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She asks questions just because she wants to answer them. What a selfish weirdo. She projects fantasies onto men she barely knows at all. What a desperate, naive little girl. She writes all of this out for strangers on the internet to read. She’s over-sharing for attention! I feel special in my depravity but every other feeling of “special” is a... See more
on being special
The people I find most interesting on social media are using it as a sort of diary/note to self, not broadcasting to an audience.
sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About
The story she told herself was, “Only outgoing, extroverted people are good at meeting people. Shy and introverted people can’t.” The problem: I know a ton of “shy” and “introverted” people who are outstanding at networking.
Todd Herman • The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life
“We are not here to fit in, be well balanced, or provide exempla for others. We are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky, chunky selves, to the great mosaic of being” - James Hollis
how Jack Conte of Patreon once framed online community: you may think your interests are niche—maybe only 1 in 1,000 people like the same things as you—but with 4 billion people online, that’s 4 million people who share your interests. On the internet, no niche is too niche.
Rex Woodbury • The Internet Killed Mainstream Culture
The Wonderfully Weird Woman's Manual: How to Thrive & Bloom when you're Fiercely Bright, Feel too Much and Have Way too Many Passions.
Esther de Charon de Saint Germain
amazon.com
The most impressive people don’t spend their lives on social media or managing their publicity.