Stopping to check his stocks in Monkey Mountain in Book Two
- April 5, 2025, 12:24 a.m.
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I spend a lot of time online. You do too. It is rare to hear about anyone these days that doesn’t. There are a few holdouts. There are people who don’t own a cell phone. I know one. There are people who don’t have social media, a YouTube channel or a place to write down their thoughts.
But when I walk around the city, I look into restaurants and clinics and tea shops, and when I see people sitting on the concrete benches that are behind my building or on the train or MRT – I see people on their phones. Some are playing games and some are messaging friends. I was hiking in the mountains the other day and I noticed one guy checking his stocks*. That seemed an odd juxtaposition.
Online life is better than real life.
Online friends are better than IRL friends.
I suppose what I like is familiarity without closeness. Intimacy and companionship, like we have on a journey with strangers. We are here together and can share an experience and part of the journey but only for a while.
d-_-b
*(There was a lot of red and very little green.)
Last updated April 05, 2025
gattaca ⋅ April 04, 2025
I have been staying away from the markets for the most part, these past couple of days. I make a quick check in the morning and that's it.
I don't need to wallow in it.
Bob Unembellished gattaca ⋅ April 04, 2025
Good strategy.
A Pedestrian Wandering ⋅ April 04, 2025
I was driving on a road in the Mojave desert and saw a man on horseback by the side of the road looking at his phone.
Bob Unembellished A Pedestrian Wandering ⋅ April 05, 2025
That's a funny scene.
I used to go to the Burger King that was right next to the film studio where they would shoot Taiwanese period dramas. Actors in full Ming Dynasty costume would come in and order food.
A Pedestrian Wandering Bob Unembellished ⋅ April 05, 2025
That would be a sight.
Bob Unembellished A Pedestrian Wandering ⋅ April 05, 2025
I'll have the Whopper Meal with a side of Ming Dynasty
Sleepy-Eyed John ⋅ April 05, 2025 (edited April 05, 2025)
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^eeep!
I like leaving my phone at home. Rarely look at it in public. When I'm out and about anyway.
Bob Unembellished Sleepy-Eyed John ⋅ April 05, 2025
I think you are in the minority when it comes to cellphone usage.
Sleepy-Eyed John Bob Unembellished ⋅ April 05, 2025
I'm on my phone all the time at home. But out I like looking at the world.