I keep getting itches to write and share about my life and the choices I have made -and still make, every day. I see close friends struggling, I hear about movements that I think are 'late' to the party.
Don't worry, I do realize that this all sounds like I am sitting on my own high horse. I have my faults, trust me. I also have insight from mistakes. 40 years of reflecting as a Millennial who was pulled at high speed, fed by my dopamine receptors into obscure corners of the internet that today serve as the foundation for what most of western society is built on.
I think it is high time that I try to share some of what I have learned. I sometimes feel like I was born at a very lucky time. I practically grew up outdoors playing in the dirt until my mother called me in for dinner and a bath.
I was part of the generation that got 'dumbphones'. I used Altavista because Google was a poor search engine. Now I live in a world that feels alien to my childhood, and I have seen the changes take place myself. Heck I fueld some of them. I saw the early signs of gamer culture as I played StarCraft with people around the globe. I grew natural immunity to trolls on 4Chan while we ushered in internet meme culture. Seeing awful things in 240p on unpoliced websites made my stomache churn and turned me off opening those doors again. Some things you just need to turn off isntantly.
I feel so lucky. I was born into the perfect storm of the internet age and would consider myself among those who can now navigate this crazy world.
This was a strange rant. I just read through it and it sounds very disorganized. But who cares, amirite?
- Trolz
Don't worry, I do realize that this all sounds like I am sitting on my own high horse. I have my faults, trust me. I also have insight from mistakes. 40 years of reflecting as a Millennial who was pulled at high speed, fed by my dopamine receptors into obscure corners of the internet that today serve as the foundation for what most of western society is built on.
I think it is high time that I try to share some of what I have learned. I sometimes feel like I was born at a very lucky time. I practically grew up outdoors playing in the dirt until my mother called me in for dinner and a bath.
I was part of the generation that got 'dumbphones'. I used Altavista because Google was a poor search engine. Now I live in a world that feels alien to my childhood, and I have seen the changes take place myself. Heck I fueld some of them. I saw the early signs of gamer culture as I played StarCraft with people around the globe. I grew natural immunity to trolls on 4Chan while we ushered in internet meme culture. Seeing awful things in 240p on unpoliced websites made my stomache churn and turned me off opening those doors again. Some things you just need to turn off isntantly.
I feel so lucky. I was born into the perfect storm of the internet age and would consider myself among those who can now navigate this crazy world.
This was a strange rant. I just read through it and it sounds very disorganized. But who cares, amirite?
- Trolz