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John Baometrus's avatar

Well, here I am, brother. The internet and its various sites have connected me to brothers with uncannily similar vibrations and manifestations. We bump up against each other like little mirrors. I'm not saying we're identical, but spiritually - existentially - in the ways we are currently navigating our cultures, it seems like we are in very similar waters swimming very similar strokes.

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Elizabeth Schasel's avatar

“That’s supposed to be the magic of the internet, after all. It is the ultimate ocean, with subtle currents that somehow seem to deliver a billion lonely messages in a billion fragile bottles to the places that they need to go.” Such beautiful and captivating imagery. There is so much content / thinking being done about the harms of hyper-niche internet algorithms (see: political situation in the US?? And obvi elsewhere too). BUT Substack and TikTok are two apps that lead me to beautiful and educational places that both mirror and expand my worldviews. Your metaphor is a lovely one.

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