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the internet is teaching you apathy.
now this isn’t an extreme opinion where i believe everyone is suffering a lack of caring. it isn’t everyone. but a very wise brooklyn dj once told me, “in a room of 40 [people], the one screaming is always the one to be heard”. the nonchalant epidemic is the screaming person in a room of people who once cared so deeply. i often ask my younger friends what their plans are for the future, i myself am someone who is in a constant state of “chalant”ness especially for my long term goals.
i dunno.
do you even care ?
not really
why? why won’t you care? when you were a child and someone brought up your favorite tv show- you cared, when you fell and scraped your knee on the asphalt- you cared, when you got your heart broken for the first time you were so so angry- you cared. where did that fervor go? passion, empathy, creativity, the essence of the human spirit, it all stems from daring to give a fuck about anything. caring so intensely is the most badass thing a person can do, so hug your friends, tell your girlfriend you love her, start a new medium. start caring about something so much that it becomes the center of your world, and then care a little more.
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I cannot recommend caring enough.
They will never take my care for my fellow human away, without care and compassion I become less human and i will never allow that.
Care about anything! Pick a topic! Trans rights? Palestine? Immigration rights? Reproductive rights? Climate change? Go for it! Care loudly and passionately.
Soon you will start to see that all care is connected, when you care about one thing you care about all!
Stay connected and informed.
Create and read about the things you care about, talk to your loved ones about it - then they might start to care too. Then the load of caring will be lighter for everyone.
I love to care and I will never stop. Be a chalant mf'er with me.
Feb 9, 2025
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this applies in multiple ways. for one there is nobody in your life who will have your best interests in mind as much as yourself. you may have amazing friends looking out for you but only you can make active decisions to improve your life in positive ways. even if you don’t feel great about yourself now, you should strive to care about yourself to the point you can make those decisions, because nobody else can make them for you.
for two as much as your mind might be telling you otherwise, nobody cares about what you’re wearing or how you‘re doing things or what you think. be unapologetically yourself. if other people bring up their issues with it in a hateful way, they are just projecting their own insecurities onto you.
i disagree with plenty of things people do or say but i can ultimately respect the fact they are willing to life their life the way they want. i don’t know their whole life story and i will never assume i do. for all i know, the things they have experienced in their life may have rationally led them to a completely different place than i am in now. and nobody can rightfully blame them for that.
Apr 27, 2025
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care is a lifelong activity you’ll probably have to do for the rest of your life - the fortunate part is the ability to assess and make choices on who’s thoughts you should care about and why
if there’s an important enough role in your life then you def will be caring for a bit but if it’s a random stranger/someone you met once who cares
Feb 28, 2024
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halfway into being 19 and i could not recommend it more. it is raunchy, experimental, and isolating to be 19. its the birthing of what i’ve deemed The Second Puberty. it’s a time where the external stressors of adulthood are being thrown at a wall made of saturday morning cartoons and forming a kinship with ladybugs- and expecting it to “act it’s age”. you dress and party and dabble in culture like an established 30-something-year-old, you wait for that guy to respond to your text like a 12 year old waiting for her crush to circle yes on her love note. you will laugh amongst a group of friends over a shared cig who either won’t be your friends in a few years or will grow to tell the tale, you will still ask your mom to go shopping with her so you can get a little treat and a coffee on the way back. 18 is not old enough and 20 is too scary. 19 is the perfect medium. i adore being 19 and i despise being 19. it’s on every end of the spectrum. i couldn’t recommend it more.
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watch the teaser for my upcoming documentary on Pilleater and the loud, offensive era of 2000s-10s internet ✌︎︎☠︎
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