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maybe we did something weird to ourselves when we decided to cope with life by constantly stuffing our eyeballs with the outputs of other people's imaginations

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if streaming services function as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own imagination, perhaps twitter similarly functions as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own thoughts

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i was looking at the wiki page of some famous author or other and the story of their life involved being inspired by a *single* book they read and were utterly consumed by and i wonder if we've made it too difficult to be consumed by a single work of art in this way

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3:14 PM · Mar 11, 2022Twitter Web App

idk if you've had the experience of trying to binge a lot of porn at once and finding a strong tolerance effect - each individual slice of porn affects you that much less suspect the same is likely true with "media" generally

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hmm now might be a good time to finally read Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television ratical.org/ratville/AoS/4

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Still Thinking About WALL-E

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speaking of the WALL-E people twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/st…

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several people have asked why not include social media - i do think it's important to include social media in a general "dopamine detox" and i do notice a dazing effect from spending too long on twitter that i don't like. this is more of a "video detox" twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/st…

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For sure. Can’t ever watch the same clip twice, immediately lose interest after seeing it once. I never used to be bored of films, but now I definitely do unless it’s a masterpiece or contains the type of dialogue I like. That said can watch films I love repeatedly 🤔

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There’s a tolerance effect with everything One of my recurring despairs is there’s so much incredible art I can’t possibly experience it all. If it stopped being made now I couldn’t catch up. Do I accept the distress of this admittedly good problem, or stop being distressed?

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Shogun-Select Ekans Tyrone McChan

Which, I should also say… I do creative work. For my job and for myself While some of us have much more choice of what we do with it than others, it’s the only resource thats truly finite for everyone

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Shogun-Select Ekans Tyrone McChan

I am able to enjoy rewatches as authentically as the initial viewing so idk

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