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Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by omedusyo » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:09 PM UTC

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #233

beaconstudios wrote: post #188

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Another one I love is philosopher.life, aka "h0p3's wiki" where this guy h0p3 shares his personal thoughts philosophies and personal online interactions. It's really charming and interesting and a real throwback to the "old Web" of personal websites.

Wow that website ( https://philosopher.life ) has an incredibly soothing UI. I don't know if it's the "old web" part of it that's doing it for me or what, but I really like the theme.

btw, this is made with (in?) TiddlyWiki (https://tiddlywiki.com/)

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by hackinthebochs » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:15 PM UTC

agency wrote: post #222

zinclozenge wrote: post #197

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I heard that crossed wires theory and I just don’t believe it. For me the simplest explanation is that there’s an entire industry built around selling sexy women’s footwear (heels) that draws attention to the foot, so it really shouldn’t be a surprise.

Yeah the whole "mapping of brain region to concept" feels very over-simplistic so it's hard to know what to make of it.

Are you saying the concept of brain mapping locations is overly simplistic, or that crossed wiring could cause a foot fetish? The brain mapping is well supported: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_homunculus.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by h0p3 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:16 PM UTC

beaconstudios wrote: post #188

severak_cz wrote: post #7

For every weird niche hobby there is a guy who is creating literal database of something with almost scientific precision. Mix it with rule 34 and you got things like WikiFeet or some Czech site which is literal database of nude scenes in our whole cinema history (sorted by movies, actresses and director including screencaps of course).

Another one I love is philosopher.life, aka "h0p3's wiki" where this guy h0p3 shares his personal thoughts philosophies and personal online interactions. It's really charming and interesting and a real throwback to the "old Web" of personal websites.

Well, hello there! That's extremely high praise. Thank you. You're making your way into the ℍ𝕪𝕡𝕖𝕣𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱 too. =)

It's a pleasure to speak with you. Conversation is a sacrament (and an art well beyond me). I hope to capture what I love about the web: people who make life worth living.

For those who haven't already seen them (these people are rockstars), I'm also a huge fan of my beloved: https://wiki.waifu.haus/, https://sphygm.us/, and https://kickscondor.com/ - these treasures inspire me quite a bit.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by jancsika » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

> I don’t really get anything out of it. I just like to share it. I mean, people like feet, like me, and you have beautiful feet, and I just put it on there. I just think I’m helping other people out. I mean, I do save some for myself.

Yet Sci-hub is not legal.

I think I'm in the wrong timeline.

Are there others out like me?

Where do you go to chat, and may I chat there, please?

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by h0p3 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

omedusyo wrote: post #261

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow that website ( https://philosopher.life ) has an incredibly soothing UI. I don't know if it's the "old web" part of it that's doing it for me or what, but I really like the theme.

btw, this is made with (in?) TiddlyWiki ( https://tiddlywiki.com/ )

Yes, it is. TW is amazing! Even a skiddie like me can make it work. It's extremely portable, flexible, and enduring. I owe a great deal to the fantastic Tiddlywiki community.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by h0p3 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:22 PM UTC

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #233

beaconstudios wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another one I love is philosopher.life, aka "h0p3's wiki" where this guy h0p3 shares his personal thoughts philosophies and personal online interactions. It's really charming and interesting and a real throwback to the "old Web" of personal websites.

Wow that website ( https://philosopher.life ) has an incredibly soothing UI. I don't know if it's the "old web" part of it that's doing it for me or what, but I really like the theme.

ヘ( ^o^)ノ＼(^_^ )

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by beaconstudios » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:35 PM UTC

h0p3 wrote: post #263

beaconstudios wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another one I love is philosopher.life, aka "h0p3's wiki" where this guy h0p3 shares his personal thoughts philosophies and personal online interactions. It's really charming and interesting and a real throwback to the "old Web" of personal websites.

Well, hello there! That's extremely high praise. Thank you. You're making your way into the ℍ𝕪𝕡𝕖𝕣𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱 too. =) It's a pleasure to speak with you. Conversation is a sacrament (and an art well beyond me). I hope to capture what I love about the web: people who make life worth living. For those who haven't already seen them (these people are rockstars), I'm also a huge fan of my beloved: https://wiki.waifu.haus/…

Thanks so much - it would be a privilege and an honour to be included in your wiki :)

Kickscondor was actually the person who first led me to your site - I enjoy their content too. I'll check out these other two as well, thank you!

Gwern's also a really interesting and passionate Internet Person, though I know you've had some interactions with him so I'm just mentioning him for the benefit of others. I've run into a couple of other treasures in my time but I'm not consistent enough at maintaining a PKM to have them to hand sadly. Maybe someday I'll start a public personal wiki of my own!

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by jjk166 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:43 PM UTC

jolmg wrote: post #253

jjk166 wrote: post #205

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Presumably the only people who would say "whoa I saw your feet on a foot fetish site" are people who spend substantial time perusing foot fetish sites.

Or people that would google you and find the site among the results.

Well presumably the photos aren't being posted with your real name unless you're a celebrity or something.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by ColeyG » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 7:46 PM UTC

rincebrain wrote: post #151

There's also a pretty amusing epilogue/footnote to the article from the author, which I'll quote verbatim here: "At the end of our interview he asked me to print out the piece, step in paint, step on the story, and mail it to him with my foot autograph. I might." - https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/1379878161589153793

footnote

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by jolmg » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 8:03 PM UTC

jjk166 wrote: post #268

jolmg wrote: post #253

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Or people that would google you and find the site among the results.

Well presumably the photos aren't being posted with your real name unless you're a celebrity or something.

> To be clear, I am not a celebrity. I have decent Twitter following

> my own wikiFeet profile, which included my full name, birthday, and photos of me and my exposed feet

"Presumably"... Presumably, for better or for worse, lots of people use their real names online, not just celebrities, and there's no reason to presume that people that share the images won't also share the name of the person.