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messy cords

cable management is OUT. let those bad boys run wild. let them run across your walls, cluster inconveniently on the floor, dangle from your tv. let them get tangled in a tote bag by the couch over years and years, until you eventually need to fish that one cable out, & you experience that special brand of frustration again: how could I have let myself do this? and then, when you finally do claw that one cable free: a feeling of having ultimately Won in the battle of choosing chaos over order.

@ivy2

Apr 1, 2024

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Cable management

Get the lil velcro guys. Dominate the nest of wires behind your tv stand. Show them that you are in control of your own destiny

@mitch

Jan 31, 2024

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Cordless hoover

Life changing shit

@mouse

Nov 27, 2024

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thecreativeindependent.com

articles, interviews, essays, zines etc etc, geared towards creatives, specifically on emotional and practical guidance. you can even download the articles as pdfs! (not paid afaik)

@aubergina

Apr 25, 2024

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iffy

this is it on a good day. i wanna be a cursive girly so bad but lack the coordination :(

@aubergina

May 9, 2024

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thoughts

i’m not sure what area you’re studying/working on, and which is the basis of your essay - also, as a newbie who isn’t well-versed on the culture here - i guess i’ll just say some random misc thoughts about my experience so far! there is something about this interface, i.e. the fonts, the emojis, the formatting, the colours, etc, that’s all so incredibly nostalgic of early tech. it looks like an elevated version of the bare websites they had us build with html/css in ict class. it also feels like a more text- and community-based tumblr, another platform that i found a lot of comfort and joy being on. i don’t have the introspection or technical knowledge to pinpoint what exactly it is about PI, and similar platforms (like tumblr) that makes them safe and comforting/less stressful to use compared to others, so i’d be interested in seeing whether this is something your essay will touch on, or define! maybe it’s because it’s still new and with a smaller user base than Big SM™️ sites, but the culture here doesn’t seem to care about how many followers you have, or in getting the highest amount of engagement on everything you post! it‘s an even playing field where everyone i‘ve seen is just enthusiastic, helpful and thoughtful in their recs or general comments. a small detail, but i also like that specific “like“ numbers aren’t displayed - it (maybe unintentionally?) removes a lot of subliminal pressure to up that figure! PI is a happy, unencumbered space that makes you feel like a (pre-)teen exploring early tech and social platforms again, except instead of it being a collection of people u know irl, it’s basically a bunch of friends from all over. and that’s something that’s been sorely missed, or perhaps even erased, from the cultures of other social media sites. there’s so much individualism and criticism there, and when you don’t receive engagement, you’re basically talking to yourself bc the algorithm won’t pick up your posts & have them show up for other people. there’s always something so special and personal when social sites such as this are in their early days, when the people participating are still genuine in their pursuit on them. the people gravitating towards being here are probably looking for the same thing as well, so i hope for nothing more than for it to stay like this.

@aubergina

Apr 26, 2024