There is a lot going on in this photo which I will have to address over time. But let's start with the shoes. They were pink suede Diadoras and they were awesome.
Page 129 of 176
"Perceive at last that thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings. What is there now in my mind?"
-- Marcus Aurelius
"Where is my mind? Way out in the water, see it swimmin."
-- Black Francis
"I’m sad. I don’t want to leave the 80s. It’s just been, like, no notifications and pizza. Uh, yes, please?"
daniel.industries/2024/01/18/the-best-thing-ive-seen-on-youtube-in-quite-a-while/
I am the most judgmental when I see a productivity hustle YouTuber type with only 1-3 fingers per hand. Especially when they're typing on a customized mechanical keyboard.
Then I feel guilty.
Then I decide to let myself feel judgmental. I need the win.
Someday they'll be one actually missing fingers, but I won't notice at first, then I will notice, and the added guilt will take a multi-day bender to alleviate.
In a world defined by user-generated content sorted by algorithms, we all become desperate attention-seekers. We all become impossibly uncool.