"Aujourd'hui la culture de l'immediatete a tout prix me fait chier."
- Didier Bourdon, Gueuleton #5
I had to stop and think about it, but I feel M.Bourdon is correct.
As we enter the third year of this pandemic I've had a lot of time to sit and look and consider and ponder. These LCD computer and cell-phone displays filled with all manner of gunk and stuff and crap add nothing to life, do they?
This trend of disconnecting from the things that me fait chier started when I realized that Facebook was not some passive platform where I could meet old and make new friends. Rather, Facebook allowed lies to be published unchallenged as the basis of creating conflict that keeps users engaged through the social media platform.
I opt'd out over four years ago and the silence took some getting used to.
Then I shut down my Instagram and Tumbler accounts.
The lack of online "engagement" created space and time in my life.
I figured that if things went "sideways" and there were suddenly tanks in the streets that I'd know what to do. Until then why not go out and live and enjoy and "engage" life unfiltered, unmanaged, un-commented on, and as life really is.
It feels so much better to go out and sit on the balcony that is lit under a winter Niçois sun and experience the Mediterranean sea... all the while looking forward to our return home and the promises and continued experiences of our simple, small lives.
