This was very delectable, especially the part about understanding context. It's as thought a lot of internet moments are written without them, and trying to explain it is like trying to explain a joke.
This article was so well-written and explained a phenomenon that I have had trouble breaking down. Looking forward to keeping up with more of your writing!!
AMAZING! the juxtaposition between the fluidity of the internet and the “hardness” of technology is something that ive always thought reflected human nature in a way that i could never quite describe but this article (although it’s not directly related) made smth click in my brain
damn, this goes hard. I had honestly been thinking about this topic significantly, especially as an elder gen z. most kids nowadays are honestly scary, and their parents have no idea what they are getting into. it's almost like the internet just takes childhood games and puts them on steroids. i really like how you wrote this, great perspective and well researched!
Thank you so much Glyn :) glad you enjoyed it. As an elder Gen Z, this has been on my mind quite a bit as well. It feels like there's a real cultural divide between those closer to the Millennial cusp and those closer to the Gen Alpha cusp.
I'm sure you write these posts in advance and then queue them up, but it is kind of funny reading this less than 24 hours after an *actual* WTF honest-to-god decade-defining news story broke, both because it's a funny contrast but also because I think in many ways you see the same phenomenon going on with coverage of this shooting. Momentous as it is, there's nothing to it beyond the five seconds of footage, so all you can do is blather on in the default blather mode of the medium you're in. For web-first media that's pop feminism; for cable news it's punditspeak from a CIA agent turned talking head. ("It is what it is... moving on!" would be the truthful response, but you can't write an article or fill airtime with that.)
Also I did in fact watch that Kamala clip you linked to, and I think it's a confirmation that I am now officially Too Old For Memes. Who or what is "Von Dutch?"
This was very delectable, especially the part about understanding context. It's as thought a lot of internet moments are written without them, and trying to explain it is like trying to explain a joke.
Thank you!! Trying to explain a joke is the perfect way to put it, it’s like when you reference a meme in real life that a person has never heard of
as kamala said, you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.
It took everything in me not to slide that quote into this article LOL
This article was so well-written and explained a phenomenon that I have had trouble breaking down. Looking forward to keeping up with more of your writing!!
Thank you so much Zeina :)
THIS IS SO GOOD AND SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME
Thank you emily!!!!!!!!!
This perfectly verbalizes something I’ve felt for quite a while! Loved it.
matty healy as the og flushed away rodent bf (unfortunately) walked so josh o’connor could run!
Couldn’t agree more 🙏
AMAZING! the juxtaposition between the fluidity of the internet and the “hardness” of technology is something that ive always thought reflected human nature in a way that i could never quite describe but this article (although it’s not directly related) made smth click in my brain
Thank you so much Gwen!! Glad you enjoyed the read and got something from it :)
Very interesting read!
Excellently written.
Thank you Emily :)!
damn, this goes hard. I had honestly been thinking about this topic significantly, especially as an elder gen z. most kids nowadays are honestly scary, and their parents have no idea what they are getting into. it's almost like the internet just takes childhood games and puts them on steroids. i really like how you wrote this, great perspective and well researched!
Thank you so much Glyn :) glad you enjoyed it. As an elder Gen Z, this has been on my mind quite a bit as well. It feels like there's a real cultural divide between those closer to the Millennial cusp and those closer to the Gen Alpha cusp.
Gave me the words to describe something I’ve felt for a decade, it reminds me alot of also all the Gen Z vs Millennial debates we see online as well.
I’m so glad Octavia! Thank you so much for reading :)
This was a marvel, thank you for sharing
Thank you Marco :)!
I'm sure you write these posts in advance and then queue them up, but it is kind of funny reading this less than 24 hours after an *actual* WTF honest-to-god decade-defining news story broke, both because it's a funny contrast but also because I think in many ways you see the same phenomenon going on with coverage of this shooting. Momentous as it is, there's nothing to it beyond the five seconds of footage, so all you can do is blather on in the default blather mode of the medium you're in. For web-first media that's pop feminism; for cable news it's punditspeak from a CIA agent turned talking head. ("It is what it is... moving on!" would be the truthful response, but you can't write an article or fill airtime with that.)
Also I did in fact watch that Kamala clip you linked to, and I think it's a confirmation that I am now officially Too Old For Memes. Who or what is "Von Dutch?"
“is there life on mars?”