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how one can attain that cool persona online honestly?
being relatable? posting interesting thoughts? or there must be an X factor and you can do absolutely nothing about it?
i like taking spooky pictures & boring OOTD pictures, i enjoy counting numbers & making music, i love going to random gigs in the underground scene & i cannot not acknowledge my likeness to Ariana Grandeâs songs tbh.
i guess itâs safe to say that: attaining a cool persona online shouldnât be the priorityâbut staying true to yourself and being able to use that cool persona as a tool for narrowing down the wildness of your creativity should be the ability (and priority lol) to attain for! :)
being relatable? posting interesting thoughts? or there must be an X factor and you can do absolutely nothing about it?
i like taking spooky pictures & boring OOTD pictures, i enjoy counting numbers & making music, i love going to random gigs in the underground scene & i cannot not acknowledge my likeness to Ariana Grandeâs songs tbh.
i guess itâs safe to say that: attaining a cool persona online shouldnât be the priorityâbut staying true to yourself and being able to use that cool persona as a tool for narrowing down the wildness of your creativity should be the ability (and priority lol) to attain for! :)
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May 27, 2025
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đan amazing thing about the dichotomy of attention whores is ur so in the moment abt being odd that u r making real memories for ur future self but also the self that says i enjoy the eyes and then u can look back at ur memories and know u were doing for the simulacra of screens but the simple enjoyment of those passing by- an to be a clown. to live the life of the jest u gotta commit to the bit, the bit by bit of our flesh and bones which means to mean i am saying, really being cool being a dynamic verb not a stative verb is the vibe.
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youâre right, it is the work of your 20s (and 30sâŚ..and 40sâŚ.) to figure out what âcoolâ means and how to embody that for yourself. youâre right on schedule!
I highly recommend taking the search offline almost entirely + not forcing it. think about the coolest people you actually know in person. what traits of theirs classify them this way? the more you start looking for traits you admire in the people around you, the more youâll find yourself weaving your version of that into your life. weâre all tapestries of the people that have made us.
also, you write: âi often feel far more fixated on appearing âcorrectlyâ than mostâ -- feelings are not facts and I can assure you that everyone else is also just as internally focused. start looking for the ways you ARE connected and similar or even the exact same as the people around you â social cohesion is the key to being cool, and there are always more similarities to be found.
I highly recommend taking the search offline almost entirely + not forcing it. think about the coolest people you actually know in person. what traits of theirs classify them this way? the more you start looking for traits you admire in the people around you, the more youâll find yourself weaving your version of that into your life. weâre all tapestries of the people that have made us.
also, you write: âi often feel far more fixated on appearing âcorrectlyâ than mostâ -- feelings are not facts and I can assure you that everyone else is also just as internally focused. start looking for the ways you ARE connected and similar or even the exact same as the people around you â social cohesion is the key to being cool, and there are always more similarities to be found.
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đ¤I read a TikTok slideshow about how we attach our personalities to the things we buy like Labubuâs, matcha, vintage clothing, etc., etc. and it really woke me up. It made me realize how often we treat objects like identity badges, hoping theyâll somehow communicate who we are to the world. But maybe we donât need to buy a personality. Maybe itâs okay to just be you without the aesthetic, without the branding, without needing to âmatchâ a vibe.
The phrase âto be cringe is to be freeâ has been living rent-free in my head, and honestly, it resonates. Because at the end of the day, who really cares what other people think? Okay, I do sometimes. Iâm human. But when I quiet the noise, I know the truest version of myself isnât curated, itâs just me. Messy, weird, sincere. And I think thatâs enough.
Weâre not the sum of what we consume. Weâre allowed to just exist, unbranded, unfiltered, and still whole.
I think Iâm not my truest self yet, but Iâm getting there and I really do hope my truest self reflects beautifully to the people around me.
The phrase âto be cringe is to be freeâ has been living rent-free in my head, and honestly, it resonates. Because at the end of the day, who really cares what other people think? Okay, I do sometimes. Iâm human. But when I quiet the noise, I know the truest version of myself isnât curated, itâs just me. Messy, weird, sincere. And I think thatâs enough.
Weâre not the sum of what we consume. Weâre allowed to just exist, unbranded, unfiltered, and still whole.
I think Iâm not my truest self yet, but Iâm getting there and I really do hope my truest self reflects beautifully to the people around me.
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