Tag: Social Media
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2024-05-10
Tell Me What to Want
Whenever I become frustrated or unhappy with my life I go hunting. This kind of hunting brings me no solace at all, but I don't know how to stop. The trouble is that I don't really know what I want, I desperately want to know what I want, and there are numerous services offering to solve this trouble for me by promising a variety of visions so compelling that I will finally know what I want whenever I reach the bottom of the feed.
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2024-05-03
Avoidance and Consumption
What do you do when you don't know what to do? Or when you know what to do but don't especially want to do it? I know what I do. I just consume. In the moment, it feels like I'm clicking in order to chase something, but underneath I know that I'm clicking in order to run away.