#internet artifact

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Art by Konchiki (2002)

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Jones’ Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage

I couldn’t find this on Tumblr, so here you go.

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Morning consideration

"I'm kinda crazy, I like to have fun, my parents are hippies, I care too much, I would do anything for my friends, I like to dance badly, I laugh a lot. I am myself, I don't pretend to be anyone else." -me, 2007

That is the "about me" description I used on my Facebook six years ago when I opened my account. Recently I thought I should update it since I'm not 18 anymore. But then I realized that I couldn't change it, because it is actually a really good distillation of my personality. I somehow managed to choose traits that have endured, and I am still the person I told Facebook I was at 18.

(Full disclosure, I think I did change something like "I like good, clean fun" to "I like to have fun", but I think that has a lot more to do with how I saw the world at 18 than how I saw myself.  So the point still stands)

This kinda makes me feel good inside. I'm proud of 18-year-old me for being self-aware enough to sort through myself and find the enduring parts. I'm also proud of timeless me for keeping the defining parts of myself consistent.

What do your internet (or IRL) artifacts say about you? How have you changed? What caused those changes? What would past you think of current you? What do you think future you will think of current you?

If you're interested in how people change over time, here's an NPR article about just that. And how most people don't predict their own changing: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/03/168567019/you-cant-see-it-but-youll-be-a-different-person-in-10-years