The internet rocks. Feat
Summary
A straphanger delivers a spirited defense of being extremely online. Kareem agrees. The conversation celebrates weird internet finds like "top 10 Jamaicans that died at 9/11," the kind of oddball content that made logging on worthwhile in the first place. They reminisce about old blogging days: Kareem's emo "the chemicals between us.blogspot.com" from college and his conversation partner's nine-year-old creation "Fuzzy Lump," where she'd get random on sugar. The take? Stop pretending you hate your phone. Everyone's already addicted, so either turn it off or use it better. The real problem isn't screen time but passive algorithm surfing instead of seeking out the genuinely bizarre stuff that makes the internet rock. Final advice: man up and admit you like watching weird guys online.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? The internet rocks.
100% agree. Everybody's always like, "Oh, like I'm addicted to my phone. I'm addicted to my phone." But it's like that's where all the dope is.
Well, everyone's already addicted to your phone. And it's like, "Grow up, loser. Learn how to use it." Yeah. And it's like, you like it. You're on the phone because there's like cool it on there.
I think that there's a lot of internet hatred out there. And they're like, "Oh, everyone's using it too much. Oh, it's ruining lives." And I'm like, "Yeah, turn it off or use it better." Or use it better.
My friend recently sent me a video. It was um top 10 Jamaicans that died at 9/11. That's why I get up in the morning. That's a sick use of internet for content like that.
I think that the thing is people are not seeking out what they want to see. So they default to the algorithm which is designed to show you which is way too much for anyone to see in their lives. I've probably seen more than my entire lineage. My grandpa, my grandpa's grandpa, my great great grand all the way back to the creation of man. So that's the problem. I don't really relate to that. Like everyone in my family is kind of a cookie getter. But um um you know it's cool for you.
But the point is you, you, you know old internet. Old internet.
You would type in top 10 Jamaicans who died in 9/11. Right, now you're never going to come across that. Every time you log on to like Instagram it's like an ad. But like 2008 internet when there were like blogs you could really find weirdos.
What was your blog called? My blog was called Fuzzy Lump.
Fuzzy Lump. I was random.
Oh, you were random sauce. I was epic and random sauce. And um I would I would eat a lot of sugar and I would get random. I was emo. So mine was the chemicals between us.blogspot.com.
That's dope, dude. I was like in college.
Okay. So you were an adult. I was like nine when I made mine.
So what is your uh advice to the good people at home watching this? Just man up and uh say that like you like the internet and you like stuff that's on it and uh you like to watch weird guys.
Thanks for coming on the internet. Of course. We'll see you on the internet.
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