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Wtf happened to swingsets??? Where did they go??? I feel like a see a playground maybe once a month and half of them don’t have swingsets anymore. Bring back danger let the kids fall of the swings and break their bones on the trampolines. The children yearn for the danger.

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saw an hulu ad for horror movies in october and they called it huluween im gonna cause some form of damage dont know what kind yet updates coming

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Wheres your whimsy (not concerned but derogatory)

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you can rip my ukelele from my cold dead hands

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You don’t have to like Taylor Swift and you can think that her music is “dumb and vapid”, but I think it is a million times healthier for teenage girls to listen to “dumb and vapid” music when they’re sad than them go down internet rabbit holes of harmful content.

Let things be stupid and dumb because very often those things keep people safer and happier.

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RIP the days of the biggest content creators across all social media being YouTubers (and viners) who actually made good content

The internet is no longer understandable and usable. Thats probably for the best cause its really hell on earth, but man I miss the days of scrolling the for you page and seeing booktubers and Minecraft music videos. Cause it felt more like a friends house back then and now it feels like an unfamiliar city with horrible alleyways.

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You might have “read” 100 books this year but did you READ a 100 books this year??

Did you revel in it?? Did you actually find and form a connection with the characters?? Did you love every word?? Did you put your mind to the task of understanding the plot?? Did you smile at the jokes and cry at the deaths??? Did you READ???

READING IS SO SO SO BEAUTIFUL AND FUN AND JOYFUL!!!! ITS SO WONDERFUL!!! IT CAN BE SO SPECIAL AND MEANINGFUL TO YOU IN A WAY IT IS WITH NO ONE ELSE!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?!

You take the whimsy and fun when you beat yourself up over having only read 3 books in an entire year, and you compare yourself to others, and your biggest motivation is to have a high number on December 31st

Read read read with love and passion and joy and excitement and make it wonderful

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i am merely a hype-man™

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Looking back at 90s models, the fashion, and the makeup trends is so interesting cause you can see how it progressed from that, to the 2010s, and then to recent years, and how trends and who influences them, and how people interact with them are much different now.

I think what is the biggest difference now from both the 90s and early 2010s is: people now are seeking to be seen as “______.” They want to be deemed something. They try to brand themselves.

When as in the 90s, the icons of the time were branded by others. Kate Moss didn’t give herself the “rockstar trapped in a models body” title, the magazines and people did.

The Olsen twins didn’t say “yeah we’re the it girls of the indie sleaze style” they just were.

Zooey Deschanel didn’t call herself “the queen of twee,” the people deemed her that. That was how she liked to dress. You can see to this day thats the style she really loves and she puts her heart into it. Yes I know she’s a nepo baby but that’s not what I’m focusing on rn.

Obviously kate moss was a model and didn’t often style herself, and the olsen twins 100% participated in trends. But there was a genuine sense of self. It felt like they actually enjoyed themselves, and then it naturally bridged some gaps between hollywood and the rest of the world. Mary Kate didn’t carry around a wine stained birkin cause she wanted to be deemed ad “a free uncaring cool spirit” it was cause she really didn’t care, and then people were like “oh cool how she really doesn’t care.”

It felt like Cindy Crawford always wore mac spice lip pencil and revlon rum raisin because that what she loved.

It’s like that one clip of debby ryan getting interviewed and she’s asked what her go to product is right now and she says it’s just strawberry chapstick. Was she probably told to say that?? yeah. Was all of it still very much curated as all of it is today??? Yes absolutely.

But now celebrities are kinda different and it took that way of trends with them

Since I would say 2016, every influencer and celebrity has really tried to deem themselves as relatable. Authentic, genuine, just like us.

Remember how around like 2009-2014, Jennifer Lawrence was constantly mocked for being “weird, annoying, unprofessional” cause she wasn’t polished 24/7??? Now that’s what they all are.

Them trying to bridge the gap is what makes it so annoying to view. Both celebrities/influencers trying to be seen as “just like us” and also non famous people trying to get a following and be a c lister.

I would rather view a celebrity doing what they do on the carpets and premieres and be honest how it’s crazy and gloated, than they go “yeah I’m totally just like you guys, quarantining in my manison.”

I would rather them try to be honest about how they are different. Blake Lively be honest she’s wearing 400,000 dollars of jewelry to the superbowl and not try to be all humble n shit.

I would rather them not try to “mingle” and just be honest they are rich and not like us. This really includes influencers who try to be like “Here’s my normal ditl living in a 20,000 dollar New York apartment.” I’m looking at you directly Haley Kalil.

This is also kind of with Chappell Roan where’s she made it clear “when I’m off the job, I’m a regular person. You do not get to interact with her or know her. When I’m Chappell, then you can. Chappell is a persona and that’s it. It is a project and it is a story that you get to view.” That is a significantly better and healthier way for celebs to act as well as people to interact with them.

When they let themselves be viewed as stories, it was easier to relate the same way you relate to a character in a novel.

This is a lot but my point is: They tried to gain authenticity, and so they actually lost it. They tried to normalize themselves and therefore lost all actual normality.

Maybe this is a crazy take and doesn’t make sense but I don’t really care

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Come on you jesters its time to sit on the floor and slowly rock back and forth with a youtube video and think about nothing for 40 minutes

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Hozier has the same vibes as the summerween trickster in gravity falls and you cant change my mind

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Every third penguin classics cover they make, they intentionally choose the ugliest possible cover

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I’m not a “taylor girlie,” I’m just a fan or Taylor Swift. I’m not a “downtown girlie,” I’m just like sweaters and jeans. I’m not a “black cat girlie” I’m just sarcastic and cynical and wear black often. I’m not a “short hair girlie,” I literally just have fcking short hair. I’m not a “book girlie,” I just like to read.

This “____ girlie” and “_____ core” trend thing is so so so soulless in so many ways.

It’s just another way of consumerism and capitalism.

It’s giving you a false sense of community and making you think the people on the screen know you even more. You don’t, you’re not friends.

It’s literally putting yourself in a box to live and have a personality and interests in, that you think other people irl and online like, in hopes of people noticing you and thinking you’re interesting, but not looking too far past the trendy fashion. You’re masking 24/7 and dear, that’s not healthy.

This is boxing you in and making you feel like you have to interact with your interests in a very certain way so nobody looks at you differently for liking it. You’re giving yourself chronically online imposter syndrome.

You’re not here to entertain or be pretty or cool or special or interesting or unique or whatever to anyone

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It’s thundering rn get your cloaks on

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The “_____ girl” trend is so crazy, especially if you have been on the internet since before lockdown cause you’ve seen this weird switch that has happened. It has appeared out of nowhere in a way and completely taken over.

I remember back in 2012-2016, the main message and trend on the internet was “being yourself,”“authenticity you,” “you don’t have to be like others.” It really made “not like other girls” a phenomenon.

There was just as many trends then and micro-trends, but it was still the goal to be as different as you can. You were “quirky” to wear galaxy leggings, even though everyone else one. It was just the general attitude and goal people had.

Now we strive to be the “cinnamon girl,” “cherry girl,” “tomato girl,” etc.

We got rid of trying to be quirky and now have moved onto everyone leaves all their actual interests behind to fit the one look. We just bolted from one bad end of the spectrum to the other bad end. Both are so weird. It also goes very much hand in hand with the constant undisclosed sponsorship thing now and short form content, but that’s a different topic for a different day.

Aesthetic means “relating to the enjoyment or study of beauty” and “of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful”

We have completely forgotten that’s what it means. It’s not a word for a specific vibe or style or look. Its a subjective opinion and feeling on something involving beauty.

If it is beautiful to YOU it is aesthetic. Doesn’t matter if your outfit isn’t perfectly color coordinated. Do you think its pretty and cool?? Then it’s aesthetic.

It being enjoyed and seen as beautiful is what make something “aesthetic.” Not the certain filter over it. Not cause kendell jenner posted it. Not cause its trending.

Style ≠ Aesthetic

Cohesiveness ≠ Aesthetic

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If being mormon is the way to have brandon sandersons writing speed then looks like im drinking soda with extra syrup in it now

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Cool girls now never had a favorite Disney princess, but instead loved little red riding hood as a kid