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wonderful thing about this platform is the fact that other users can get previous recs you've made suggested to them based on other recs they're exploring. every now and then, i'll get a notification for a rec i made over a year ago and sometimes it's silly things i've recommended, but other times, i have to do a double-take because some of the stuff i've written feels like i got possessed by some sage, extremely eloquent philosopher with decades' worth of experience. i truly appreciate pi.fyi for giving people the opportunity to write passionately and unearth their inner philosophers to share pieces of wisdom and advice with others.
Mar 31, 2025
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sometimes u write something and realize after the fact that someone else or potentially lots of people have recommended the same thing but i think that is actually quite beautiful ❤️ yay shared human experiences ❤️
Feb 21, 2025
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earlier this year i set out to do some kind of Caveh-esq experiment of writing one recommendation every single day, with the goal of building some kind of weird portrait of myself in public. it's almost like journaling.
i look back on 3 years of writing recommendations for Perfectly Imperfect and see myself changing in real time. my tastes & sensibilities morphing as i age, move to different places, lose my job, etc.
the newsletter was called T-Recs (clever right?) and i stopped after 4 months or so. maybe i got scared of the 1,000 subscribers or something. it felt too high stakes.
however, it feels natural on this site. I can write about liking fridges with magnets & old christmas cards, or my favorite album of all time, and it somehow all works?
so, my 1 rec a day journey continues...
Nov 21, 2023
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I love to share things that are good with others, I’m the gatekeeper only because I hold open the gate. I’m quite specific with my tastes and I think that I’m good at hunting for good, useful, and beautiful things. I consider the things I own and think a lot about the things I consume and the way I interact with the world so I like sharing that with others. I also really like seeing what other people like and use and taking advice from them. The recommendations of other people are always so much better than just stab in the dark searching for things. Plus, Community based on shared tastes and exchanging recommendations feels like the opposite of the individualistic self-promotion-ness of other social media. When I shared my own music, for example, it meant a lot more to get genuine positive comments from a small amount of people whose tastes I trust, than a ton of random likes from strangers. It also nicely doubles as a sort of gratitude excercise, reminding me of things I enjoy and to notice the things that make my life easier or more beautiful.
Apr 18, 2024
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I adore finding a random video from like 2005 and reading through the comments the way a historian would examine an old manuscript from the 1700s. Are these people still active YouTube users? Or are they forgotten accounts? What did @jjlwis mean by "awww im gonna miss rob too!!!" ? Who even is Rob?? Anthropology in the digital age... so many questions... it's fascinating.
The important thing for me is not to add new comments. I feel like I'm disturbing an old archeological dig site and my sticky modern commentary will make the video crumble away into oblivion. More importantly, I don't want the algorithm to suggest the video to a bunch of people who will spam the comments section– major yuck 🤢
Jan 25, 2024
early 80s to early 2000s truck models are the perfect sizes imo. current trucks are transformer-sized behemoths that could easily crush normal vehicles into smithereens upon impact and i legit don’t know how those things are even street-legal. also, idk if it’s their design, reliability or the nostalgia factor per-se, but there’s a certain sazón those older trucks have that newer ones don’t.
2024 Ford F-150? 🤮🤢
1980 Ford F-150? 🫦🫦
Feb 9, 2025
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with social media being this pervasive entity that has weeded its way into our daily routines for the past 20ish years (plus a global pandemic that really solidified those habits), many young adults today have spent a large amount of their lives living online. it has become the new norm and i’m not gonna pretend i’m above any of this because it’s so easy to fall into it (i am literally writing this rec on my phone whilst it’s a perfectly sunny day that i should probably go out to enjoy).
with that being said, in the larger scheme of life, being in your 20s is still in a weird way the beginning stages of your life. it’s a period to try new things, make mistakes, learn from them and develop an identity that’s independent from the environment and people who raised you. though you can learn to do some of those things online, they don’t hold a candle to actually experiencing those things for yourself in real life.
all in all, the best way to not sleep thru your 20s is to prioritize in-person experiences that allow you to get a better understanding of yourself and your values. whether that be getting your first tattoo, moving to a new city or country, exploring your personal style or taking up hobbies you couldn’t or would‘ve never done as a kid, this is an important formative time to venture out and get a sense of who you truly are.
Sep 30, 2024