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You get busy and don't bother checking in for a while. And then you come back, and it's like hey!!! it's still here! And exactly the same as when I left! Literally nothing has changed!
Makes you feel kinda empty and insignificant, to know that all the gears of every earthly machine will continue to turn without you. But it's also comforting, to know that it will be there without you tending to it. It's stable, and dependable, at least in the short run! You can trust that it'll keep going without you!
that's pretty cool!
Mar 6, 2025
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in the age of endless access to information, the unknown can quickly become known - though i think we've reached a point where balance is desperately needed. our brains are sensitive and absorbing information constantly whether we like it or not. i recently deleted social media from my phone and now only log on at the computer (love how many pi.fyi recs i've seen on this) - anyways i finally joined the club and see no going back. i don't want to know everything about everyone all the time and on top of that be plagued with intrusive ads (no matter how relevant they may or may not be). being present is crucial, and watching other people's lives on our phones whenever we want can definitely take one out of the present. if i were a true conspiracy theorist, i'd say it almost seems strategically designed to interrupt our normal train of thoughts and give everybody add and make us less thoughtful or make us stray from our true path. i think there's an art to boredom and liminal zones. if you're in a doctor's office waiting room or in a coffee shop waiting for your drink, i think its cool to just be nothing for a moment, limbo is a luxury and giving your consciousness and attention to something every second strips you of that temporary feeling...
if we're homies and not seeing each other in person we can text about our lives. instagram stories have begun to creep me out, i don't like how normalized casual stalking has become. i feel like it makes everyone overly analytical and constantly thinking about social dynamics all the time, injecting way too many forms of micro-anxieties for everyone throughout the day - there's value in time spent alone with our thoughts and i feel like the status quo of social media and internet without boundaries at the moment is infringing on some timeless human functions. that said we need to connect and find out about things and discover each other and using platforms like pi.fyi and instagram allow us to do so, we just need to be mindful about how we go about it. i think it's okay to not know everything all the time, mystery creates intrigue and that's stimulating enough for me...
Jun 8, 2024
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Lately I have been daydreaming about deleting Instagram, but everytime I get close to doing it, the same thing always pull me back.
I emigrated to London from Spain for university in 2017 and I haven't moved back since. The feeling of missing out on the goings on back home... It hasn't gone away.
Instagram has become my link to faraway friends. It's how I know when they change their hair, or get a new boyfriend, or get a dog, or break their ankle. Of course I talk to my closest friends now and then but converstaions can loose their informality when you don't see each other often.
The truth is that I don't want to have a deep conversation everytime I talk to friends from back home. The obligatory "How's work? How's your partner? When are you coming back? How's your mother?". It makes me feel that everytime I reach out to one of them they feel obligated to rattle through all these questions. I want to talk about stupid stuff, stuff that doesn't matter, what your Dad said, the fight you had with your sister, that weird thing you saw the other day.
On Instagram I can be a fly on the wall watching all that stupid shit they put on their story and feel like I'm still a part of their life and their a part of mine. But at the same time I know that these snippets I grab now and then are not connections of quality.
Does anyone else who moved away have the same feelings about social media?
Feb 14, 2025
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PI is different because you’re not trying to impress anyone or present a carefully crafted persona. You can be away from this site for days or weeks and come back when you’re in the mood. You won’t miss out on anything viral or some big news.
That said, if you don’t need this in your life, go free!
Jan 7, 2025
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You ever make something with your own hands? A painting, a pot, a shed, a sandwich? A meal, a magic trick, a poem, a photo?
Every act of creation is an act of self expression! Everything I make is me, and mine! Boy what a thrill! I even made this! You're reading it! It's me! Hello!
Feb 28, 2025
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I am so weak to a person that just knows how awesome they are. It turns me from a chill guy into a fumbling mess. I will never ever end up with someone like this because I cannot, for the life of me, keep it together around these people, and they're all out of my league anyways BUT THEY'RE SO ATTRACTIVE RAAH ARGGG KILL ME
Feb 27, 2025
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It's just like... oh! hello creature! how are you!! and it maybe looks at you for a moment before running away or it ignores you or it stops and stares at you for a full minute!!!
like, they're all such innocent babies! i know they kill each other but like... awww none of you know what taxes are you precious little things! you can't tell the difference between a normal word and a hateful slur! you're so darling!!! go back into nature and keep being clueless you sweet little pea!!! so happy for you!
Feb 27, 2025