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AsarSameer🍉

My mother used to bake bread in a traditional clay oven.
My siblings and I would play on the red swing, laughing without a care in the world
In the afternoon, we would watch a calm, beautiful cartoon—nothing like the noisy, overwhelming videos of today،،
The biggest thing we did online was talk to our brother abroad on Skype.
Those were truly beautiful days simple, warm, and full of peace🤍
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Moe Lassus

I read a LOT more before the internet. With the internet going to shit at an ever increasing pace, I’m back to reading for at least 2 hrs a day, mostly before bed time. If I have no commitments I can read all day long. I find my mental wellbeing always feels improved after reading a book where reading garbage on the internet makes me want to jettison myself into the vacuum of space.

I’ve also found that I attribute more value to physical books over ebooks.

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toresimonsen

A global hegemony of thought emerged undermining the singularity of thought that makes the world special. A No Kings protest in Tokyo eliminates the "local". At the same time,, the ability to advance propaganda about so-called South African White Genocide demonstrates that lies spread faster than truth. Before the internet, things moved slow enough for the truth to catch up. People digested information from a variety of sources. We hade conversations instead of memes and talking points.
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