here's the thing: everyone complains about late capitalism and how alienated and isolated we all are. everyone acknowledges this, and reassures each other of this, alone.

you need to get out of yourself, and your head, and your small bubble of one, and you need to go see old friends, or former friends, or people in your social circle who are just meh, or your annoying roommates, or your co-workers, or your former co-workers, or your lame family members, or your lame and bigoted family members, or strangers at a bar, or whomever, and party. meeting people is praxis, strengthening relationships is praxis, making yourself seen and vulnerable to another is praxis. please, guys, go out.

this, here, now, is a facsimile, mediated through a thousand screens. go kiss, go get kissed, go reject a kiss, go be denied a kiss. go out.

  • space_comrade [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Online interaction will never replace IRL interactions in my opinion, at least not for me. You lose out on a lot of intimacy when communicating online, even if it's a video call.

      • macabrett
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        2 years ago

        okay I guess immunocompromised individuals are stuck with pixie stix for the rest of their lives alone, thanks