So, millennials, huh? What went wrong there? And golly, Enid, those flappers sure were a real menace, what with their reefer and jazz music and sex in motorcars. And then with the beatniks! And don't get me started on those dirty hippies! Punks! The world is going to hell in a handbasket! Hmmm, now that … Continue reading Millennials are Garbage
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oracle
So this is modern life. What wonders. Peer into your phone. The modern Oracle. This is what we live for now. But... If nothing is meaningful without transposition into pixels and code, then how can I have meaning? Take that selfie. There you are. Ones and zeros in dots of light. That's better. Now you're … Continue reading oracle
internet love story
Humble Selfie
“Humble selfie” is the perfect oxymoron for our times. I realize that most people who do the whole selfie thing probably have no idea what I'm talking about here. Not just that they don't know what the word oxymoron means (although most probably don't), but that they aren't able to get why it is oxymoronic. … Continue reading Humble Selfie
Blurred Lines
In social media the user is simultaneously the consumer and the product; just as we are both the audience and performer. It does not end there, though. In this modern economy of commodified outrage, the offended are so often offensive in turn. It's a cycle that self-perpetuates and enriches the host of the arena. Free … Continue reading Blurred Lines
On Smartphones
I recently had an exchange with a close friend that condensed some nebulous feelings I've been having into annoyance acute enough to distill into this. Such is my process. My friend discovered that I don't have a smartphone. I never thought this was a big deal, but rather than treating the revelation with the same … Continue reading On Smartphones
Muse Vassal 