physical albums aren’t as much about “owning” music to me. tapes wear out, CDs scratch, etc. i lose shit all the time. my limewire days were proof of that when you can make perfect digital copies of files, the concept of ownership is irrelevant anyway.

it’s the reason NFTs were such a scam.

having records, tapes, and vinyl places my media in the physical space with me. i experience everything in a embodied way, rather than everything but the sound existing in cyberspace.

re-framing compersion in ENM not as a feeling, but as a practice, really takes the pressure off.

While the “load-out” in the every-day tech essentials carry world is more than a lil’ problematic, it kinda makes sense.

As someone obsessed with bags and carrying shit with me, the idea that i would have a “work” or a “gaming” or a “weekend” bag “load-out” makes a lot of sense to me?

cars as a mode of commuting and personal single occupancy transport was such a dumb solution to the problem “I need to get my meat vessel from point a to point b”

the real problem with ai being used so heavily in education is not …

“omg they cheated and don’t deserve their credential”

it’s …

“holy fuck, they reduced their whole learning process down to a few prompts and know nothing about what they were ‘studying’.”

the purpose of education is not a piece of paper. its knowledge. its skills. it’s learning how to learn and adapt.

using ai to offload knowledge and learning is shortcut that skips the only thing in education that actually matters.

and it’s ruining students.

i know generational infighting is just meme-ified crabs-in-a-bucket class warfare, but fuck, if i have over hear another gen-z convo where every third word is bro, i will die of cringe.

no cap. no rizz.