About

This is where the words go when they don’t fit anywhere else. Not polite enough for LinkedIn. Not tragic enough for therapy. Too long for Twitter. Too honest for Medium. Here, then. Fine.

I write under the name Simian Smith because my real one has too much admin attached. Simian says the things I mean before I’ve softened them for company. He swears more. Thinks faster. Bites the hand, then quotes Orwell.

This isn’t a project. It’s a leak. Thoughts that got too sharp to leave rattling around in my head. So I throw them here, essays, rants, speculative braincracks, in the hope that someone else recognises the shape and grunts back. Most won’t. That’s fine. If I wanted applause, I’d post reels.

The name The Unreasonable Ape is just what it sounds like: a reminder that we’re all twitching mammals wrapped in cheap ideology and predictive text. Still scribbling, still hoping, still refreshing. I don’t have answers. Just friction. And the occasional sentence that lands like a kick instead of a hug.

If you're still reading, welcome. If you're not, I didn’t notice anyway.