To any company who would use Hurricane Milton to exploit people who are desperate for help through illegal fraud or price-gouging, whether at the gas pump, airport, hotel counter or anywhere else: you will be held accountable.
Youโre so rightโsomewhere along the line, Instagram stopped being about capturing the moment and became about curating the perfect image. Millennials were the pioneers of those raw, over-filtered shots of coffee cups and sunsets, and it was pure because it wasnโt about perfection. But now? Everyoneโs paralyzed by this need to produce rather than share. Itโs like we forgot the magic of justโฆ posting whatever made us smile that day.
People started overthinking itโobsessing over engagement, over the right caption, the perfect lighting, and the algorithmโs unpredictable whims. It all got so complicated. No wonder the stories are alive while the feeds are ghost townsโstories are easy, they disappear, thereโs no pressure. But that pressure robbed the feed of its authenticity. The joy of sharing something imperfect, something ordinaryโlike your cat basking in the morning light or that poorly framed sunset from your balconyโis lost in the pursuit of some curated aesthetic.
We need to get back to basics. Forget the photoshoot-level expectations. Who cares if itโs grainy or the angle is weird? Post the damn sunrise, post the messy dinner you cooked, the selfie thatโs just okay. The beauty of Instagram used to be the glimpses into real lifeโthose imperfect, spontaneous slices of whatโs actually happening. The quiet moments, the everyday things, the genuine smiles and bad hair days. The app is for images, for momentsโletโs take it back to that. Letโs remind ourselves that itโs not about the likes or making everything a spectacleโitโs about sharing a little piece of our world with the people who want to see it.
It's fall! You know what that means:
- Apple picking
- Hay rides
- Sweaters
- Reading anything by Edgar Allan Poe and being forced to come to terms with the inevitability of death as well as the perils of idealization
- Pumpkins
- Flannel
Are we just gonna quietly forget that Midnight Sun has been written for years, but someone hacked Stephanie Meyerโs computer and leaked the first few chapters & she was so pissed that she cancelled it altogether? (she also blamed 50 shades of grey but letโs forget that too)
Will I reread twilight after eight mfing years for the release of midnight sun? Yes. Will I fucking enjoy it even though it's trash, but my trash, while sipping on my tea, listening to it's full soundtrack? Absolutely fucking yes. #MidnightSun#Twilight