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Don’t Follow Me…
…If you aren’t going to interface with me.
I’ve not even been on this site three months and already I am fucking sick of people who skulk through comment sections, following everyone they can for the sake of expanding their brand. It’s a common annoyance on any social network, this transactional thinking that says expanding your cult of influence is more important than making genuine connections. And I am through tolerating it.
I don’t give a shit about brands. I care about cultivating community. And if there’s one thing that has suffered the most in our brand-conscious, toxic consumer world, it’s community.
I am on this site for two primary reasons -
A) To express my creativity in a way that could lead to some kind of creative career that doesn’t involve exploiting people and stepping on others as I move forward
B) To connect with people of a similar mind who will use the ‘soul’ they have to educate people on the human condition and ways it can be better
My virtues are a bit different than those of most people. Love is a big theme in popular culture right now but I couldn’t give a shit about love and all the ways it’s expressed. Hallmark cards aren’t therapy and hugs wont cure drug addiction. I was beaten with a leather belt as a child because my elders and…
