# ![@waitbutwhy Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1282121312.png) @waitbutwhy Tim Urban

Tim Urban posts on X about this is, bhutan, ai, earth the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  7.59% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  5.06% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  3.8% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2.53% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.9% [finance](/list/finance)  1.9% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  1.27% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.63% [currencies](/list/currencies)  0.63% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.63%

**Social topic influence**
[this is](/topic/this-is) 3.16%, [bhutan](/topic/bhutan) 3.16%, [ai](/topic/ai) 2.53%, [earth](/topic/earth) 1.9%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.9%, [future](/topic/future) 1.9%, [fine](/topic/fine) 1.9%, [level](/topic/level) 1.27%, [we are](/topic/we-are) 1.27%, [black](/topic/black) 1.27%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@coco11223393390](/creator/undefined) [@mellowd333333](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@onlyadmln](/creator/undefined) [@ketansingh279](/creator/undefined) [@upnecs](/creator/undefined) [@mariomd07](/creator/undefined) [@brendan_lee__](/creator/undefined) [@solbiscuithorse](/creator/undefined) [@drcigol](/creator/undefined) [@nishkidoonoo](/creator/undefined) [@billym2k](/creator/undefined) [@livboeree](/creator/undefined) [@aethelamerican](/creator/undefined) [@intern](/creator/undefined) [@hyrumjb3](/creator/undefined) [@audiotextlive](/creator/undefined) [@natalia_prodan](/creator/undefined) [@adamlowisz](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"If I aired a highlight reel of your most selfish life moments and most shameful thoughts you'd seem like an awful person. If I aired a reel of your best kindest moments you'd seem like a saint. But people aren't highlight reels and the unedited cut is always a messy mix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1471586750493605900)  2021-12-16T21:03Z 897.8K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Monthly reminder to go hug someone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1520537513118498817)  2022-04-30T22:56Z 897.8K followers, 27.7K engagements


"New year new you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1609552304822157313)  2023-01-01T14:09Z 897.8K followers, 3.7M engagements


"New year new you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742202893564834299)  2024-01-02T15:15Z 897.8K followers, 2.9M engagements


"How people got around in [---] BC: horseback horse-drawn carriage sailboat [----] years later. How people got around in 1810: horseback horse-drawn carriage sailboat [---] years later. How people got around in 1970: bike train subway car bus airplane spaceship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844116644840513655)  2024-10-09T20:44Z 897.8K followers, 71.9M engagements


"Good day to remember just how big that green tree is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1874448490673352857)  2025-01-01T13:32Z 897.8K followers, 4.1M engagements


"I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song book movie tv show or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or video explanation - take a photo or video wherever I am and add it to my massive searchable always accessible personal archive - video call anyone in my life at anytime no matter where they are - watch live sports on a little wireless glass rectangle - type out these thoughts and have them read by thousands of people all over the world a few seconds later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1889748892062982627)  2025-02-12T18:50Z 897.8K followers, 16.3M engagements


"Nana's 100th birthday. Crazy to be born on 9/20/25 and then have it get to 9/20/25 AGAIN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969445923362116079)  2025-09-20T16:57Z 897.8K followers, 418.5K engagements


"In fairness evolution has had [--] billion years to work on this and weve only been at it for a few thousand years It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017342337748177079)  2026-01-30T21:01Z 897.8K followers, 136.9K engagements


"Being able to click the Grok button and instantly have a tweet explained in its full context is just wildly cool technology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019667134289449380)  2026-02-06T06:59Z 897.7K followers, 2.3M engagements


"I keep thinking about this today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1496916140412801024)  2022-02-24T18:33Z 897.8K followers, 45K engagements


"Youd have to compress Earth to this size (9 mm) to form a black hole. Youd have to compress the sun to [--] km and the moon to [---] mm (width of a human hair) to turn them into black holes. For every black hole out there something THAT intense has happened. Image: @lpfproject"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1530584136418791424)  2022-05-28T16:17Z 897.8K followers, 25.7K engagements


"There are people alive today who were around when we still thought the Milky Way was the entire universe Cute sections from the astronomy section of Popular science monthly in [----] talking about the Andromeda Nebula and the Spiral Nebula of Canes Venatici because it hadn't clicked yet they were different galaxies. #Space #Astronomy https://t.co/2iwEVhiwxu Cute sections from the astronomy section of Popular science monthly in [----] talking about the Andromeda Nebula and the Spiral Nebula of Canes Venatici because it hadn't clicked yet they were different galaxies. #Space #Astronomy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1547772246839611398)  2022-07-15T02:37Z 897.8K followers, 11.4K engagements


"I hope Japan actually does this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1578007289096638466)  2022-10-06T13:00Z 897.8K followers, 25.2K engagements


"22 tweets from [----] that might blow your mind: Let's start with what a water droplet looks like at 6000fps. nac Image Technology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1607803292016328704)  2022-12-27T18:19Z 897.8K followers, 6.4M engagements


"We're far more interested in a chess match between grandmasters than between AIs even though the AIs are way better. I'm noticing the same thing with video and art. Once I realize it's made by AI I lose interest no matter how good it is. Maybe a good sign for human creators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1828869042196672597)  2024-08-28T18:55Z 897.8K followers, 1.7M engagements


"Earth was born [---] billion years ago and has roughly one billion years of habitability left (at which point the expanding sun's increasing luminosity will evaporate our oceans). We evolved more than 80% of the way through the window just in the nick of time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1897407097794617380)  2025-03-05T22:01Z 897.8K followers, 15.4M engagements


"Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my [----] post on AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1919870578502021257)  2025-05-06T21:43Z 897.8K followers, 26.4M engagements


"Very few of us know the people at the tip of the spear. We can make the biggest impact by uniting against the handle making that behavior far more taboo than it is now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966184520828457235)  2025-09-11T16:58Z 897.8K followers, 2.6M engagements


"PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority of sensationalistic posts are now fabricated Grok discredits them instantlybut posts still get millions of views and fool millions of people hurting the marketplace of ideas hurting Xs reputation embarrassing people who share X posts with their friends all while padding the scammers pockets. PHASE [--] (I hope): The algorithm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2022003882079985818)  2026-02-12T17:44Z 897.8K followers, 333.1K engagements


"Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my [----] post on AI. https://t.co/2rUWolyGON Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my [----] post on AI. https://t.co/2rUWolyGON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1920151518910529598)  2025-05-07T16:19Z 897.7K followers, 17.7M engagements


"Its that day when I make you all look at this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2006813516322451874)  2026-01-01T19:43Z 897.7K followers, 2.2M engagements


"Opening X it seems like Iran is by far the biggest story right now. Opening any media homepage and it seems to be a total non-story. Weird times we live in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2009381564824612905)  2026-01-08T21:47Z 897.7K followers, 1.6M engagements


"Recent survey of Harvard students by @TheFIREorg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967725042458034210)  2025-09-15T22:59Z 897.8K followers, 2.2M engagements


"Went to the mall today and in typical form failed to note where I parked. Instead of looking for it I tried something crazy and summoned the car from the Tesla app. [--] seconds later the empty car emerged from one of the lanes and pulled up in front of me. We live in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972367219993796735)  2025-09-28T18:26Z 897.8K followers, 20.9M engagements


"@DouthatNYT Came across a moltbook post that said this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017374204874965099)  2026-01-30T23:07Z 897.8K followers, 186.4K engagements


"Classic example. Not satire just scammy. PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2022416215323685075)  2026-02-13T21:02Z 897.8K followers, 40.9K engagements


"Your family is weird credit: http://evoboek.nl http://evoboek.nl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1493600868943421443)  2022-02-15T14:59Z 897.6K followers, 14.7K engagements


"Today Elon tweeted this diagram by @SwipeWright which sums up how a lot of people (including me) feel. Then a bunch of ppl responded w/ graphs showing that Republican politicians have moved farther right in that time than Dems have moved left. Here's what I think is happening: https://t.co/Q9OjlJhi7f https://t.co/Q9OjlJhi7f"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519851044666183681)  2022-04-29T01:28Z 897.8K followers, 31.2K engagements


"If you only wished to be happy this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people and this is always difficult for we believe others to be happier than they are. Montesquieu said this [---] years ago. Were still working on this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1529017582870749184)  2022-05-24T08:32Z 897.8K followers, 63.7K engagements


"A [--] megabyte hard drive in [----] vs. [--] terabyte today. A terabyte hard drive in [----] would be the size of a 40-story building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1539025002753843202)  2022-06-20T23:18Z 897.8K followers, 20.7K engagements


"Imagine human history were written in a big 1000-page book. Every page would cover [---] years. If we tore out all the pages it would look like this. The very earliest permanent settlements started around page [---] and recorded history doesn't start until around page [---]. 1/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1636095952887881732)  2023-03-15T20:04Z 897.6K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Dinosaurs to scale. Pretty happy we live now and not then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2014447899090833498)  2026-01-22T21:19Z 897K followers, 59.3K engagements


"this is fine meme "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation." "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017307068823458249)  2026-01-30T18:40Z 897K followers, 85K engagements


"@nishkidoonoo Apolitical / too exhausted by it all to care anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019529952496865788)  2026-02-05T21:53Z 897K followers, [----] engagements


"@stephlepp Haven't read yet but many people have recommended it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019538456502833174)  2026-02-05T22:27Z 897.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Journalists not doing journalism anymore presents a golden opportunity for random YouTubers to skyrocket into relevance by filling the vacuum 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable We ALL https://t.co/E3Penx2o7a 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day."  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2004994284945047646)  2025-12-27T19:14Z 897.7K followers, 1.6M engagements


"Dismayed to see my scandalous ideas about tipping in the Epstein files. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2018087572447072443)  2026-02-01T22:22Z 897.8K followers, 125.6K engagements


"We think a lot about those black lines forgetting that its all still in our hands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1367871165319049221)  2021-03-05T16:14Z 897.8K followers, 76.9K engagements


"@elonmusk Update:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2016693529980866940)  2026-01-29T02:03Z 897.8K followers, 310.3K engagements


"Nice job Ayatollah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017373312628973783)  2026-01-30T23:04Z 897.8K followers, 166.2K engagements


"Bro https://t.co/NJttCMYjRP https://t.co/NJttCMYjRP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2022418132099592549)  2026-02-13T21:10Z 897.8K followers, 2M engagements


"My book What's Our Problem is now available. The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With [---] drawings it's a toolbox for understanding our societies our group dynamics and our own minds. Get it here: http://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem http://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1627991876413321219)  2023-02-21T11:21Z 897.8K followers, 64M engagements


"Scrolling on X today is a constant zig-zag between so looks like the world as we know it is coming to an end shortly and thank god theres an extra week before the Super Bowl so Drake Mayes shoulder can have time to heal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017315662457409690)  2026-01-30T19:15Z 897.7K followers, 151.4K engagements


"On one hand this made me feel better. On the other its kind of like aliens are currently heading towards Earth and then one of them is like you have nothing to worry about its fine. Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017354570566144004)  2026-01-30T21:49Z 897.8K followers, 107.5K engagements


"Come on throw the Gambia a bone Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2018877260586197356)  2026-02-04T02:40Z 897.8K followers, 287.9K engagements


"Americas political landscape is more complicated than it used to be. Heres my attempt to depict what I see as the seven broad camps today. Most people I know fall pretty cleanly into one of these circles (each of which has some common ground with the two adjacent circles). Some additional points: - The top two circles (green/yellow) are concerned first and foremost with the rise of illiberalismdisregard for the constitution cancel culture mob behavior political violence. They see liberal vs illiberal as more critical right now than left vs right. In [----] they agreed that wokeness was bad but"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019528562982969547)  2026-02-05T21:48Z 897.8K followers, 387.8K engagements


"I visited Altos for book research and was blown away with the insanely ambitious things they were working on. This is great news. 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming approaches that could help pave the way for future AGE REVERSAL GENE THERAPY. https://t.co/vke9VgnTLw 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019543250424730006)  2026-02-05T22:46Z 897.8K followers, 181.5K engagements


"First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on""  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019572768552161746)  2026-02-06T00:44Z 897.8K followers, 1.2M engagements


"First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on" First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on""  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019665878640627911)  2026-02-06T06:54Z 897.8K followers, 68.6K engagements


"A friend has taken the pleasure of informing me that this is a joke that has already been made many times in different wording. Theft not intentional"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019890284817961381)  2026-02-06T21:45Z 897.8K followers, 31.4K engagements


"RT @SarahTheHaider: This is a great depiction my only critique is that it is not proportional. I'm 🟡 and I sense most of my followers a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2021670031843877231)  2026-02-11T19:37Z 897.8K followers, [--] engagements


"💔 The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2021975291594518558)  2026-02-12T15:50Z 897.8K followers, 143.9K engagements


"Well that was a new life experience by @mastertingus Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2021993140027371826)  2026-02-12T17:01Z 897.8K followers, 113.8K engagements


"Scam PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2022417270858014960)  2026-02-13T21:07Z 897.8K followers, 59.8K engagements


"And "famous person" is determined by some objective metric like follower count"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1587525161795862530)  2022-11-01T19:21Z 887K followers, [---] engagements


"If you could send your 22-year-old self a three-word message what would you say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1643587289442930689)  2023-04-05T12:12Z 887.1K followers, 3.3M engagements


"The sun compresses [---] million tons of hydrogen into [---] million tons of helium every second. About the mass of [----] skyscrapers every second. Image: NSO/NSF/AURA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1645543692449599498)  2023-04-10T21:46Z 887.1K followers, 167.6K engagements


"People of the future will go to the app store and search "drugs" and a bunch of drug experience apps will show up. They'll tap one for a 30-second sample and the brain-machine interface in their head will give them that experience. If they like it they can pay for a full hour or pay for a monthly subscription to have unlimited use. Someone who likes say psychedelics will download an app that includes [--] varieties of psychedelic experience to try. When they're high they'll be able to crank the intensity up and down with a slide of their finger or shut off the high with a tap. All drugs will be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1653456069056757760)  2023-05-02T17:47Z 890.5K followers, 2.3M engagements


"Its interesting seeing how twitter subscription is developing its own culture. I thought people would just post extra tweets or behind the scenes looks but people I subscribe to are using it to have a more casual less performative space on Twitter. Feels like friends texting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1660611357442547712)  2023-05-22T11:39Z 887.7K followers, 1M engagements


"@BillyM2k PYG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1689099565402632192)  2023-08-09T02:21Z 890.4K followers, 38.5K engagements


"Just sneezed walking down the street which was promptly met by a bless you from a passing stranger. Commenting on a strangers sneeze has to be our weirdest cultural practice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1693640094811324662)  2023-08-21T15:03Z 887.5K followers, 284.1K engagements


"Favorite newsletter is @NellieBowless weekly news recap: https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1761082757801787602)  2024-02-23T17:37Z 887K followers, 43.2K engagements


"I gave Google Gemini two prompts: 1) Tell me about the book What's Our Problem by Tim Urban 2) Tell me about the book How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi It described both and then gave these qualifiers at the end of each:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1762232971652657649)  2024-02-26T21:47Z 890.5K followers, 1.8M engagements


"My new existential fidget toy: one magnet for every week of a 90-year life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1783201337649307660)  2024-04-24T18:28Z 887.7K followers, 128.9K engagements


"A model of the Neolithic proto-city atalhyk (in modern-day Turkey) in [----] BC. Around [----] people lived there in a dense jumble of homes (most homes could only be accessed by walking across the rooftops). Crazy to me that something this legit was happening [--] centuries ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1787567131913056400)  2024-05-06T19:36Z 887.3K followers, 90.5K engagements


"Find the snow leopard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1800658329641144386)  2024-06-11T22:36Z 887.6K followers, 710.8K engagements


"Parent/child height data shows a regression to the mean. Ive heard that intelligence works the same way. Even if both you and your spouse are intelligence outliers theres a good chance your children wont be. Image by u/takeasecond on Reddit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1805489828705841438)  2024-06-25T06:34Z 888.5K followers, 968.7K engagements


"ChatGPT won't let me have the last word"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1836849041105191022)  2024-09-19T19:25Z 886.5K followers, 156K engagements


"Egypt is a long skinny country that happens to have a big desert around it. image: Milos Popovic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1837715300545863811)  2024-09-22T04:47Z 888.6K followers, 517.6K engagements


"If a time traveler from [----] appeared in front of you and you were able to ask them just one question before they vanished what would you ask"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1849590467714777168)  2024-10-24T23:15Z 887.4K followers, 735.1K engagements


"The new widescreen view in Vision Pro is so sick. Giant curved 40-foot screen on the beach"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1857196955660873976)  2024-11-14T23:00Z 887K followers, 104.6K engagements


"Americans think 26% of US households make over $500K/year (it's actually 1%). Not coincidentally young Americans now believe $500K is the benchmark for financial success. A recipe for immense anger and grievance. This 11-year-old post still good as new: https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1860092792707645601)  2024-11-22T22:47Z 890.5K followers, 489.6K engagements


"Not to be all ACKCHYUALLY but Stephenson 2-18 (the largest known star) is wayyy bigger than that. Heres its actual size in relation to the sun. The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1861439824265138389)  2024-11-26T16:00Z 874.2K followers, 10.7M engagements


"If I need something from someone starting the email with the token "hope you're well" before getting to my request seems so excruciatingly disingenuous that I usually elect to just be like "Hi" and then get to it. But then I kind of seem like a dick. Real lose-lose situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1876746390438621617)  2025-01-07T21:43Z 887.3K followers, 317.5K engagements


"Education is one arena where AI will have a seismic positive impact on the world. Soon AI tutoring will be the gold standard of personalized education in the richest countries and the poorest people on Earth will have access to that same exact education. New randomized controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. [--] weeks of after-school AI tutoring = [--] years of typical learning gains outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. And it helped all students especially girls who were initially behind https://t.co/abE1JMUBEs New randomized controlled trial of students"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1879644345739149694)  2025-01-15T21:38Z 884.3K followers, 340.9K engagements


"One of the benefits of Apple's closed ecosystem is supposed to be that users are protected from apps that can do sneaky invasive things like this. Why was TikTok even allowed in the app store When you open a link to another website from within the TikTok app TikTok injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes including passwords and all taps. Please explain to us why the Chinese government have a First Amendment right to do this to [---] million Americans https://t.co/d7iaRJ3694 When you open a link to another website from within the TikTok app TikTok injects tracking code that can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1881052367787024596)  2025-01-19T18:53Z 893.6K followers, 646.5K engagements


"I'm agnostic because it's unknown whether Earth life came to be on its own or was created or planted here by aliens or if we're in a simulation. But I'm an atheist when it comes to our religious doctrines because they were written by ancient people who knew even less than we do. https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1883596470651388238)  2025-01-26T19:22Z 874.1K followers, 1M engagements


"Get your shit together Philippines This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6 This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1884035953469317190)  2025-01-28T00:29Z 873.9K followers, 539.6K engagements


"Reading about DeepSeek this week I can't help but think about the story of Mesopotamia. The Hilly Flanks above ancient Mesopotamia had rich soil and ample rainfall so the people who lived there never had to innovate to survive. The less fortunate people living in the dry river valley below the hills had it harder which by necessity led them to develop irrigation and other clever survival hacksand it was these people not those living in the Hilly Flanks who developed the first cities the first money the first writing and the first civilization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1885099836921278821)  2025-01-30T22:56Z 874.1K followers, 487.8K engagements


"If Jupiter were as close to us as Mars is My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my backyard. https://t.co/sJwphG1aRz My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1885126454645522508)  2025-01-31T00:42Z 887.2K followers, 129.5K engagements


"Humanoid robots and drones will both be absolutely everywhere 10-20 years from now. Delivery drones flying overhead robot janitors baristas grocery store employees guiding you to the right aisle and (eventually) housekeeperswill all seem as normal as smartphones do today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1886548288775549406)  2025-02-03T22:52Z 890.4K followers, 11M engagements


"@KevinOConnorNBA None yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1891995435549577551)  2025-02-18T23:37Z 874.2K followers, 64.7K engagements


"Still falling short of the Turning Test. Soon enough there will be no way to figure out if youre talking to an AI or a human. Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1894546179884523752)  2025-02-26T00:33Z 875.6K followers, 155K engagements


"Update: It turns out that the laws of physics are a thing and opening a single window in my office barely moves any air in or out which is why the CO2 barely budged. But now I've discovered (with help from @Liv_Boeree) that when I also simultaneously open the front and back door of the house a draft blows through the house and literally [--] minutes later the office CO2 level has dropped from 1000+ to like [---]. Even after I close the doors and window CO2 stays low for a few days before slowly creeping back up. Then I open the doors again and it drops back down. I think of it like flushing the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1904648674334171234)  2025-03-25T21:36Z 890.4K followers, 1.1M engagements


"I think rollerblades should make a comeback"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1931138883166650634)  2025-06-06T23:59Z 886.5K followers, 88.5K engagements


"Scrolling X be like: The printing press worked like this The Jews should all die especially you The sphinx was made by aliens The truth about Epstein (1/27) Big win for the Sox Mamdani kicked a baby (1/45) The UK is Islamic This guy is a wrong retard (1/374) Look at this sloth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1944884797664616600)  2025-07-14T22:20Z 887.2K followers, 373.9K engagements


"Books I read: Fascinating factoid Me writing my book: Fascinating factoid Fact-checker: Factoid is FALSE. FALSER THAN FALSE. THE FALSEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. Heres whats correct: long boring nuanced explanation full of uncertainties Accuracy is such a bummer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1945203789302030694)  2025-07-15T19:28Z 888.1K followers, 99.8K engagements


"Who knew when you ate a bit of broccoli you're actually eating like [---] baby flowers Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1945954007748411399)  2025-07-17T21:09Z 887K followers, 176K engagements


"Same reason I can't have others research for me. Researching is how I learn and I can only write well when I really understand what I'm explaining. Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students academics and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought. https://t.co/Iv2H4mTAk3 Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students academics and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1947393894821368193)  2025-07-21T20:31Z 890.1K followers, 127.7K engagements


"I dont understand the physics of this being 3D printed This 3D-printed chainmail comes straight off the print bed fully interlockedno assembly needed. 🎥 PropsMaker https://t.co/Tgep12pW47 This 3D-printed chainmail comes straight off the print bed fully interlockedno assembly needed. 🎥 PropsMaker https://t.co/Tgep12pW47"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1957130702412976299)  2025-08-17T17:21Z 890.5K followers, 381.1K engagements


"You have to spend the rest of your life in one quadrant. Which one do you choose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1960405363955511650)  2025-08-26T18:13Z 887.4K followers, 502.5K engagements


"By the way deleted yesterdays post about Bluesky. I wrote it in an emotional moment with hyperbolic wording that was counterproductive. The general criticism holds though which I think is expressed better below. Very few of us know the people at the tip of the spear. We can make the biggest impact by uniting against the handle making that behavior far more taboo than it is now. https://t.co/t7zz6oZq5Y Very few of us know the people at the tip of the spear. We can make the biggest impact by uniting against the handle making that behavior far more taboo than it is now. https://t.co/t7zz6oZq5Y"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1966184998618411239)  2025-09-11T17:00Z 890.4K followers, 217.1K engagements


"Dug my iPhone [--] out of the closet (still works). The screen is as tall as the [--] Pro Max screen is wide. Including a comparison of a photo taken by the iPhone [--] and iPhone [--] Pro. [----] people freaked out about the first iPhone. Imagine showing them todays phones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1972106269977989264)  2025-09-28T01:09Z 887.1K followers, 135.3K engagements


"If you dont malnourish your children youre part of the problem Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1972761767819595996)  2025-09-29T20:33Z 887K followers, 152.8K engagements


"Returning Snoopy is on par with Mosess parents sending him down a river for historic flubs Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8 Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1975331329928737277)  2025-10-06T22:44Z 886.9K followers, 63.8K engagements


"I played this and it was very fun and also very stressful I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978149574653944179)  2025-10-14T17:23Z 886.9K followers, 51K engagements


"Uber home from airport $72. Lyft $28. How does that happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978209448184160694)  2025-10-14T21:21Z 886.9K followers, 157.3K engagements


"Okay my Lyft is [--] min away. Now I see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978210882820653064)  2025-10-14T21:26Z 886.9K followers, 34K engagements


"Is brown just dark orange"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981023019909644515)  2025-10-22T15:41Z 887.1K followers, 69.9K engagements


"Designers who make beautiful expensive things (furniture appliances etc.) that are less functional and harder to use than their run-of-the-mill cheap counterparts should be sent to prison"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981023515043115266)  2025-10-22T15:43Z 886.9K followers, 33.7K engagements


"Light red is pink I guess but when I think of pink I think of the area on the wheel between red and purple which requires blue. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981062602878042601)  2025-10-22T18:18Z 887K followers, 62.9K engagements


"I dont know why the algorithm hates me but I could happily go the rest of my life without ever seeing this man again That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981063929586430290)  2025-10-22T18:23Z 887.1K followers, 68.2K engagements


"Even if no one catches you doing it you catch yourself doing it which lowers your self-esteem. You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sh*t - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out of your window while driving - You purposefully You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sh*t - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981064366419050804)  2025-10-22T18:25Z 887.1K followers, 169.2K engagements


"Really shining a light on how insanely dangerous it is for humans to drive cars BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981378547005444351)  2025-10-23T15:13Z 887K followers, 502K engagements


"New post dropping tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981455281956479153)  2025-10-23T20:18Z 887.4K followers, 26.8K engagements


"NEW POST. All my thoughts from the weird and wild world of toddler fatherhood. https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981705206921568660)  2025-10-24T12:51Z 890.5K followers, 626.2K engagements


"I live with a totalitarian dictator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983610308993413585)  2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 25.6K engagements


"Full post: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983610312118136864)  2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 19.9K engagements


"When I was there (2000-2004) grade inflation was already a huge topic. That was when less than 25% of grades were an Anow it's 60% The main victims here are the top students who would get A's without inflation who now have no way to distinguish themselves. Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years. https://t.co/MrhUePnqf3 Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years."  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983993020543541573)  2025-10-30T20:22Z 887.2K followers, 54.4K engagements


"I keep being recommended Godel Escher Bach so I finally bought it. Now I have it. Do I actually have to read this thing or can I just have it be an impressive addition to my bookshelf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1984055047836332269)  2025-10-31T00:29Z 887.4K followers, 146.2K engagements


"Someone elses toddler can ruin your week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1984312996756406356)  2025-10-31T17:34Z 887.3K followers, 35.5K engagements


"I'm on a plane and have to close this page now because strangers watching you doomscroll is like your brain being naked in front of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1986154292017795378)  2025-11-05T19:30Z 887.3K followers, 152.3K engagements


"Did the results come in from this NYC mayor's race I don't see anything on X about it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1986163314490044459)  2025-11-05T20:06Z 887.4K followers, 61.1K engagements


"The universal disconnect. Husband thinks wife is requesting a life coach session when what she actually wants is a therapy session. Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989041406871269611)  2025-11-13T18:43Z 887.5K followers, 195.8K engagements


"Mount Everest from the plane (from Delhi to Bhutan)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989062774983651778)  2025-11-13T20:08Z 888.2K followers, 49.9K engagements


"iPhone [--] Pro zoom is quite something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989064182654710224)  2025-11-13T20:13Z 887.6K followers, 21.1K engagements


"Smoking on airplanes was banned in [----] for domestic flights and in [----] for international flights. Incredibly weird people could still smoke on planes in 1999"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989813967015801298)  2025-11-15T21:53Z 887.6K followers, 73.4K engagements


"The FULL spectrum of opinion on abortion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1990535594326536571)  2025-11-17T21:40Z 887.9K followers, 109.5K engagements


"A friend of mine was confused my explanation:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1990894174875373928)  2025-11-18T21:25Z 888.5K followers, 27.5K engagements


"We used to get to take liquid through TSA and then one dick tries to blow up a plane with liquid and for [--] years now I have to buy coffee in the terminal instead of bringing it from home. How much of this is really that one dick vs how much more money airports are making"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1991233541523317211)  2025-11-19T19:54Z 888.2K followers, 210.4K engagements


"I was up for over an hour in the middle of the night thinking about how small the zeros would have to be to simply fit the written-out number googolplex in the observable universes volume. Very annoying reason to be tired all day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1991520319513981025)  2025-11-20T14:53Z 888.2K followers, 32.5K engagements


"For those wondering you pack the observable universe with fine sand and each grain zoomed in is actually a bundle of a billion microscopic zeros"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1991522517174071447)  2025-11-20T15:02Z 888.5K followers, 18K engagements


"Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993372551104352354)  2025-11-25T17:33Z 887.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993372630917759173)  2025-11-25T17:34Z 887.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993373079876387113)  2025-11-25T17:35Z 888.5K followers, 83.6K engagements


"What I saw in Bhutan the mysterious kingdom of the Himalayas:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993403189262270825)  2025-11-25T19:35Z 890.6K followers, 116.1K engagements


"Full post: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993403191418060907)  2025-11-25T19:35Z 888.4K followers, 18.3K engagements


"Imagine how bad it would be to be lost here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1994262534564548897)  2025-11-28T04:30Z 888.8K followers, 27.5K engagements


"At least those 18-year-old dudes will stop hopping around on the edges of skyscrapers and sometimes falling off and dying because there will be no way for people to know whether the video is AI or real so no one will watch those videos anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1994815527240528361)  2025-11-29T17:07Z 888.5K followers, 95.1K engagements


"Starting the illustrations for my new book. The publisher is asking for vector drawings so Im trying to learn to use Adobe Illustrator after a decade of using Pixelmator and Ive never had an experience this awful before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1995619752111469004)  2025-12-01T22:23Z 888.6K followers, 53.1K engagements


"The plot of Pluribus is so compelling that it manages to still be a good show despite the unbelievable annoying protagonist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1996625529244676135)  2025-12-04T16:59Z 890.5K followers, 247.1K engagements


"How am I just learning this Nicomachus Theorem [--] + [--] + [--] + . + n = (1 + [--] + [--] + . + n) The sum of the first n cubes always equals the square of the sum of the first n integers. For n = 3: (1 + [--] + 3) = [--] = [--] = [--] + [--] + [--] https://t.co/JX8ooaJQhh Nicomachus Theorem [--] + [--] + [--] + . + n = (1 + [--] + [--] + . + n) The sum of the first n cubes always equals the square of the sum of the first n integers. For n = 3: (1 + [--] + 3) = [--] = [--] = [--] + [--] + [--] https://t.co/JX8ooaJQhh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1996710854109417517)  2025-12-04T22:38Z 888.8K followers, 129.8K engagements


"For Christmas I want a printout of all the posts that have shown up right as I open X that disappear forever after half a second when the page refreshes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1999634230347735396)  2025-12-13T00:15Z 888.8K followers, 238.1K engagements


"Need one as a pet A microscopic tardigrade also known as a water bear walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient it can survive decades without food or water and are the only known animal that can survive in direct exposure in space. 📹 Tobin Sparling https://t.co/JwhIPLGyii A microscopic tardigrade also known as a water bear walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient it can survive decades without food or water and are the only known animal that can survive in direct exposure in space. 📹 Tobin Sparling https://t.co/JwhIPLGyii"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2000003566317224107)  2025-12-14T00:43Z 890.1K followers, 75.7K engagements


"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command. Animal Farm is a critique of capitalism. The pigs (Stalinists) become equal to the humans (capitalists). I cannot believe how many people did not understand its clear message. Animal Farm is a critique of capitalism. The pigs (Stalinists) become equal to the humans (capitalists). I cannot believe how many people did not understand its clear message"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2001118285450854641)  2025-12-17T02:32Z 890.1K followers, 233.7K engagements


"Shouldnt two-factor authentication be unnecessary with Face ID Like the point of 2FA is to make sure its actually you and not someone who stole your password and Face ID means its for sure you so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2001513907404603746)  2025-12-18T04:44Z 890.1K followers, 103.4K engagements


"@C_3C_3 💯% free of white men"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2001783190487499162)  2025-12-18T22:34Z 889.8K followers, 59.3K engagements


"If I handed my wife a 50-pound dumbbell she would die on the spot. But then she walks around carrying our baby and toddler who add up to like [--] pounds. It makes no sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2002465267948155005)  2025-12-20T19:44Z 890.1K followers, 646.6K engagements


"This brilliant little simulation by @ncasenmare is a good reminder of the way mainstream media and social media algorithms manufacture and amplify intergroup hatred. https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2003520918681944480)  2025-12-23T17:39Z 890.6K followers, 38.8K engagements


"My favorite part is the robot also bending over after the kick Using a mocap suit to kick yourself in the balls with a robot is a great metaphor to close out [----]. https://t.co/G1hY5Fd6YF Using a mocap suit to kick yourself in the balls with a robot is a great metaphor to close out [----]. https://t.co/G1hY5Fd6YF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2005324589853990963)  2025-12-28T17:06Z 890.5K followers, 350.9K engagements


"Why would corporations like Amazon replace workers with robots Pretty simple. Robots dont need a wage health care time off sick leave Social Security Medicare or unemployment benefits. Maybe its time to tax robots & use the revenue generated to help working families. Why would corporations like Amazon replace workers with robots Pretty simple. Robots dont need a wage health care time off sick leave Social Security Medicare or unemployment benefits. Maybe its time to tax robots & use the revenue generated to help working families"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2005808527000977419)  2025-12-30T01:09Z 890.4K followers, 83.4K engagements


"My New Year's Resolutions: 1) Be asleep before midnight most nights 2) Get four hours of deep focus work done every weekday before 5pm 3) No work on weekends What are yours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2007218113125982299)  2026-01-02T22:31Z 890.5K followers, 229.4K engagements


"@hubermanlab I use Brick to block social media on my phone and Freedom to block it on my computer during working hours. Does the trick pretty well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2007280201395515615)  2026-01-03T02:37Z 890.1K followers, 26.1K engagements


"It's important that you all know about the cotylorhynchus hancocki one of the dumbest animals ever to live"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2007291550095786243)  2026-01-03T03:22Z 890.4K followers, 96.5K engagements


"The oldest group text threads have been going for like [--] years now. Kind of weird that in a few decades there could be group threads full of 85-year-olds that have been running for [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2008611574936916012)  2026-01-06T18:48Z 890.5K followers, 48.5K engagements


"Remember this https://www.youtube.com/watchv=oavMtUWDBTM https://www.youtube.com/watchv=oavMtUWDBTM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2009107608242917653)  2026-01-08T03:39Z 890.5K followers, 51.1K engagements


"Remember the time there were suddenly alien computer minds on the planet that we now all converse with That was weird"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2009280465631404437)  2026-01-08T15:06Z 890.6K followers, 105.6K engagements


"On an airplane currently and would like to register two complaints: 1) It's a two-hour domestic flight between the hours of 5-7pm and the lights are OFF. It's like fully dark in here. I get that some people want to nap but it's daytime and we're adults. People are free to bring a sleep mask. 2) There is no row [--] because apparently we still believe in voodoo number curses. We are such a silly species. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009416972568817821 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009416972568817821"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2009416972568817821)  2026-01-09T00:08Z 890.6K followers, 321.8K engagements


"Then I took a picture of Jupiter and it wasnt cool at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2012147018521804970)  2026-01-16T12:56Z 890.5K followers, 18.1K engagements


"@Liv_Boeree I sent a Brooklyn Beckham post to Tandice yesterday because I thought it would amuse her and Ive now been fed [----] Beckham drama posts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2013688888456327421)  2026-01-20T19:03Z 890.5K followers, 26K engagements


"@ketansingh279 We're working on a new site that'll launch later this year it'll have dark mode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2014099205376053741)  2026-01-21T22:14Z 890.5K followers, [----] engagements


"New fixation: Kowloon Walled City. At its height in the 80s home to [-----] people. Drawing is just a tiny cross-section of the whole thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/872503309344665600)  2017-06-07T17:19Z 887K followers, [---] engagements

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