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Loved your write on lonliness...it seems we are pretty much born alone and die alone but spend an enormous amount of time trying to fill in that space in between...adding you to my faves
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maxcrunch
3 days ago
thanks! I find it to be a fascinating topic because I've never had problems being alone, and often prefer it, so a lot of that post was trying to explore a dynamic that I'm not familiar with
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oopsiedoodle
4 days ago
Yeah, I definitely use the internet as a numbing tool so that I can avoid the reality of being me. Lol. Though, I think I like being alone a lot more than most people. I always have something to work on that is not screen related - does that still count as solitude? My guess is that people have always sought ways to avoid true solitude, internet or not. But also, what IS true solitude?
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maxcrunch
3 days ago
You bring up a good point I didn't address - the difference between cognitive and physical solitude. physically being away from others vs cognitively distancing from other thoughts. to be in true cognitive solitude, you're not reading (screen or paper) or consuming other ideas. I think what I'm talking about in this post is probably leaning more to physical solitude. but now you've got me thinking!
stoneroad
3 days ago
I actually wish it were longer. You just scratched the surface of the depths this conversation can reach.
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maxcrunch
2 days ago
@stoneroad my brain has been percolating more thoughts, I'll definitely do a follow up soon!
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someone emailed me to ask why I wasn't in the no AI web ring and I just want everyone to be aware that I'm not in any web rings.
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emilynhoward
4 days ago
I don't join them because most of them require adding JavaScript to your page and I am for no earthly good reason an HTML/CSS purist.
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maxcrunch
3 days ago
Yes that was my thought too but I ran out of comments. why are we policing something like that?? I hope people understand that everyone makes websites for different reasons. not everyone is out there joining every club that applies to them - absence of membership means nothing. you can't draw conclusions about that without understanding each individual webmaker
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raise your hand if you often have intense horrific nightmares that linger after you wake and that you jump back into if you try to get back to sleep too quickly so you just end up waking up for the day at 3am
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maxcrunch
5 days ago
or if it's a normal hour where you are you can be in the club but you have to call it something else.
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maxcrunch
5 days ago
actually I like the idea of giving a club different names like that but we're all awake and doing the same stuff at the same time.
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transferns
4 days ago
used to get these bad... luckily my nightmares haven't woken me up as of late, though
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maxcrunch
5 days ago
@cyberneticwanderer at least you get to wear shorts and tank tops, my 2 favorite pieces of clothing!
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looking for gender neutral ways to address your co-workers? here are some ideas: freaks, little babies, peeps, oglers, complex puzzles, humans and non-humans, poopers
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rusty-bytes
1 week ago
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if you're feeling lost during these times and unsure what to do because of whatever reason (unable, no access, too depressed), remember that there are two small things you can do with great impact
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maxcrunch
2 weeks ago
one is to be a positive presence in the lives of those around you, to brighten their existence and remind individuals constantly that they are worthy
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maxcrunch
2 weeks ago
two is to continue educating yourself, it never ends. things are always changing and there's always a chance to gain new perspectives and understand those around you and globally
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maxcrunch
2 weeks ago
a third secret thing is to give yourself grace and know that we all need to rest
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figurea
2 weeks ago
hopebait in *my* activity feed? exactly what i needed today, thank you good [honorific]
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stoneroad
1 week ago
Wow, I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this today. Thank you from Captain Seawater.
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not to be a millennial but "I can't" is all I can say about the news these days. I just cannot. can we not
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emilynhoward
2 weeks ago
Ooh, you are reading Track Changes! I did not think I would find anyone else nerdy enough to read that book. I am interested to see what you think of it.
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maxcrunch
2 weeks ago
@emilynhoward I am not that far into it but so far I totally love it. it's very engaging for such a nerdy topic 🤓
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Removing my Reddit presence is definitely on my to do list 🥴
someone in a server im in got majorly teased about their reddit (connected to their discord) to the point they ended up deleting their reddit account, one way to go by it certainly 😭 it made me manually go thru and delete some of my comments there also... (fortunately not many, havent had much a presence there)
I only used Reddit for about a month and then deleted my account. I am interested in why folks are removing their data--AI scraping? Or privacy concerns?
The main reason I'm removing my presence is because I've been online stalked multiple times in my life. so if I leave a site I prefer to leave entirely! I'm not too worried about it right now but I just have these habits from those experiences. but yeah generally I think people are more concerned about data privacy now than they were before AI existed.
genAI*