What are your odd, unexpected, possibly-not-shared gripes about modern society?
What are your odd, unexpected, possibly-not-shared gripes about modern society?
I hate the injection of personality into technological instances or common hiccups in modern Internet culture. My heart monitor watch shows me a smiley face while booting up, Github buttons spam "Buy me a coffee!", Reddit says shit like, "Don't panic" when a webpage doesn't load. Shut the fuck up and leave me alone. I am so tired of being surrounded by these pale imitations of reality, like I need to be pacified with pseudo-emotions or meme culture every step of my day.
I don't like that people don't know how to be alone, and that includes not responding to a text or notification immediately. The expectations people have for availability are unreal and exhausting.
I feel like a fucking weirdo for feeling this way. I was born and raised in the NYC metro area and after I hit 30 I just want to be left alone for the most part. I still like to see my friends and family a lot, but fuck texting. It's like I'm reverting to a time before cell phones. I'd much rather someone come over for dinner and drinks once a month than mindless bullshit every day.
I hate modern hookup culture and dating apps. I feel like its commodifying human relations, completely reducing them to a transaction and devaluing them to the point, where finding a lasting relationship or love is a major pain in the ass and leads to major alienation, avoidant attachment and a bunch of shit like that.
Was going to say this, but didn't know how to word it. "Friendships" are the same way. Because you're not friends with anyone, they're just in your "network."
All this hustle culture pisses me off. The “be your own boss” culture sucks ass.
The phrase "Personal Brand" makes me want to self harm.
My cousin once laid out his plan to literally create a personal brand about a lifestyle of hanging out in a studio producing music for other people and selling art. I was aghast.
My brother used to work for a youtube channel for a famous child, and his girlfriend knew communist theory, so we were telling him how the kid was a commodity, he was a "brand". I don't think he got the point.