Tuesday, April 11, 2023

What in the world happened?

I had a normal day once, it was a Tuesday and it was horrible. Sometimes I stumble into the empty space between what came before and what is still to come. These tiny gaps nestle between the three universe of my being. My academic universe, my creative universe and my virtual universe. Each parallel and independent of the other, sometimes overlapping.
My academic universe is the daily struggle of reality we all fight to get by, being an adult sucks. This is where I spend most of my time.
My virtual universe is this conscript. The limited digital connection of my life to the digital world around me, a tool and nothing more. My means of connecting things and sharing them.
My creative universe. Beyond the limitations of the Multiverse. What you have seen of it I choose to reveal. The three are not in balance with each other, at odds for dominance and the reason for depression. We all want to play nice and get along but that's not how reality works. I would rather build magic blanket forts with my son and go on epic quests to eat pizza than waste what remains on my life working to pay bills and buy stuff because my knowledge base and skillset keeps the virtual world operating for thankless millennial muppets to watch tiktok videos and download apps. A modern age duality, it sucks. So, after some brief soul searching on YouTube I've discovered the pre millennium appreciation society. An informal community with a deep love of the analog era and a deep hate for the digital age in equals. To be fair my personal cut-off for when the millennial muppets took control is 2010, prior decades are fondly reminisced and while I cannot accurately point out patient zero ( as yet) the first decade of the millennium was a swan song to transition from analog to digital starting with selfies, hashtags, eating Tide pods and hating. The modern age is rotten with arrogance and stupidity that many are trying to abandon the lifestyle and return to analog years. My feelings are a simple hybrid. Technology is a tool not a basic  human right. Google and the wheel rank on the same level of usefulness. We don't need any social media, therein lies addiction and the fuel to rush everyone to impatiently accomplish nothing. Go out and experience life in the real world. Maybe there is potential to expand into hybrid living where communities can live a reduced technology lifestyle without the digital rubbish overwhelming us. Places where life is less balanced. I have imagined a hybrid living that is part modern in the use of  current technology and part the 1980s of my young; shared concept with others with whom I've discussed this concept, a technology current with a variety of decade mod preferences sounds ideal. Cosplay in each time where the community travels back in time for the most part but remains active in the modern age, it's still a fuzzy picture but you get the just of it. In my multiverse such things are possible, practical and preferable. 

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