i want so badly want to be good at degrowth, but i continually bad at the follow through. the best i got is buying more shit for the hobbies i already have rather then buying a truck load of shit for a new one.
how the hell did we end up with an internet that’s primarily a shopping mall.
polyamory is an autonomy-giving, inherently political act of freedom and, although, can be hyper-individualistic, also has the ability to community building.
made the decision to ride a bike with a bud instead of staying home on a saturday night to fuck around on my phone and it was a dub for this lil goblin.
On a podcast today I heard about a teenager, that when asked if they would consider deleting their social accounts, they answered…
“No. It’s my lifeline, but also a loaded gun”
The kids aren’t alright, y’all
kinda want to make a drop-shipping store that only sells usb dongles so I can call it “Flying Dongs” or something else dumb like that.
Folks are always taking about social media kind of being shit now like social media companies are detached from what they want.
The reality is social apps are not built to be enjoyable, they are built to be sticky. If enjoyment is the best path, it’s just a means to capture as much attention as possible.
We are witnessing the fact that enjoyment and connection aren’t the best way to get people to stay logged on as long as possible. It’s getting to those sweet brain chems as quick as possible, by any means possible.
it’s 2025 and somehow ms edge is in my daily rotation of browsers. what is happening?!?
ig has become the world’s delocalized digital shopping mall. sure, you might see a few buds, but its primary purpose is shopping.
Because of the unequal division of household labour (which sucks and shouldn’t exist, but does) return to office policies are anti-woman. If women in heterosexual relationships are socially pressured to do both personal labour and child care there is a breaking point where their in-office performance will suffer due to the pressure.
it’s weed and missing mac miller season