I recently read a quip pondering how weird autists of silicon valley, ones that clearly have issues communicating, got us all captive-ly 'communicating' on the platforms they built... Certainly a predicament...
Also,the internet doesn’t fight; it feigns. It doesn’t connect; it clogs. A thousand tabs, a million voices, and yet, silence. It’s not myspace, yourspace, or any space at all. It’s nowhere, and it’s taking us with it.
Strange. This piece doesn’t just call out the Internet for disembodying us; it somehow, kind of mysteriously, helps me FEEL the disembodied life I live when I’m online. Kudos, CansaFis. That’s a tricky effect to pull off. Very moving, in it’s own way.
... here's some dopamine🤍... or is it endorphins...or serotonin... i wonder what the Internet says...
...is Spokane real, really?...
...i am gazing through the windows of the discount internet somewhere in Spokane... i will grab a copy of that overused meme and refurbish it and then drop it in the thrash can outside the discount store... i may come back later and scavenge and do some dumpster diving on the internet in Spokane...
...i'm sure there is a meme out there (i mean in there, on the internet) showing a happy face and a question asking "is this person happy because they went thrifting in Spokane, or because they were thrifting for memes online?" ... nickel and dime... nickel and mime... nickel and meme... except it isn't nickel... it's rare earth metals... lanthanides and memes instead of nickel and dime...
ergo "lies are underrated?"
Nice article agreed internet is shiz on toast
...and you can get the same toast at trader joe's for $2 less a loaf!...
we dont have trader joes in oz
...consider yourself lucky not to have to fight over edible pumpkin scented candles with grocery store influencers :)...
Bo has another song about that, pretty sure
...link here!!...
I was thinking of White Woman's Instagram. Possibly because of the pumpkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHotXbGZiFY
But if you really want to get down with pumpkin-spiceology, I recommend Blindboy Boatclub: https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/the-colonial-history-of-pumpkin-spice-lattes
Was going to say ‘this feels timely’ but I think its been timely for over a decade so does that make it a classic?
Need to hear more about this winsconsin shoe comment section, imagining a crazy bunch of foot fetish fiends.
As for myspace, at least we all had Tom! 🪑
…yeah maybe what the internet needs to stop enshittification is just a tomspace…
My Tom is your Tom
Love the new title and spicy take. :) Mixing it up in 2025, I see.
…can you smell the desperation (jk i think)…
Wordplay and history of 'social' media platforms in one fun essay! Love it!
…what a coup they got branding their products social…someone should toss a cancer warning on them all…
I recently read a quip pondering how weird autists of silicon valley, ones that clearly have issues communicating, got us all captive-ly 'communicating' on the platforms they built... Certainly a predicament...
…until we control the tools we are the tools…
Always enjoy all your word play 🤗
…thank you Jen…very much appreciate you reading this mess :)…
Sings, as always.
Also,the internet doesn’t fight; it feigns. It doesn’t connect; it clogs. A thousand tabs, a million voices, and yet, silence. It’s not myspace, yourspace, or any space at all. It’s nowhere, and it’s taking us with it.
…nowhere space…where we can boldly go to be nowhere…
You're some kind of genius, Mr. Foote. Not sure yet what kind, but the tooth is in the pudding?
…give me a few years and it might be all of my teeth…
Strange. This piece doesn’t just call out the Internet for disembodying us; it somehow, kind of mysteriously, helps me FEEL the disembodied life I live when I’m online. Kudos, CansaFis. That’s a tricky effect to pull off. Very moving, in it’s own way.
…it felt cliche to say it…but the internet is a hella of a drug (or lack thereof)…
... here's some dopamine🤍... or is it endorphins...or serotonin... i wonder what the Internet says...
...is Spokane real, really?...
...i am gazing through the windows of the discount internet somewhere in Spokane... i will grab a copy of that overused meme and refurbish it and then drop it in the thrash can outside the discount store... i may come back later and scavenge and do some dumpster diving on the internet in Spokane...
...i bet the thrifting in spokane is tremendous...
...i'm sure there is a meme out there (i mean in there, on the internet) showing a happy face and a question asking "is this person happy because they went thrifting in Spokane, or because they were thrifting for memes online?" ... nickel and dime... nickel and mime... nickel and meme... except it isn't nickel... it's rare earth metals... lanthanides and memes instead of nickel and dime...
…the internet’s greatest invention…memes…
... and just the right word, too... meme... me me me me me me me...
... there's a blog about it, i'm sure... or a blah-blahg...