It falls under the category of stories about a person’s ‘awakening’. I think any genre can go with that important theme, and do it in their own style. The style could be light, or dark/heavy/cynical+hopeful. I think the Matrix is in the 2nd group.

it is helpful in thinking critically about living and working in big cities and what you actually like/want.

wow cool! Yeah it seems to empower individuals, with a very supportive tone. ☺️

just saw this from someone who apparently works with AI technology. Currently I think AI is helping the average person (me, for one). I’ve had very therapy-like chats with it (which has a social aspect), and learned about financial planning and stuff so (informational), it’s been very practical.

#socialisolation

I think I mainly feel “social isolation” after 7:30 pm during long winters. (Every winter eventually feels like a long winter ha).

It’s like, the light is too dim to wanna do any desk stuff. My vision has gotten sensitive to light/dark contrasts (I sometimes get ophthalmic migraines, so need reduced screen time), so it’s actually not really “social isolation” but something that has been written about in literature since at least 200 years ago … what they called “the tedious hours”. Especially in winter.

Also, something else that gets lumped under the word “social isolation” is just that life has a repetitive aspect. Whether you’re married with kids, or a college student with a core friend group since highschool, or a couple with pets, there’s a repetitive aspect to daily life… even if you do occasional out of the ordinary things like go on a 3 day ski trip, or take a month-long vacation.

#thoughts

🩶 “ Which is more important; … to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even though it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful? If you do not know the answer, you will not even be able to practice zazen; if you do know, you will have found the true treasure of life. “

it *is* interesting (and sad) to think about social isolation as people grow up and become adults, then older adults. Maybe social media is a factor. This social isolation theme comes up *a lot* in r/adulting. I tend to think social media generally helps, for those who are more on the introvert side. Adults tend to move to different states, or even countries… or have kids. Work a lot. Thinking of neighborhood interactions, it’s odd how those range from small talk politeness to casual friendliness, but then online (reddit), people share the most detailed, blunt, painful and vulnerable feelings, thoughts and experiences of their lives. It’s a weird contrast.

every person obviously cares about their health, physical and mental-emotional, and everyone is aware of their own energy levels on a daily basis. Individuals gotta make their own choices. For me, eating mostly vegetarian has been working out pretty well compared to when I eat junk foods or meals heavy on red meat, salt, and fried at high temps.

therefore, I cut out red meats, and sharply reduced white meats. Been doing this since the 3rd grade.

I don’t know about other carnivorous animals, however, what I’ve learned about dogs is that they have much shorter digestive systems compared with humans, which is better for digesting meat. Humans have much longer digestive systems, which is better for digesting plants.

I just looked at Ben Wehrman’s profile … he has some … beliefs. He thinks the holocaust is a hoax? He thinks vaccines are fake? And he thinks nationalism is the true diversity? o…..k…….. that was totally unexpected.

thank you! Yeah this will be my next lil project re: Nostr and getting used to it.

oh cool. Yeah I see your posts are talking about micropayments or something … I would like to figure out how to set up the zap / lightning wallet thing, just cuz it’s cool to have that option! Although I want to avoid feeling like I’m posting just to get a small payment.

nostr:npub1zeh7paf5w2dxkh6srg76vtufsls93v4u33m2temze9gy0y2gvh4sx08tgg how do I set up a lightning wallet?

cool. I like lofi music, so soundscapes sound similar.

#introductions follow up - first time using a decentralized social media app.

It feels like a mix of Reddit and Threads, except that everyone on here seems to be a self-selecting bunch of people who value decentralization in its two major forms (in social media, and in finance). So, for that reason, I’m liking it.

masking fluid

I get it now … plus also asked chat gpt … which explained about the moderation…

haha I like all of those things except “carnivore”. I think eating red meat is really unhealthy for the body and the environment. I think I’ll probably just “lurk” a bit and get used to this whole deso thing.

thank you for explaining! It gives me a few more questions though don’t feel the need to personally respond haha. I would want to use Damus Nostr, though I might wanna also try pixelfed, the one that is like Instagram.

what does that distinction mean about Bluesky being “filtered” not decentralized? 🤔 that might be a question for chat gpt later…

yeah I was confused about that too considering that I first heard about nostr from an interview he and Lyn had like several months ago.