twistedonion @twistedonion@octodon.social
yes, I'm here from #metafilter because I already don't waste enough time on screens
Tearing down the old part of the city, its kinda pretty in its own way right now. Gonna miss it
Blueprints for a fairy town, the fairies didn't pick up a note left under the pillow last night so daughters plan is build it and they will come!
Spring daisies grow wild in the field https://mastodon.network/media/1HKbDRwQDi2GIFvG9aQ
when the #coffee is so hot it immediately scalds your tongue but it's so good you keep drinking anyway... :expressionless:
Current Events; War Show more
Current Events; War Show more
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Gave my daughter an iPhone with no sim. 6 is probably too young but I'm loving the texts. Nice way to brighten up the day
@ajroach42 totally, hope you find them!
@ajroach42 ha! I'd love the time these days to listen to $200 of albums never mind buy them. Not sure about over there but in Ireland there's a thriving scene of indie makers, not sure it'll last as pretty much all arts funding was withdrawn, but it's out there!
@ajroach42 aw man, that recently... I bet you do!! Nothing like that where you are now? Sadly there's nothing around me now but in fairness I haven't bought a record in over a decade myself.
@postmodem yep, just nice to shout out into the ether! hope this network finds its niche and sticks around
@postmodem hi! Have to say I really am liking Mastodon. It's confusing enough that no one I know in the offline world will come near it!
If anyone is searching, I am a #mefite as well. Hello.
good times.
Best job I ever had was working in a record store. It was a shit record store in a small town, but for a couple of years my judgmental and condescending opinions actually mattered.
saying that, a seated gig these days is a treat! Not sure my ears or knees could deal with shitty punk shows anymore.
@noiseofstudio thanks for that, this is something I've never heard of, some reading required!
Not sure if I'm getting this exactly right, but I think maybe the idea is we may have a deep need to seek (a survival instinct). Once we have something, why act at all? We would just sit on the couch all day. So the drive to seek is stronger than the pleasure of having. Capitalism lays itself on top of this deep need by channeling that seeking and desire into buying and attaining money and objects. But the more you have, the more unsatisfied you are, the more you seek
Capitalism traps us through an incomplete satisfaction that compels us after the new, the better, and the more.
This interview is compelling: http://newbooksnetwork.com/todd-mcgowan-capitalism-and-desire-the-psychic-cost-of-free-markets-columbia-up-2016/
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/capitalism-and-desire/9780231178723
thx. It's a fine balance isn't it. Dark times ahead on and offline unfortunately.
I will end up dropping my profile pic, did the same thing on twitter. Use it at the start as an identifier for the people I start to follow then drop it after a bit. It's a nice space here right now. Getting all nostalgic, but like everything good it won't last.
