There’s a part in the book White Noise where the characters talk about losing their identity once they’ve aged out of being the primary demo for advertisements and marketing.I think about that every time I see nostalgia porn videos because they’re always just ads for old products
@contagiousglory@underdejahvu he told me later that he was frustrated with himself because he kept feeling anxiety/fear/like we were in danger even though we clearly weren't
@contagiousglory@underdejahvu my current roommate had just recently become disillusioned with conservativism when i first met him as a coworker a few years ago. in the past year i've brought him further & further left, there are opportunities everywhere. today he saw me talk for 10 minutes with a homeless guy