Violet Madder on Nostr: There's productivity, and then there's productivity. Trouble is this system has ...

There's productivity, and then there's productivity.

Trouble is this system has gotten very, very good at obscuring the difference between things that have real value, and SHITTY JUNK.

I keep thinking about the mimics, like the parasitic beetles that imitate the pheromones of a beehive so they can creep in and be fed as if they're a member of the community.

We're buried in mountains of boxes that LOOK like they contain something worthwhile, all superficial promises, all full of nothing but shit. Websites that look like they contain information, boxes that look like they contain food, foods that look like they contain nourishment, clothes that look like they should be comfortable, boots that look like they should wear, vehicles that look rugged, towers that look like they should contain nobility, egos that look like they should contain strength, gadgets that look like they should chop your vegetables, on and on.

And NOTHING does what it says on the fucking tin anymore.