncanNYC" rel="nofollow">Graham Duncan</a> via <a href="https://x.com/nabeelqu" rel="nofollow">Nabeel Qureshi</a> is about as well-recommended as something can come in my book.</p><div><figure><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88fbcbe3-83e6-4a8c-9294-76717599521d_874x703.png" rel="nofollow"><div><picture><source><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/3244494c4d3b8d257fc775a7cfee4d74.jpg" alt=""></source></picture><div><div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption><a href="https://x.com/GrahamDuncanNYC/status/1905632736637059274" rel="nofollow">Link to Tweet</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>I read it immediately, and understood why. Parakeet describes universally applicable ideas with the color turned up to 11.</p><p>I’m biased, but I think our conversation was even more fun than the essay. Here’s one tidbit that I think captures the vibe well: </p><blockquote><p><em>Good writing comes to life when I think like you just describe the truth as simply and as clearly as possible. And I think like the truth is always beautiful, the truth is always like the most alive thing that you can put in like an artistic work. Okay, the Monkey Titties guy.</em></p></blockquote><p>This Parakeet contains multitudes.</p><p>Because Parakeet is pseudonymous, we animated her portion of the video with an illustrated version of the <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2337/hellenistic-mosaic-pergamon/" rel="nofollow">Hellenistic Mosaic of the Alexandrine Parakeet from Pergamon</a> using GPT images and Hedra. HUGE thanks to our editor, Jim Portela, for making it happen. </p><div><figure><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42162c81-60fd-4f06-9e58-343075ea4fb7_750x540.jpeg" rel="nofollow"><div><picture><source><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/78f7a1f080a5efabbe52ac4636ab193a.jpg" alt="Hellenistic Mosaic, Pergamon" title="Hellenistic Mosaic, Pergamon"></source></picture><div><div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In our DMs, Parakeet explained why she asked for this particular bird: </p><blockquote><p><em>I love the Alexandrine Parakeet because Alexander the Great saw it on a campaign in India and was fascinated by its ability to mimic speech, so he brought it to Greece as a beautiful exotic pet. It is one of the earliest known instances of bringing an exotic Asian species to Europe so it kind of an emblem of cross cultural exchange.</em></p></blockquote><p>As for the conversation itself, well… we went wide. </p><p>We explore the "dementia personality" - how our core thought loops shape who we are and might one day define us, whether we choose for them to or not. She shares what she learned working at a dementia facility and explains her Skittle Factory metaphor for personality (and researching Skittle Factories). From the essay: </p><blockquote><p><em>A person is like a skittle factory. Your personality is the Rube Goldberg machine clicking and whirring on the assembly floor. The core loop is the fuel powering the factory— your dementia personality. The gas nobody sees but everyone smells. Everyday, reality delivers raw ingredients to your loading dock— conversations, meetings, weather, weird eye contact with strangers— and your factory processes this arbitrary shit into something predictable: your particular flavor of reality. Your skittles.</em></p></blockquote><p>We talk about her writing process, gifs, why more people should read George Orwell's <em><a href="https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/" rel="nofollow">Politics and the English Language</a></em>, and what she learned from her once-half-paralyzed dance teacher. You’ll hear the bizarre true story behind the "Monkey Titty" portion of the essay title and why Parakeet believes everyone should re-read Atlas Shrugged as an adult. </p><p>Plus, Parakeet reveals her one-simple-trick to publish more often.</p><p>The whole thing was the right mix of thought-provoking, weird, and fun. </p><p>As always, you can find her essay and all of the essays we cover on Hyperlegible at <a href="https://readwise.io/reader/view/hyperlegible" rel="nofollow">readwise.io/hyperlegible</a>. Thanks to Readwise for supporting the pod. </p><p>If you like watching and listening somewhere other than Substack, you can find the conversation wherever you watch and listen: </p><p><strong>YouTube</strong></p><div><div></div></div><p><strong>Spotify</strong></p><p><strong>Apple Podcasts</strong></p><div></div><p>If you could spare 15 seconds, like and subscribe while you’re there. The show is starting to grow, and keeping the momentum going is a huge help. </p><p>I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. When you’re done listening, go <strong><a href="https://parakeet.substack.com/" rel="nofollow">subscribe to Parakeet here</a></strong>.</p><div><hr></div><p>That’s all for today. We’ll be back in your inbox later this week. </p><p>Thanks for listening,</p><p>Packy</p>

Hyperlegible 005: Parakeet

彩虹糖工廠痴呆猴子乳房貨幣化

<p>大家好 👋，</p><p>週二快樂！自從匿名作家鸚鵡回覆了我讀完她那篇奇怪而精彩的文章後立即發給她的訊息，我就一直很期待給大家傳送這一集。</p><div><a href="https://parakeet.substack.com/p/skittle-factory-dementia-monkey-titty?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow"><div><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/46750fd4878d4b8b4fc0853ec36c4e13.jpg"><span>鸚鵡的Substack</span></div><div><div>彩糖工廠痴呆猴子奶頭變現</div></div><div>我正在實施一種提高生產力的新方法，而這正在毀掉我的生活、睡眠、內心平靜，以及一切……</div><div><span>閱讀更多</span></div><div>12天前 · 232個贊 · 44條評論 · 鸚鵡</div></a></div><p>幾周前，我在推特和Substack筆記上看到一半的feed都在分享她的文章，其中包括一些我完全想不到會分享一篇標題帶有"猴子奶頭"的文章的人。透過<a href="https://x.com/nabeelqu" rel="nofollow">納比爾·庫雷希</a>轉發的<a href="https://x.com/GrahamDuncanNYC" rel="nofollow">格雷厄姆·鄧肯</a>在我看來是最可靠的推薦。</p>

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