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May 12, 2024
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important discourse about internet slang and the physicality that will save us. so much more to be said on this topic but i think apps like these help us reorient the act of engaging in the zeitgeist without attempting to subordinate real life, real taste, real touch. things only bodies can experience and machines can never learn
Sep 10, 2024
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🧩20 guys walking down a street in new york: all wearing doc martens and jorts, wafting vanilla down the block, a book in one hand and a matcha in the other. what the fuck? is this really them? am i really me? or are we just molded this way?
naturally, the desire to be liked by others can overpower us — whether it’s subtle code-switching or even picking up new hobbies. especially now, we’re more exposed to trends than ever. and when you see millions of people liking a video about a certain shoe, what else can your weird, molded brain think except, “if i had these shoes, people would think i’m cool”?
but while i’m sifting through microtrends, the same little brain worm burrows into my noggin and asks me: “what would i have been like, if i wasn’t exposed to any social media? to any outside opinions?”
this question scares me. i really love writing — but would i have started if i hadn’t been shown videos about it? where, and who, would i be without the influence of these algorithms? but i think that’s unrealistic to imagine. we’re well into the age of technology, and it’s hard to avoid.
so what can we do?
what if we just put the phone down for a few months?
get shoes that actually feel good. smell everything and find a scent you like — even if you look like a weirdo sniffing objects. find what you love and love to be. learn how to live outside the grasp of an algorithm and in the wet, wrinkly arms of your brain. i’ll be doing it too.
naturally, the desire to be liked by others can overpower us — whether it’s subtle code-switching or even picking up new hobbies. especially now, we’re more exposed to trends than ever. and when you see millions of people liking a video about a certain shoe, what else can your weird, molded brain think except, “if i had these shoes, people would think i’m cool”?
but while i’m sifting through microtrends, the same little brain worm burrows into my noggin and asks me: “what would i have been like, if i wasn’t exposed to any social media? to any outside opinions?”
this question scares me. i really love writing — but would i have started if i hadn’t been shown videos about it? where, and who, would i be without the influence of these algorithms? but i think that’s unrealistic to imagine. we’re well into the age of technology, and it’s hard to avoid.
so what can we do?
what if we just put the phone down for a few months?
get shoes that actually feel good. smell everything and find a scent you like — even if you look like a weirdo sniffing objects. find what you love and love to be. learn how to live outside the grasp of an algorithm and in the wet, wrinkly arms of your brain. i’ll be doing it too.
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I hate it when you say, “This isn’t a hot take, but …”
I love languages. I love words.
I love languages. I love words.
Apr 25, 2025
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📚maybe underline a good sequence and add your thought on it. Or return a book and put a little flower in it 🙂↕️ game is game
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🍹If u ever see one of those rare lemonade stands buy their products, try their products! Even if you’re not thirsty, even if you have smth to drink with you, even if you have to pee - I did not make the rules🙂↔️
support your local lemonade dealer before he looks for a more lucrative product
cheers 🥤 🍋 💦
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whilst eating strawberries directly out of this lil punnet. Makes you forget that its a plastic container you have in front of you + makes you feel connected to the world and nature even if the only thing that really is connected rn is em headphones to your phone! trick yoselfff for the good my g's - spring has arrived!