It has been several years since I have read these, but if I recall correctly, he clarfies the reasons why later in the book.

Some of it may be an age thing, in my own case, i dislike emojis because i have no idea what most of them are supposed to mean., including the one at the end of your post. So for older folks like me, they make the post look weird, and can make it more difficult for me to understand what it is that you are trying to communicate.

But i wouldn't actually downvote you for it, im just more likely to ignore your post if it is overflowing with emojis.

The Pit and the Pendulum. I had nightmares about it for decades.

I think kbin users should be called Oscars, after Oscar the grouch, (lived in a bin for 50 years).

Looks like Stockton made the list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_invention#Maritime

Same here, I will never give any website my phone number, not even for 2fa.

I have found that if you just bookmark/favorite the link https://kbin.social/sub, it will always go to your subscribed subs.