I feel like every social media platform is becoming like tiktok with short, eye-catching videos. Pi.fyi is very lowkey and I kinda like the whole old internet vibes
I loathe short-form videos (tik-tok, IG reels, etc.). Every time I'm lured into watching one, I feel like I'm stuck in an episode of black mirror or starring in a clockwork orange. I can feel my attention span getting chiseled away with every vacuous second - and don't even get me started on the endless echo of copies and references. Okay, I'm done with my old person rant now.
i either find the best videos ever or the most upsetting content ever. it’s like my fyp was made to keep me in an anxiety loop and keep scrolling forever until i find peace and dopamine that lasts longer than 10 seconds (which can’t be found on tiktok) 🤔🤔🤨
i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining people’s attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (“unalive”), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, “alpha male” podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche things… the list goes on
I know it's not an option for most of us and we have to make money to survive but I just really don't wanna do anything! I quit my job like a month back. I was not enjoying the work I was doing and the pay was shitt. I thought I would develop some new skills and try switching fields and get into like marketing or something. So I started studying about it and tried developing new hobbies but nothing really worked for me. The last couple of weeks I've just scrolled through Instagram and just sleep and waste my time in general.
I started applying for the same job again cause I was just feeling lost and bored and anxious and other things. Yesterday I got a call for an interview and now all I can think about is how much I don't wanna do anything.
I don't mind working but I really wanna do something I like and I'm passionate about and I have no clue what that is🥲