Gerald FitzLarry

Respectfully, of course

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Swap the phones for newspapers and this is a subway photo from 1920.

A sociologist named Erving Goffman described exactly this in 1963. He called it civil inattention: the learned habit of acknowledging that a stranger exists, then pulling your attention back so you don't intrude on them. A quick glance, then you look away. In a space packed with people you will never see again, looking away is the courtesy.

It's the quiet contract that lets a few hundred strangers share a tight platform without friction. You signal "I see you, you're no threat, I won't bother you." Phones slotted neatly into that ritual. They are the most convincing prop anyone has ever had for performing it.

The newspaper did the same job for a century. Subway photos from the 1920s through the 1970s show entire rows of riders vanished behind broadsheets, every face covered, nobody speaking. Radio got blamed for ending conversation. So did the Walkman. So did the cheap paperback before either of them. Each new object inherited the same eulogy: this is the thing that finally isolated us.

Connection on a subway platform was always rare. Strangers waiting for a train kept to themselves long before anyone had a screen to disappear into. The phone's real footprint is at the dinner table and in the living room, the places where idle attention used to have nowhere to go and now always does.

The behavior in this photo is a hundred years old. The object in everyone's hands is the only part that keeps getting replaced.

[#ihatepra #lesspra @POAdefenseFC]

#NewProfilePic

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@brndxix

[Ebere Eze @md56fanpage11]

It all worked out

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

❤️🤍 OFFICIAL: ARSENAL WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 2025/26!

Historical achievement for Mikel Arteta and his team after 22 YEARS. 🏆✨

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

COYG 🔴🔴🔴

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@Hero_OfThe_Day @NBAonPrime The guy is good a drawing fouls boohoo get over it bud

[Greg Finberg @GregFinberg]

I cannot overstate how monumental this result is for the Wizards.

After years of tanking and rebuilding, Washington finally gets rewarded with the top pick in an incredible draft class.

Washington is now on the clock, with a chance to draft its long-awaited franchise superstar.

[flo @goldengaard]

WHOLE HOUSE CRYING

[Spanish Gooner @elspanishgooner]

People are questioning if this was a red card. Wait until they realize this wasn’t even given as a foul.

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@ryanhallyall @hbocurb_ Haters furious

[SJM 🪖 @DMVCommanders]

Adam Peters I am so sorry for doubting you!!!!

You are an amazing GM!!!

Nick Cross 24 yo S
Chig Okonkwo 26 yo TE
K’Lavon Chaisson 26 yo DE
Leo Chenal 25 yo LB
Odafe Oweh 27 yo DE
Tim Settle 28 yo DT
Amik Robinson 27 yo CB

Peters is cooking!!! #RaiseHail

[Jack Moses ∞ @jackmoses777]

I am so bullish on the real world.

Group events. Cookouts. Sports. Parties. Animals. Music festivals. Phoneless dinners. Co-living centers. Healing centers. Retreat centers. Beautiful views. Group adventures.

These things light me up. Tech, ai, and materialism continue to disguest me more every day.

The pendulum has swung too far. A small group of soulless nerds will continue to obsess over ai, automation, effiency, and the intellect. But those of us connected to our hearts and spirits are becoming disgusted by it. We want real, and we want human.

Expect a huge countersurge of irl businesses and events in the next few years.

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@buffalofan1234 @eStarland Wrong

[Dubs @DubsUW]

had to be said

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@TheHoopCentral How many steps?

[eLone @eLonePB]

"Knicks fans are basically Jets fans who think they root for the Patriots."

Saw that on Reddit. Chef's kiss.

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

@Arsenal_Folio Cropped out the second defender marking him for clickbait. Nice job buddy

[Gerald FitzLarry @bcrovs]

Mood