O.E.N Ramble 2: Everyone is on Digital Speed and The Idea of The Digital Fun House Mirror

     I might start putting this on rambles just because. Yes it is lame, to me it is but this is the brave dumb new world, What lies below is my 2 cents, and my humor. So put down that digital pitchfork and enjoy. And agree to disagree.

 Greetings to the interwebs its the One-Eyed Nerd here again, And it that time of year again. The weather getting cold and December is on it way and to a new year. Speaking of new year crazy that we are about to be 2025, yeah is that something. All them old movies and shows from years ago that 2025 the future with flying cars and people replacing their brains with a cyborg implants and fake memories, until some hacker hacks into them and they find out it all fake. Wait a second this seems familiar but from where hmm? 

    Well it will come to me at some point, but that got me thinking from watching old Sci-Fi movies and you think that we never get there, you then look after a few years have passed you by and there it is. All my life I heard, "when you get older life get slower",well I think it's the opposite or is it? Now I feel it depends but here in the 21st century I do feel time seems to fly by faster because we are always hooked to something. No I'm not saying it the Internet's fault but I want to explain what I won't say blame, but I do blame our culture. 

    To elaborate on this I mean by look at how people act nowadays. Now yes people been acting out or odd for years, from the hippies and punks to weebs and emos, but most of it was the generation's rebellion. However looking onto the generation with social media and something start to rear it ugly face. Most of the time each generation has about one of two sub cultures or counter cultures that last around a decade or however long. But with the new generation you barely see that to a point it seems a new one is made each year and the old one dies out like it was nothing, or in a week it seems sometimes. With a culture that is on overdrive 24/7 is makes since to sort of think people are on speed, or it is just a small digital fun house Mirror.

    If you look at the well let just call it the Fun House Mirror Culture. Now why do I call it that, a fun house mirror? So let take the idea of a fun house mirror, it well a mirror that distorts what is in front of it. So if you look normal and you stand in front of it it will say give you a big head or if you are with a girl that you are friends with, well might be a good laugh or make her mad at you for the rest of night. My legal team has requested for me to post this for our own safety and for the brand.

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    Now after that message from our Legal Team, let talk about fads for a sec. So look at all the fads of the past years and or what was popular on the web, and see how in that same time it went out like a honeysuckle. It smells great, it looks divine, and the taste is rich as gold, then nothing. Just like that, it is over right as you set your eye on it, sort like disco ( But disco is 50 times better then any fad of the last few years). Now take any fad and run it through the fun house mirror, now add the clown who keeps saying," it real, it all real, everything is like this, you are looking at "real life"." The way the internet warps what is real to push ideas, make bank off it, then add on the fads with diminishing rates and that changes every week, and your running through that fun house on speed, with the suits, and influencers that look more like clowns, trying to sell you on the next big thing.

    So you have what seems to be an endless hall at this point, one that never ends, or so that what they want you to think.You don't have to play the game and get sucked in nor do you have to have your prospective on life distorted because the Internet is telling you this is the "real life". So if your running around thinking the world is ending and can't escape that endless hallway, turn around and go the way you came. Now the world may not be as well, calm most of the time, but it sure as hell better then krusty and his hall of misery loving clowns. At this point it is better to leave the park entirety. To quote Bender from Futurama "I'm going to build my own theme park! With blackjack! And hookers! You know what -forget the park!" (That's a joke son, I say that's a joke)

    Alright time to end it here before this thing start to look like a damned APA paper. That is all I got folks, now to end it here with the Oasis favorite thing, some good solid gold music. Here is Time Marches On by Tracy Lawrence from his 1996 album of the same name. ( the 2004 remaster because I could not just find the original song in just audio) This is the One-Eyed Nerd saying good night and raise your red solo cup to a brand new year. This is the One-Eyed Nerd signing off, and see you in the next year, So Long Space Cowboy.