Propaganda I Am Absolutely (Not) Falling For
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I came across this idea from other blogs as well as a YouTube channel I sometimes watch when I'm bored. It's generally supposed to be dumb-fun, but sometimes can be serious. I wanna try to keep this one on the fun side and almost keep it in the same vein as my "Harmless Things That Make Me Disproportionately Angry" post.
Propaganda I Will NOT fall for
- Forcing your creativity/art into a box for the sake of a social media algorithm
- Paying $70+ for a new game release
- Needing to be on every social media platform
- Designer Brands (not like I can afford that shit anyway)
- AI art being as good as or better than human art
- Cosmetic surgery/injections (I don't mean cosmetic surgeries to fix a deviated septum or something like that)
- Anti-Aging products
- Returning to Office
- "It's Not That Deep"/Anti-intellectualism
- "You Will Own Nothing and Be Happy"
- Streaming services (Spotify/Netflix/Disney+)
- Piracy is theft
- Voting our way out of our current political system
- Batman's "no-kill" rule
- Boycotting (seriously, people can't quit buying shit)
- Hustle culture / Needing to monetize every aspect of your life
- Using iPads to raise kids
- Worrying about being perceived as "cringe"/"trying too hard"
- Needing to make everything fit an aesthetic (I feel like this kills people's engagement with most hobbies)
- Worrying about being seen as "gay" or "feminine" (seriously I've heard the most ridiculous things being called "gay" or "feminine". My wife's aunt says men using straws is gay. Straws. HOW!?!?)
- Buying the newest console on release
- Pre-ordering games
- Worrying about being "dependent" on medication (I don't understand why doctors are like this sometimes. Like a diabetic is dependent on insulin, but I'm given flack for being dependent on ADHD meds? Get fucked)
- Using physical punishment to discipline kids (your boss isn't gonna bend you over his knee and spank you when you fuck up, but we're okay doing it to children? Gitouttahere!)
Propaganda I AM Falling For
- Keeping a pocket notebook
- Using a dumb-phone
- Matcha or chai lattes
- The Indie Web!
- Regularly going out for walks
- Public Transportation > Cars
- Bullet Journaling (or just journaling in whatever way works for you)
- Free Open Source Software
- Using ProtonMail over GMail
- Physical media collecting
- Archiving games/movies/shows/music
- Vinyl box sets (I have 4)
- Writing letters to friends
- Linux > Windows