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Dear nobody, or if anyone is here.
Why does nothing feel real nowadays? Not that I've the exact knowledge of what the feeling of something being truly alive is. It's just no1 in my close circle of friends or relatives talks abt this. I actually feel like nobody in general talks about this.
Everything is just going to fast. Or is it just my memory? I can't remember anything good nor bad. There are a few memories but I don't feel anything towards them. Letting go of people especially friends is way easier than others talk about. I watch social media everyday but nothing really changes, people get angry, sad, happy. The posts aren't that interesting anymore. I know that many might think that I'm overreacting and being too skeptical. If so I'm sorry, I didn't want to seem like there's absolutely nothing that I enjoy to watch and read. I actually like reading and not all content on social media is bad and/or similar/copy paste, even though the majority is.
I also feel like people use social media like a way to express nearly only bad things, which is actually ironic because I'm doing that rn. I actually think it's pretty funny.
My mood just changed. I think my rational side kicked in. Maybe I should make a music playlist for feeling lost? Anyways these concerns will probably continue, so I'll probably continue writing.
The photo below is not mine but it fits the vibe so I'll keep it. (..◜ᴗ◝..)
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Seth
Yeah so there's a phenomena - I'll refer to it as "Digitally Induced Time Compression". Basically - one real life year is equivalent to like seven digital years, but the two take up the same amount of time so you go through seven digital years looking at a screen and a year is passed. This is why everything feels like it moves at mach speeds - while also nothing really properly changes (because it hasn't had real time to).
It's a well known phenomena, you just don't see people giving it a name. Everybody feels it.
Make no mistake, it is a by-product of everyone living most of their lives behind a screen.
My best advice is to just get offline for a hot minute. I had a bit where I hopped off the internet machine back in October - right after my stepdad keeled over - and all I did was watch the same four or five tapes and write down ideas that I had.
Turned my phone off and chucked it in a corner - whole nine yards.
In a week, my world had shrunk to that of my immediate vicinity, my attention span had improved, I felt normal for the first time in years - and I had a renewed vigor and drive to create, which is what I did upon returning to the computer.
In short, the excessive proliferation of information - not knowledge, pure, raw, unfiltered, information - fills up everybody's individual attention spans, constantly occupies their mind even when they're offline for a short period afterwards, and has created "DITC" in a majority of the populace - this is also why there is an epidemic of 18 year olds graduating high school and (wrongfully so) thinking that they've wasted their entire life already.
Woah, I didn't know what DITC even was before... I really appreciate the advice, and I think you're right about getting off the internet at least for the majority of time. I feel like I have the strength to get off social media though I also have the feeling that I will start missing out on stuff. I might read more about DITC and try to maybe journal some more here and do more stuff in real life which I think will be better than being on social media. Thank you sm(ㅅ´ ˘ `)!!!
by Fuyuki; ; Report
It's all good, fair warning though "DITC" is just a term I made up as a placeholder when I posted that comment, I don't know if you could find it under a different name anywhere else.
Also, what are the odds that anything major and actually important is gonna happen exclusively when you look away for a couple of days?
There are worse fates than being "out of the loop", especially when that "loop" sucks to be in in the first place.
Food for thought.
If you still want screentime but don't want it to be online, I recommend emulation. I've been playing the same Pokemon Gold save file for about three years now on and off and I'm *this* close to beating Gary, and then it's on my way to Mt. Silver.
Plenty of other old games, with easy controls, that can be played on any number of devices - pick one at random and don't stop until you've beaten it, does wonders for the mind in my book.
by Seth; ; Report