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“Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen came out at the peak of chaos during Reagan’s first year.
Wonder what anthem to existential dread will capture the peak of chaos during Trump 2.0’s first year.
Wonder what anthem to existential dread will capture the peak of chaos during Trump 2.0’s first year.
Financial technology makes life faster and faster while social media makes social comparison fiercer and fiercer.
In the future, kids will fall into a deep depression if they’re not billionaires by age five.
In the future, kids will fall into a deep depression if they’re not billionaires by age five.
hippies -> yuppies
wokies -> degens
wokies -> degens
A lot of eighties dystopian fiction portrayed Japan taking over the world—right before their real estate bubble burst in the nineties.
Funny how often the futures we fear are just projections of current anxieties.
Funny how often the futures we fear are just projections of current anxieties.
The Reaganomic boom gave us action cartoons.
The Asian financial crisis gave us weird anime.
The dotcom bubble gave us cyberpunk.
The Great Recession gave us dark superheroes and isekai.
COVID gave us metaverse fiction.
The AI boom is giving us uncanny AI-generated art.
The Asian financial crisis gave us weird anime.
The dotcom bubble gave us cyberpunk.
The Great Recession gave us dark superheroes and isekai.
COVID gave us metaverse fiction.
The AI boom is giving us uncanny AI-generated art.
Andrew Tate and Dan Bilzerian turned hedonism into a vulgar spectacle. Hugh Hefner made it classy, Richard Branson makes it effortless, François Pinault keeps it casual. If you’re chasing pleasure, take notes from them instead.
Modern culture sold itself pretending to be "universal", and it really is.
The problem is: it killed regionalism, it killed identity. Every place, clothes, music, culture it's the same everywhere.
The problem is: it killed regionalism, it killed identity. Every place, clothes, music, culture it's the same everywhere.
Postcoital gaming hits different.
“Micro-retirement” is such a cringeworthy neologism. “Sabbatical” sounds so much more dignified.
“Sabbatical” has historical weight, implying deliberate rest and renewal rather than just stepping away because of burnout or existential crisis. It carries an air of intention, while “micro-retirement” sounds like someone trying to justify not working for a bit.
“Sabbatical” has historical weight, implying deliberate rest and renewal rather than just stepping away because of burnout or existential crisis. It carries an air of intention, while “micro-retirement” sounds like someone trying to justify not working for a bit.
We’ve rebranded cads as Chads.
Instagram’s Luddite decelerationism is wild. It’s the perfect breeding ground:
➡️ Aesthetic nostalgia romanticizes “simpler times”
➡️ Lifestyle > tech mindset makes AI feel invasive
➡️ Algorithm boosts fear-mongering takes
➡️ Creators fear automation, consumers fear job loss
➡️ Influencers push anti-modernity for engagement
Everyone scrolling on their iPhones, complaining about tech. The irony.
➡️ Aesthetic nostalgia romanticizes “simpler times”
➡️ Lifestyle > tech mindset makes AI feel invasive
➡️ Algorithm boosts fear-mongering takes
➡️ Creators fear automation, consumers fear job loss
➡️ Influencers push anti-modernity for engagement
Everyone scrolling on their iPhones, complaining about tech. The irony.
You know what’s fun to do after sex?
Watch music videos and make stupid comments on them like Beavis and Butthead.
Watch music videos and make stupid comments on them like Beavis and Butthead.
Taking Twitter-level snark to arguments on Threads is like taking a fighter jet to a fistfight.
Crypto will become as iconic of American culture as fake tits and apple pie.
“old fashioned” as a mark of quality
Wokies, hipsters, hippies.
MAGAs, yuppies, preppies.
Same tribes, different times.
MAGAs, yuppies, preppies.
Same tribes, different times.
Crypto bros face the same level of derision in popular media as Internet nerds did in the early nineties.
Bullish.
Bullish.
AI ruins are the new YouTube poops.
old is new. new is old.
Yalda Night, the longest night of the year, symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness and reminds us that even the darkest times will pass. Families gather to share stories, read poetry, and enjoy fruits like pomegranates, symbolizing health and renewal
Happy Yalda 🍉❤️
Happy Yalda 🍉❤️
