My partner said this to me years ago, and it's been deeply helpful to guide navigating the contemporary internet. It's been a nice way to build a healthy boundary between the digital & corporeal world too. Next time you feel compelled to Post™ just think this instead, and move on. You don't owe the internet anything.
Building Models & Making Videos
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- www.youtube.com/interurbanera
🚋Chill model making videos & railroad history.🚊
✨I'm one of the few people on planet Earth whose day job is building model railroads for a living! It's very fun. ✨
► Go ahead and PLEASE comment on posts, I want to start great conversations on here!
I feel like I'm wearing out my mousewheel scrolling downwards just to be non-plussed on the internet.
I need a sense of wonder that's not just a shitpost to make me gently exhale in slight bemusement or another article designed to make you feel powerless or frustrated.
(Insert 3000 word rant about large sites and the arc towards enshittification that still somehow only scratches the surface of the feeling of digital ennui )
What have you done in your digital travels to reignite a sense of passion and optimism for the digital realm?
Curious minds want to know!