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Computer Love
look to the virtual for other kinds of redemption—
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
I think I have a crush on The Internet itself.
Quiet Riot Girl • Unethical Sluts
Once they’re together, people can be good at finding commonalities.
“You become less of this, ‘I'm a consumer, I'm here to evaluate whether I would like to purchase that,’” he said. “You're not browsing Amazon. You're now interacting with a person. And you're just kind of feeling it.”
In other words, in person people behave more like, well, people.
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“You become less of this, ‘I'm a consumer, I'm here to evaluate whether I would like to purchase that,’” he said. “You're not browsing Amazon. You're now interacting with a person. And you're just kind of feeling it.”
In other words, in person people behave more like, well, people.
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Why tech companies shouldn’t be trusted to cure loneliness
So — bringing us back to my original question — why is the Internet so lonely? I believe it’s because we haven’t yet found a way to meaningfully share our digital experiences.
Gaby Goldberg • Why is the Internet So Lonely?
WhatsApp was so fast and anonymous that I was being honest, more quickly than I usually would with a new person. I felt that I was screaming everything I had ever wanted to say into outer space, into the unknown. But instead it was to David, to his shitty aviators and pencil-thin scarf. It didn’t matter. I knew that when I landed he’d be waiting fo... See more