Am I the only one whose internet addiction started with my parents not letting me fucking go anywhere
This but I also had no friends so I wouldn’t have anywhere to go if I was allowed
this is a thing! danah boydis a researcher who has been studying social media for over a decade and in her 2014 book it’s complicated she argues that teenage social media “addiction” (which she also contends is like…..not actually a thing) is a result of the fact that “today’s teenagers have less freedom to wander than any previous generation” because “parents argue that these restrictions are necessary in an increasingly dangerous society, even though the data suggest that contemporary youth face fewer dangers than they did twenty years ago.”
as a result, teenagers are reclaiming these lost social spaces (which their parents and grandparents had in the form of mall hangouts, drive-in theaters, after school parking lots, etc) by using social media, where they can continue to “engage in crucial aspects of maturation: self-presentation, managing social relationships, and developing an understanding of the world around them,” aka stuff that teens are Supposed to be doing
The real writer experience is standing in the shower and coming up with the most authentic dialogue with perfect phrasing and raw emotion in your head, then stepping out and drying your hair, putting on some clean pajamas and opening a word document to write down all your perfect ideas only to realize everything has evaporated.
I FEEL CALLED OUT
Never lose a perfect shower line again.*
*Remember to erase promptly if you share a bathroom with anyone.
I’ve used these to outline term papers. nothing like a bath to get your brain to finally kick into gear and figure out your damn thesis
WHAT
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I just want to say, as far politics go, there’s one thing I haven’t seen mentioned a lot.
Democrats flipped the house in a midterm.
See, conventional wisdom is that Dem’s don’t vote in midterms. It’s often suggested that young people (which tend to skew democrat) will vote in presidential elections, but don’t bother with these in-between years.
I’m old enough to remember 1994 and “the Republican Revolution.” Something our politics is still reeling from today.
But a democrat just took Newt Grinigich’s old seat.
We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but even if Beto didn’t win, even if some races were lost, many were gained and maybe, perhaps, we can start to fight back. And, if we keep voting, next time we’ll win even more.
Remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and every step forward counts.
