Am I the only one who wants to cancel the subscription of 2026 after the first 7-day trial? I mean... it's wild. A kidnapped president turned into sold-out Nike tech gear. Peak capitalism! Also, colonialism is back (or never left) and meme culture is our coping mechanism. Welcome to a new year of insanity! It's hard looking for meaning in the soul-crushing reality of modern-day existence, but let's find out together, navigating life in a constant state of cognitive dissonance. I’m glad you’re here. I prefer subscribers over followers. Followers don't know where they're going. However subscribers are people who subscribe to something or someone. You subscribe to a point of view. There's a difference in the incentive. In the commitment. It takes effort to consume, to read, instead of scrolling into the next piece of x-second content. I am guilty of doomscrolling as well though. I too have reel-ationships instead of real ones. Like I said, it seems like a coping mechanism to send each other reels to tell how we feel, what's hilarious, what we believe, and above all... not have the conversation in which you might be challenged or judged, or whatevs. Anyway, I was thinking about organising an event where we doomscroll together. On a big screen. Like... in a cinema. Wait! I own a small movie theater! Fuck it, let's try! Hahaha it would be super cringe, super personal, super embarrassing and super super super funny to doomscroll in front of an audience on a big screen hahahaha. I've pitched it to two friends who are in, so we now have a total of 3. The movie theater has room for a little over 100 more. The format should be something like Pecha Kucha. Remember that? It's a fast-paced presentation format using 20 slides, with each slide shown for exactly 20 seconds, for a total presentation time of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. I think, showing reels from your explore page for a little over 5 minutes is enough to completely wreck your reputation amongst friends and strangers hahahahhaa. So, holla if you're up for joining and I'll make this a reality in the coming weeks. A simple reply will do. Wait, let me think this through. Nalden, you can't just make up stuff and... What if it's the most awkward beautiful thing ever? This is either genius or public suicide hahaha. Showing strangers my algorithm's assessment of me feels more exposing than therapy. But maybe that's exactly why we should do it? Okay okay so there will be dinner, wine, lemonade for the ones who do the dry January, then after dessert everyone will sit back and relax. Everyone will get the opportunity to connect their phone to the big screen and doomscroll, together. And maybe, just maybe, social media becomes social again...
So yeah... let's just take this all in, take a deep breath, and scroll through some memes together. Bye! |
Let's Get Reel
Am I the only one who wants to cancel the subscription of 2026 after the first 7-day trial? I mean... it's wild. A kidnapped president turned into sold-out Nike tech gear. Peak capitalism! Also, colonialism is back (or never left) and meme culture is our coping mechanism. Welcome to a new year of insanity! It's hard looking for meaning in the soul-crushing reality of modern-day existence, but let's find out together, navigating life in a constant state of cognitive dissonance. I’m glad you’re here. I prefer subscribers over followers. Followers don't know where they're going. However subscribers are people who subscribe to something or someone. You subscribe to a point of view. There's a difference in the incentive. In the commitment. It takes effort to consume, to read, instead of scrolling into the next piece of x-second content. I am guilty of doomscrolling as well though. I too have reel-ationships instead of real ones. Like I said, it seems like a coping mechanism to send each other reels to tell how we feel, what's hilarious, what we believe, and above all... not have the conversation in which you might be challenged or judged, or whatevs. Anyway, I was thinking about organising an event where we doomscroll together. On a big screen. Like... in a cinema. Wait! I own a small movie theater! Fuck it, let's try! Hahaha it would be super cringe, super personal, super embarrassing and super super super funny to doomscroll in front of an audience on a big screen hahahaha. I've pitched it to two friends who are in, so we now have a total of 3. The movie theater has room for a little over 100 more. The format should be something like Pecha Kucha. Remember that? It's a fast-paced presentation format using 20 slides, with each slide shown for exactly 20 seconds, for a total presentation time of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. I think, showing reels from your explore page for a little over 5 minutes is enough to completely wreck your reputation amongst friends and strangers hahahahhaa. So, holla if you're up for joining and I'll make this a reality in the coming weeks. A simple reply will do. Wait, let me think this through. Nalden, you can't just make up stuff and... What if it's the most awkward beautiful thing ever? This is either genius or public suicide hahaha. Showing strangers my algorithm's assessment of me feels more exposing than therapy. But maybe that's exactly why we should do it? Okay okay so there will be dinner, wine, lemonade for the ones who do the dry January, then after dessert everyone will sit back and relax. Everyone will get the opportunity to connect their phone to the big screen and doomscroll, together. And maybe, just maybe, social media becomes social again...
So yeah... let's just take this all in, take a deep breath, and scroll through some memes together. Bye! |