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Are there still places with vibes anymore? Or did the internet kind of kill it?

I feel like digital spaces have vibes. Nostr has a vibe for sure, but everywhere I go (in America at least) feels flat, steril and homogenous now.

People like to pretend otherwise, romanticizing local charm and it’s fun to do so, but in reality there is no meaningful difference between New York, LA, Chicago, Austin, Miami etc…

The differences feel increasingly superficial. Miami with its neon pink and bad Latin art. New York with its identical minimalist cafes selling identical oat lattes. These aren’t cities anymore, they’re brands. “Keep Austin Weird” feels less like the rallying cry of a bohemian collective and more like a safe corporate brand slogan.

It wasn’t always like this. Cities used to incubate true subcultures that couldn’t thrive anywhere else. Seattle once had grunge music emerging organically from local clubs, distinct in sound and attitude. Detroit was a birthplace for techno and industrial grit that couldn’t have been manufactured. New Orleans had jazz clubs and vibrant local traditions that permeated every street corner authentically. Before the internet collapsed distances, you could sense deep authenticity upon arriving somewhere new. The vibe wasn’t something designed by marketing departments; it was organically woven into the streets, the people, the music, and local myths.

Now, vibes feel engineered and commoditized, reduced to Instagrammable moments and easily replicable aesthetics. I once watched from the balcony of my hotel in Nashville as 200 women waited in line to take the same stupid picture with the same stupid set of angel wings.

Digital spaces, ironically, have become refuges of uniqueness, fostering communities unburdened by geographical homogenization. Platforms like nostr host unique niche communities, from hyper-specific gaming bitcoin cultural milieu to obscure philosophical discussions, that retain genuinely distinctive vibes.

Perhaps we’re now entering a strange inversion, where real-world spaces chase digital popularity, adopting blandness to maximize broad appeal.

In this inversion, digital worlds might become the primary spaces where unique vibes survive, thrive, and multiply—leaving our physical world as little more than a flattened reflection of what used to be.

Nostr is where the vibes are at.

Dylan Johnson 9mo ago

Yes Church!

Dylan Johnson 9mo ago

Stay Grassy San Diego

Dylan Johnson 11mo ago

At the gym good morning to all who are on nostr and exercised today!

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

Who else is enjoying the Christmas swell in San Diego

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

Buying the dip then it dips again and all out of dollars

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

💡⛳️

Dylan Johnson 1y ago 💬 2

Went to my first bitcoin meetup tonight, I was beyond impressed by the community and quality of conversations I had with fellow attendees I am excited for more. Also thanks to nostr:npub1zuwa6s76kxhs68a3gq5jsu2j5nyf995fpcrq0n670wnncula7xjspf0u37 for sharing her film nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec at the Arizona bitcoin network meetup. It is so fascinating how btc can effect so many people so differently. #btc #az #merrychristmas

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

As big as the shitcoin memecoin space is getting does it not feel better to actually complete a task or job for work then get rewarded btc. #spiritualwar

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Dylan Johnson

I want to share my realistic strategy of living a btc standard. Get a credit card for all purchases in day to day life. Know your fixed payments rent, utilities, etc. always pay those on time. On average most w2 employees collect two checks monthly. Your income check in the beginning on the month should be for paying off your cc. And the second should be for the next months rent and utilities etc. now here’s where most people just leave the remaining dollars in there bank. But you need to cost average it to btc. There is no reason to hold dollars anymore in a bank account let alone a “savings” account. Btc is the best savings account in the world.

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

Please ask me questions I have been doing this for 1 year now, always looking for improvements as well.

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

It’s amazing how different your day will go when you get up early, get sunshine, move body at gym or just in general.

Dylan Johnson 1y ago 💬 1

I want to share my realistic strategy of living a btc standard. Get a credit card for all purchases in day to day life. Know your fixed payments rent, utilities, etc. always pay those on time. On average most w2 employees collect two checks monthly. Your income check in the beginning on the month should be for paying off your cc. And the second should be for the next months rent and utilities etc. now here’s where most people just leave the remaining dollars in there bank. But you need to cost average it to btc. There is no reason to hold dollars anymore in a bank account let alone a “savings” account. Btc is the best savings account in the world.

Dylan Johnson 1y ago

Hey everyone about one year ago I came across the btc community which led to watching some @Simply Bitcoin and then boom I dropped out of college to start stacking and working a manual labor job as a greens keeper for Grass Clippings in Tempe. I had been exposed to the btc space and felt that there was no other option to get into btc at the price it was at. Sure enough my first buy was 38k since then I have cost averaged my purchases based on my income and cc payments. The issue with all w2 jobs is the dollar loses value over time and employees are forced to invest to maintain purchasing power. That’s bullshit imo. I genuinely love and enjoy work. Men are designed to work physically and we have lost so much of that in the past couple decades. Labor jobs are not going away any time soon. The demand will go up in my opinion because less and less skilled workers will be available for work. Of course if there was a better incentive on income such as a btc standard which I am doing my best to practice. I believe we can change the way the workforce is thought of by the general population who work in a cubicle. I told my self in high school I never want to be stuck behind a computer desk all day and so far I think I am doing quite well on a btc standard. I am sharing this mainly because I want to help others in my situation so please share and remember to thank your local greens keepers, maintenance operators, mechanics, any job that keeps are life functioning is not appreciated enough and btc may be able to fix that.