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...

This game got me excited to play with the kids! A new adventure based on the wonderful Moomin stories by author Tove Jansson. A cold but cozy winter adventure, so it fits the season.
The other day I met Derk who's building Ovio. He's designing one interface, one app, to manage (or control) all the stuff in your smart home. I haven't tried it myself, since my house is like super dumb.
Same dude also showed me curated.supply and I responded by showing him wear.gallery hahaha. Kind of the same template, same idea, different products. Anyway... enough stuff to ~~scroll~~ discover.
Governments are pushing you to get an emergency kit. Although I'm not a big fan of fear-based propaganda, I did stumble upon these recycled powerbanks, so you look cool when the world ends.
The other day I watched a Netflix movie. I'm not proud of it, but I was tired and watching movies doesn't make me think. So I chose House of Dynamite, which turned out to be a very fitting story for 2026.
Where has all the weirdness gone? This article points out how we are in a recession of mischief, a crisis of conventionality, and an epidemic of the mundane. Hence we should doomscroll together!
Speaking of weirdness... remember Winamp? Well, apparently there's a "museum" of Winamp Skins which is totally awesome. For those who're like wtf? Winamp was like Spotify, but in this case you had to bring your own mp3s and nobody got paid.
This animated short made me cry. Don't know why, but Michaël Dudok de Wit made something special here. Hence it got all the awards and blablabla, just watch it. It's called Father And Daughter.
Do you still visit websites? Well, check out Dirt. It's an online magazine sharing interesting stories about culture and collecting. It's a refreshing experience in today's ecosystem of timelines and generic sites.
Almost made it till the end, not talking about AI. Yet, Boston Dynamics presented Atlas. Although they present this as a hopeful vision of the future, my mind can't help but wonder how this will influence the product line for other Hyundai-owned companies like HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leading in defense manufacturing warships like Aegis destroyers, frigates, and submarines. Yay!

So yeah... let's just take this all in, take a deep breath, and scroll through some memes together.

Bye!
N.

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