good evening.

i will never write a scientific paper. this is not because i will never write something scientific, or because i will never write something that looks like a paper. this is instead because i refuse to perform the particular dumbass dance that is how these things are written.

i write personally: unless there is a really damn good reason not to, i will use "i" and "you" and i will use colloquial language. this is because there is no point in doing anything else besides arbitrary bullshit.
i write in the way that works best, not the way that someone dictates: if it can be done much better as a socratic dialogue, i will write a socratic dialogue.
i do not try to be neutral, because fully neutral is something i (and everyone) cannot be anyway.
i will cite sources how i want to cite them. that is going to be as hyperlinks or unambiguous references, but they won't necessarily follow some special-ass format.
i will not waste time, i would rather write something short than spend years explaining what is obvious to most.

basically, i will get my point across by any means necessary, and i will not write any more than i consider necessary. if i didn't write enough, i can just write another thing, and this shows in what i write, because i don't even try to make it fully bulletproof. i try to address what i suspect people will say, but i see no point pretending i need to go any further than that.

fundamentally, this boils down to a lack of giving a fuck about norms, which is fundamentally incompatible with the way "the scientific community" likes their documents. i am obviously going to appear a bit more serious in things i actually give a fuck about than this blog, but that will mostly be in terms of formatting and the existence of any sources at all. but my texts, "formal" and informal, will always, unless forced by some dumb system like having to get a job, be my texts, and this means their tone will be at least slightly similar to this blog.