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We need to restructure how to get to really know one another. I have some ideas...
cats stratifyin and critiquing each ripple affected group like we knew what the fuck internet and the closing and creation of these digital gaps were going to do to us.. socially... interpersonally..
I& #39;m most concerned by the little observations of late. The intense awkwardness expressed by youth in what to me seem basic social interactions... and this across the board
from eye contact to body language, to how they can or cannot process certain emotions. We lash out at them.. call them & #39;emo& #39; for being suicidal.. lambaste how they can& #39;t boil an egg but not curious as to why
meanwhile generations ahead of us critiquing our family structures and relationships, our moral codes ..
so in the dissolving of basic human interactions, we& #39;ve gotten lost in ethereal rhetoric. battle over convictions we never have to live up to in the physical world
and that& #39;s in part aligned with these digital gaps... like it took internet movements to jolt us into remembrance to BASIC shit. like & #39;hey folks, my life matters& #39; or & #39;stop fucking raping& #39; & #39;bullying fucks niggas up& #39;
this is great to spread awareness and momentum, but something is missing in the feedback loop where you, the individual, still has to be accountable to being a not shit sandwich fuck of a person
so twitter fingers amirite?
but also "keep that same energy"
but like... COVID... social distancing..
socially got niggas like...
but also "keep that same energy"
but like... COVID... social distancing..
socially got niggas like...
how do we set a new standard for incorporating these campaigned ideas of & #39;making space& #39;, & #39;empathy& #39;, & #39;consciousness& #39; etc... how is this different from a moral code?
It seems that we need to revisit how the physical is interacting with the digital.. socially.
It seems that we need to revisit how the physical is interacting with the digital.. socially.
With digital conference becoming an even more popular tool and going & #39;live& #39; to real time interact, how do we maintain these new concepts on our micro one on one interactions.
How does this effect the communities we form online?
How does this effect the communities we form online?
Aside from so called romance, and the industry behind it, what healthy ways have we developed relationships and community/idea based groups that have both a large digital impact and a personally connected one, encompassing more than a singular cause for action?
I do not have all the solutions. More questions than anything. But other than & #39;collabs& #39; and & #39;friends& #39; you have on a platform that you& #39;ve followed for a whole fuckin decade but would walk past on the street... what is this shit for? lol
Like it be bad news all the time that finally gets a brief window of a SEMBLANCE of & #39;okay whew... you hurt too? i& #39;m not totally alone and fucked up out here& #39; . and that is kinda wack. low key triggering.
then we be lookin at that one homie in ya camp who TOTALLY doesn& #39;t have social media like they the strange ones. and they be fuckin waaaaay less stressed out about the world. Not even out of ignorance.
My Dr. friend stopped fuckin with social networking after fuckin Friendster. Remember FUCKING friendster my nigga? hella long ago G. Recently he kinda hit me like
"why sign up and choose to get notified and care about every sad thing in the world and peoples fucked up opinions?"
"why sign up and choose to get notified and care about every sad thing in the world and peoples fucked up opinions?"
but he the crazy one? ha...
Ionno yo. I& #39;m takin little steps to sift out how interactions I participate in are meaningful. Even if micro. But also meaningful in the physical. I offered to write cats on my Facebook physical letters to start.
Ionno yo. I& #39;m takin little steps to sift out how interactions I participate in are meaningful. Even if micro. But also meaningful in the physical. I offered to write cats on my Facebook physical letters to start.
We on here cryin bout the post office. Imma send niggas letters. Short, long, whateva. Some people also just would rather vent something or voice something to somebody a lil removed from they everyday. LIKE WE DO HERE.
but maybe. it will have more meaning if its a letter they responding to. Shit takes time. It takes thought... it requires accountability on a small level even.. it requires action.
Like I had to sit down and think about that person whether I know them well or not..
Like I had to sit down and think about that person whether I know them well or not..
Think about that for a moment before you ask a stranger to "collab" or just step into whateva the fuck you thinkin bout... like are yal even resonating in a compatible wavelength? how would yal know? how yal tap in?
and this coming from a notorious reclusive cat...
like i loathe video chat in all forms. from zoom to whatsapp random videos from immigrant relatives. but there may be a method in that to rebalance the & #39;awkward& #39; ways we build and connect
like i loathe video chat in all forms. from zoom to whatsapp random videos from immigrant relatives. but there may be a method in that to rebalance the & #39;awkward& #39; ways we build and connect
niggas gon have to step from behind dem avatars for a second fr fr
