You’re never quite asking to change, you’re never quite asking to be validated. There’s validation in changing yourself. When who you are is validated, the world could be changing. When you desire something, you want to feel like that desire mattered. But you also want to see what flaws might have been in your desire.Continue reading “The Real Internet Blues (Cultural Rave)”
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Cultural Rave: The Warm Mystique of Celebrating Holidays and Anniversaries (L1: Redemptive Revengeance)
I am making my 60th post. Don’t you think it’s charming? How we try to pin special qualities toward marching forward, only reaching a number or passing some interval in time. We celebrate how long businesses and clubs have been around, how long we have been alive, the achievements of humans who have vanished fromContinue reading “Cultural Rave: The Warm Mystique of Celebrating Holidays and Anniversaries (L1: Redemptive Revengeance)”
Cultural Rave- This One’s About Hugh Mungus and Dunkin’ Donuts
A donut store, a coffee shop, a food-eating place, decides to boldly sever a part of its name. Left without the thing that made it what it is, it acts disconnected, though not quite, from much of what made it so successful. Strangely endearing, strangely frustrating, to try and refine one’s image by conforming toContinue reading “Cultural Rave- This One’s About Hugh Mungus and Dunkin’ Donuts”
Cultural Rave – Wikipedia’s Conspiracy Theory Vibe that I don’t like
The good folks at Wikipedia like to begin articles about conspiracy theories with “________ is a false conspiracy theory which ________” or “__________ is a conspiracy theory in which unproven claims have been made and no one has any evidence for”. I’m no proponent of blatantly desperate, politically motivated conspiracy theory activism, but I can’tContinue reading “Cultural Rave – Wikipedia’s Conspiracy Theory Vibe that I don’t like”
Cultural Rave – The Only Babyish Gaming Opinion
I’ve seen a lot of people argue about gaming opinions, and I almost always have at least a little respect for them. But there’s only one opinion I can’t seem to forgive, can’t seem to respect. “I don’t play indie games. I don’t like indie games.” And especially when it’s said by somebody who playsContinue reading “Cultural Rave – The Only Babyish Gaming Opinion”
The Found Emotion (Invoke Yourself) 