This is so spot-on, dude. You have given words to a phenomenon for which I had no description in my head, but such a clear sense of experience. “Something always happens” indeed, and I’ve wondered about how it affects our material and social experience to have our frame of reference stretch outward to near infinity. It goes out to such an extent that I can barely relate stories to people without hearing how someone saw something like it on the internet. I’ve been guilty of it, too, and I think scrolling Reddit might be the biggest culprit (since I don’t use TikTok). It’s an endless feed of endless experience from everywhere and nowhere, available all the time, without any connection to my actual daily life.
This is so spot-on, dude. You have given words to a phenomenon for which I had no description in my head, but such a clear sense of experience. “Something always happens” indeed, and I’ve wondered about how it affects our material and social experience to have our frame of reference stretch outward to near infinity. It goes out to such an extent that I can barely relate stories to people without hearing how someone saw something like it on the internet. I’ve been guilty of it, too, and I think scrolling Reddit might be the biggest culprit (since I don’t use TikTok). It’s an endless feed of endless experience from everywhere and nowhere, available all the time, without any connection to my actual daily life.
I was also coming here to say that this perfectly put into words something I had no description for!
“Endless feed of endless experience” is also a great turn of phrase.
What on earth was the patron videotaping you for??