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Itās easy to condemn the world of QR code menus, HR talk, and big-box stores as bleak. Itās a reflex to be revolted by the sterile dust that now seemingly coats every corner of the Western World. Blue pill or Red Pill, I guess. When the only alternative seems to be outright populism. There seems to be a lethargic and sneering shadow that nips the heels of every passer-by. Isnāt easy to be ironic. Isnāt it easy to hold an air of apathetic sardonicism. Isnāt it easy to curse the cage we are locked in, only to tighten the bars in fear of what lies beyond. If Emily Dickson claims that āhopeā is the thing with feathers, I wonder what she will make of the bird who clipped its own wings. Be brave, I think. Take courage to revolt against the programmed norm to hate and to despise. See beauty in the perfect cubes of Chocolate Milk cartons, find humour in the abrupt slopes of beer bellies. You havenāt even lost your skin elasticity yet, maybe you should just go fly a kite.
Apr 17, 2024
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right now as I'm writing this, new york is caked in a freaky orange smog and the world is proverbially "giving" "apocalypse vibes." it's hard not to feel an underlying sense of doom and dread lurking in everything, even the fun things (well the world is ending, so I might as well do what I want, etc. etc.). my whole thing as of late is that I'm sort of over that...I readĀ Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal recently which gets into a lot of these feelings (s/o the meta crisis) and one of his pitches for the start of a solution is something he calls "radical hope." I of course do not know if it will work but I think it's far more interesting than ironic detachment because you're actually not brave enough to care about anything
Jun 19, 2023
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i generally find nihilism to be the laziest, most boring frame of mind. i don't know why so many 'cool ppl' thrive in such a nihilistic state. i stand accused for sure. i want to change this, see things through a positive lens; after all, there is a world of possibility.
Feb 1, 2024
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:/ I feel like the days are movin far too swiftly. Everyone is a little checked out, and its as if weāre all just sitting around waiting for something bad to happen because so many aspects of life are wild and extremely disheartening.
I just miss the world being a tad bit more optimistic, happy, and I shall dare to sayā¦ a lot more ignorant.
Feb 23, 2025
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one should treat smoking with the same temperment as eating meat, grotesquely decadent if done daily. sumptuous and graceful if they are intaken sporatically with intent.
this of course excludes railway workers, who should huff and puff to their hearts content.
Apr 10, 2024
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Photo 1:
Me, at the beach. Hands shielding my eyes from the Bondi sun. Maroon-stained lips pursed into a slight smile. Iām wearing a black camisole with a lace trim here. Hereās my body. Itās ok right. Iām not flaunting too hard either, its not sterile nor promiscuous. Not prudent nor slutty. Maybe an 8 on a good day.
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Prompt 1:
Looking for the Q to my Anon.
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Iām funny arenāt I. Iām curt, though not really. Get it, get it, get it?
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Look
Photo 2:
Casino
If anything, itās a critique of our opulent hungry society. One more drink, one more bump, one more spin. Jesus Christ youāre so insufferable.
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Prompt 2:
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Photo 3:
Blah, blah, blah
Prompt 3:
Blah, blah, blah
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I hope you want me. I hope you need me. I hope you think that Iām different. Though not that different to be strictly unapproachable. Iām self-aware, I think. I donāt know what I think, I just hope you like me.
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Iām commodifying myself to be diced and served in 3 courses. I think about you thinking about me. Gay son or thought daughter. Thought the thot daughter.
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I can be the answer to the male loneliness epidemic. I can fix you, make you whole.
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You like Kaufman? Pynchon?
Haha. Youāre such a loser. God, youāre so fucking annoying. God, I need you. Though I can find another one of you in less than 10 swipes.
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Weāre so different from everyone else, arenāt we.
We are just like everyone else.
You. Me.
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Tu.
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Are you scared of silence? Did you feel the temperature dropping 10 degrees when the sun kissed the moon? Iām scared of silence too. Not because Iām such a tortured genius that Iām too small of a vessel to hold all of my erudite neuroticism. Not, really. In fact, Iām more like a birthing mother.
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Not much lactation going on. No milk for my baby. My baby who was so snug and warm in my womb of noises. Of Colgate ads and affirmation reels, of the James Joyce that Iāll never finish, of the refrigeratorās vibration of the āI just cleared my to do list but youāre added to itā. The comforting cacophony of nothingness is gone now. Here comes the silence.
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Iām worried. I worry you; you worry me. I worry that Iāll never know what the difference between fear and anxiety is.
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Iām pressing my nose against the window now; my breath is fogging up everything. I think I see my profile popping up in your discovery page. Like me please. Please. Please. Please.
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I donāt know. Maybe Iāll give this sincerity thing a shot.
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Words I like:
Salacious. Itās scandalous and juicy
Apr 9, 2024
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Some of the best conversations Iāve had are at the smokers area of the casino. Tales of glory and shame exchanged in the burning of one cigarette. Itās the 21st centuryās town square. A third space- kids these days may call it. You should try it too sometime.
Apr 10, 2024