@graveair To me, melancholy is the pain of being hopelessly dislocated from something critical to life. it's the distance that hurts, the wishing for something that cannot exist anymore. Wishing for an escape into a better world. "If only"
Why did hipsters die out in 2015? I think 2020's culture feels rudderless without their quaint dictionary-of-obscure-sorrows-esque radical sincerity. Does anyone still use Flickr?
will never forget the late night uber driver telling me they died so fast they don’t get to go to heaven; they just became nothing. really wish i knew more of his theories.