hate how social media has rewired human pattern recognition by adding a "and, because i recognize it, it's bad now" qualifier to it
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seems related to an inbuilt novelty drive. the recognition of a pattern, the bucking of the pattern, then seeking or creating a new one
hah i was thinking about this just today! 2017 has given us an endless feed of original content, so our patience for 'old' stuff is nearly 0
