Brian Frein

Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

Feels so good waking up to a top 10 world ranked European national soccer team in absolute shambles over having to play the US in a World Cup knockout match. Belgium shakin in their loafers and stress eating waffles this morning.

[Matt Griswold @griswold]

In retrospect, the killer feature was the "Sign Off" button.

AOL Instant Messenger was synchronous. Unlike texting, seeing a "buddy" online generally meant they were present and open to chat. After a while, you left (as though from a real place), and the sound of a door slamming shut confirmed your exit. You were no longer there, and everyone knew it.

Life was good. Then we made chat asynchronous.

You may think iMessage is the spiritual evolution of AIM, but they are not the same species. In an asynchronous experience, everyone is always simultaneously online and away. Not far enough 'away' to be 'offline', but not present either. You can only know if the other person is really here by sending a message and watching for the status to change from Sent to Read.

Call it "Schroedinger's Chat"

I know this sounds like an Andy Rooney bit (a reference only the AIM OGs will understand), but I am not asking to go back. I just think we left something behind that we need to bring back. We all live on the Internet now. We are 'here' every day for hours, and yet we have no presence. We are asynchronous ghosts in most of today's apps.

We could use more synchronicity. At least enough to notice when someone isn't present.

Enough to "Sign Off" and hear the door slam as you go.

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@DailyLoud This doesn’t mean he won. He could have started a minute back in the starting line pack. It’s a timed race that starts when each individual person crosses the start line which is why you have a bib with a sensor. The guy casually crossing the finish could have a better time.

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

https://t.co/7l7Jef99QZ

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@zillowgonewild Midpoint of the TV is 36” above the floor and so are my eyes when sitting on my couch. This is the way.

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@RealityByAshley It’s not AI… it’s being filmed with Meta AI glasses! I can see how the way they wrote “ft. Meta AI” could be confusing though.

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@SwiftYouTube_ Chris Chambers @chrischambers84 @MiamiDolphins

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@Spotify “Fell In Love With A Girl” The White Stripes

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

Track Night in America 11/11/25 at Sebring International Raceway @sebringraceway @SCCAOfficial @Cadillac CTS-V

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

So @Disney launched https://t.co/z0F4p5rAhV like it’s a national emergency. Calm down, I just want to watch the game without funding your next Marvel reboot. Stay strong, @YouTubeTV. Don’t raise my bill so Mickey can get another yacht. #KeepMyNetworks

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@NFL_DovKleiman Shannon Sharpe @ShannonSharpe was really the first of the modern tight ends when it came to putting up big receiving numbers. Three-time Super Bowl champ, fast, loud, dominant. He completely changed the way teams thought about the position.

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@InternetH0F 5 out of 6 of these psychopaths are goofy foot. That tracks.

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@ywomendeservles “He’s no longer with us”
“Eegghhhhuuuhhhuuu”

Sent me. 💀

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@jamierkennedy It’s gotta be Max Homa!

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@RobbyBerger Priest Holmes

[Brian Frein @IAmBrianFrein]

@dieworkwear black or brown leather goods with navy?