The question is: which future will we choose to build? There’s no we in it. It’s a select few who think they are gods. And well they need a reminder, despite the myths gods do not exist
Cherry
joined 2 months ago
I don’t feel like I am being scalped for every ounce of data.
YouTube, celebrities, influencers.
Agree. Made a real effort in recent years to question the crap what I really need, and what’s a want vrs a need.
I feel a lot happier not buy stuff upon stuff. I’m trying to buy as much used/second hand as possible.
I don’t understand many of the product hypes. Why would you pay more to endorse someone’s brand. The cups. Like $50 for a cup. That’s crazy, you still drink the same water out of it.
Great read thanks. It’s a quest I have stated here and there but you methods an awareness gives inspiration to the tedious task. Would you be willing to share the email template you used?
Thought I was the only one. As I was reading replies I was wondering if I was doing it wrong.
Oh I forgot the floppies and cds. Yeh little packets everywhere. They were a little bites of history, seeing one now would just hurtle me back in time.
And the hatred it’s been a horrible little march but it feels like that some days. It feels very helpless and learning to step back from being online is a struggle for me. I feel like a real old person.
Any old you fancy. What do you miss?
Do you have hobbies? I am gonna research a new lawnmower this weekend too. I excited by that!
Yeh, I miss the eclectic, but rawness of the old stuff. There were some dodgy design choices but it was a great time. The web.2.0 design stuff where everything was a cyan or turquoise mirror bubble look was the next one. Boring but still not the clone like monotonedronefest we see now.
Nothing exciting for me. Been ill half the week and not sleeping so I’ll try catch up on that. How about you?
Did you enquire with any if they had sold/shared your data. I suppose it could be an endless quest trying to trace and delete everything. I know that wasn’t your aim. Just curious as I am starting to do this. We can’t trust online with anything anymore so time to start wiping my footprints of what I still can. And my account list is a good place to start.