4/29
See something bad on internet = psychological damage because it’s bad
See something good on the internet = psychological damage because it’s not real
7/7 by using social media you’re numbing your brain up so that when you do try going back to better things you’re temporarily immune to them. Raw up your brain on some shit so you can feel stuff. at the very least
6/23 part of the way to cure yourself is to start talking, writing, and thinking, as if youve never used the internet before. to think more freely just imagine what you'd say if you already were thinking freely. imagine if you were already talking purely from your own mind, your own way of constructing words. try to avoid every itch for using learned phrases and buzzwords, and just work out your words from scratch, straight from what your thoughts are, from what you /really/ want to say, not what the internet-brain makes you say
8/30 society has formed wayy too completely around making things soley based on how they will stand up when people make fun of them. maybe good things will be easy to make fun of when they are earnest
5/31 somthing im starting to realize is you shouldnt bother explaining anything important here* (*referring to social media i was posting this on) . By process of elimination these are people who cannot be reasoned with or elevated in any way. 99.99% of the time you are appealing to emotions they simply do not experience, appealing to culture they are not a part of, or to ideas they dont care about.
6/23 bitches on twitter thinking they’re so special. In a very short time you’re going to realize your special little internet circle is a modern equivalent to shit like superwholock. You need to calm down right now. If you ruin something actually good in the process I’m going to be so fucking mad about it
I wish it was possible to explain anything on the internet but it’s unfortunately true that the best thing you can do is not care. Nobody is ever going to improve because you said something to them online
5/31 the internet used to take effort, you had to care about something if you wanted to experience it, that made it all feel meaningful. You actually had to find webpages and then read through them.
It's easier to have the internet fed to you, just let the short form content be compressed into attention slop so it can be algorithmically streamed to you. You won't enjoy it like this, but you'll be addicted anyway.
5/15 feeling upset and unsatasfied and frustrated when you use the internet is not an inherently bad thing. it's like getting a fever when you're infected. your brain is trying to fight back, once you're self aware you have a chance to listen to it.
5/3 I think the biggest key to actually understanding philosophy is to just start thinking about it when you’re doing some other than studying philosophy. It suddenly goes from words to being real. Just thinking about philosophy randomly in everyday life, thinking about it when you’re enjoying something or when you’re learning about current events or thinking about it when you meet people or talk to people you already know. Thinking about it when you learn about history or when you’re appreciating art. Philosophy makes sense when you remind yourself to think of it as real
I don’t like how even though almost everyone could admit that it’s unhealthy and annoying and destructive of culture and generally bad to have a TikTok personality, or twitter personality, or Reddit personality, swap in any basically any website or cultural touchstone, they just don’t really want to care or apply it to themselves. Stop it. Stop your entire personality.
You’re using the internet wrong. You’re just letting it fuck up your brain. You’re annoying and unhealthy and everything. Youre literally not that different from a TikTok user. You are not that different from an ipad baby. If you even want to be different then try starting by seeking a more authentic experience with everything. Like come onnn
8/12 don't copy the artist, dont copy the character, if you "copy" anything then the only thing you should try to copy is experiencing the most essential types of feelings that got them there. but the feelings cant be faked, and they must be your own
