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STOP SAYING “NOT TO BE THAT FRIEND THAT’S TOO WOKE BUT…”

Thinking about how Gen Z’s woke politics/moral superiority complex have combined with our satirization epidemic and now you have to preface REASONABLE THINGS with “not to be to be that friend that’s too woke but…” so as to not get caught in any crossfire whatsoever. Gen Z was raised on aesthetics and now wokeness and radicalism is just aesthetics instead of action and discomfort. I think we burnt ourselves out on 2020 woke policing and people have felt relief in recent years while realizing that you don’t have to be a perfect angel or so online discoursey all the time. But ITS GONE TOO FAR Much of Gen Z are sardonic self infantilized meanies with a Moral Superiority Complex and unwilling to take any risks because it’s all about self curation and presentation Maybe I’m doing it now too with this post. But tbh we could really benefit from some social justice warrior shit rn. I need Real Men are Feminists shirts again SAY WOKE SHIT. POLICE YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS. EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL

@cowgirljesus

3d ago

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reject modernity embrace tradition

we need to start quoting movies from the 2000’s again in protest of tik tok speak

@zozozozo

Feb 10, 2024

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Earnest participation in subculture

the social internet (and rapid, inescapable commercialization thereof) makes it so that you are what you consume, not what you do, not where you go, not who you spend your time with. before if you bought the clothes or the gear without doing it or without being in community, you were a poser. if you monetized or commercialized that interest and put those incentives over expression and connection, you were a sellout. but that doesn’t exist anymore — democratization and anti-gatekeeping as both ideas and ends of an algorithm to maximize surface area for consumption have made it so that there isn’t a distinct authority on what you can attach to your identity or how you express yourself but if the extent of our agency in a democratized landscape is to only to consume more instead of producing or connecting, or to produce only to commodify ourselves for money or internet points, then maybe it’s a different kind of “being influenced by social trends rather than authentic interest” than going to a skate park, or an open mic, or a restaurant, or whatever because we heard about it somewhere and wanted to check it out, and de-centering the internet from what we see on it and how we engage with it is a way to make that healthier or more generative for ourselves, and can create beauty without immediately thinking about how to fit into a box along lines drawn by advertisers

@alaiyo

Jan 15, 2025

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internet archive

its so cool to still stumble across sites like this. i was trying to find where to watch a pretty underground movie and someone on reddit pointed me in this direction and now i come here first when trying to find a niche film im trying to watch. it has so much more than just movies though. so cool to see history documented in real time like this.

@bellarose

Jan 29, 2025

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That very specific time of year when you wake up one morning and can finally smell spring air after a really long & cold winter

Self explanatory. All my Southern Hems think August 20th. Sept 3rd. That's the vibe...

@bellarose

Apr 25, 2024

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hyperlinks

so underrated. reading an article and they link the niche thing they're talking about? just brilliant

@bellarose

Apr 24, 2024