Bat shit crazy

Dear Blog Diary,

“You’re doing what any sane man in your appalling circumstances would do. You’re going mad.” - Joker, The Killing Joke

Here’s some new age shit that I really wish we could go back in time just for a while:

It’s weird but it happened naturally…

If someone doesn’t answer their phone enough, it’s considered rude.

At baseline, it’s considered weird if someone doesn’t get back to you even semi promptly. I’m guilty of it at times on both ends, but it’s the expectation of being accessible 100% of the time.

Parents and spouses have their locations on so they know where their kids or spouses are all the time. It’s the being tied to our phones and how that changes the dynamics with others.

It’s weird but it happened naturally…

Social media reinforces our real life relationships.

None of this shit is actually real but act like it doesn’t matter. When you get a like, that’s your homie reinforcing that you’re still close. It’s them appreciating you. It could be the content but it’s you. People drift apart, we become screens, and then the ultimate — the unfollowed. I had to learn this one the hard way.

It’s weird but it happened naturally…

Algorithms impact our lives.

The news we hear and how we hear it. Products get thrown in our faces constantly. YouTube clips that feed into whatever you want to believe. Whatever will catch your eyes and keep you locked in and screen on.

The Killing Joke is my favorite comic. Joker’s basis in the story is called the “One Bad Day Theory.” Essentially, it just takes one bad day for a person to go insane and lose it, abandon your values and morality.

I’d have to disagree because it can always get worse but I’ve had my fair share of bad days and I’m still moving and grooving.

I think slowly but surely is how we’re all going insane and it’s disguised as normal.

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Best,

E

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