Jason Ellis
RandomStringOfWords.com
a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.
Most Recent Blog Posts
Somebody Has to Keep the Lights On
We'd happily hand over the keys tomorrow. But running things is not the same as criticizing things, and nobody's grabbed the clipboard yet.
Drafting People Doesn't Make Them Fighters
Forcing people to fight doesn't make them good at it. It makes them present. The U.S. military is what it is because every person in...
They Shot the Messenger. Now We Are the Message.
They killed a man who debated with civility and changed minds without violence. Then they cheered. That tells you everything about who the real extremists...
It's Okay to Say the Sky Is Green
No company worth a damn would fire you for having an opinion. If your entire HR strategy is 'don't get yelled at on Twitter,' you're...
Don't Rewrite Reality Because You're Having an Identity Crisis
You don't get to roll into the conversation with your own definitions like it's a Build-a-Word workshop and then act shocked when nobody plays along....
I'm an ISTP and Frankly That's Everyone Else's Problem
I didn't set out to be the quiet analytical badass who watches the room fall apart and then fixes it while everyone's still talking. But...
Support the Country You Live In or Live in the Country You Support
A country without borders is no country. This isn't a far-right rant — it's historical pattern recognition from Rome to Sweden.
Therapy Stigma Starts on the Playground
I grew up in the age of 'shut the hell up and deal with it.' Gen X didn't get therapy — we got sarcasm and...
The Food Is a Lie: I'm Fat, Fed Up, and Fighting Back
I'm fat. Not in the body-positive way — in the 'my knees hurt going up stairs and I'm mad about it' way. I've tried everything....
The Ugly Truth About Racism
I'm tired of being called racist for the crime of being a white male in modern America by people who have no clue what they're...
Your Car Doesn't Run on Dinosaurs
Somewhere along the way someone told you a car runs on liquified T. rex. That nonsense stuck. It stuck hard. Oil comes from pond scum...
You're Not the Resistance. You're the Problem.
There are actual citizens openly hoping the president is assassinated. Not in code. Out loud. That's not edgy. That's not righteous anger. That's evil.