Leo

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@suspended, this thread started out as a chronicle of the hipster literary/scene-maker clique, doesn't seem like this WE Caleb thing belongs here, does it?
 

sus

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@suspended, this thread started out as a chronicle of the hipster literary/scene-maker clique, doesn't seem like this WE Caleb thing belongs here, does it?
Yeah, it's a bit of a swerve, although there's also about ten pages of sports talk mid-thread IIRC, so relatively speaking, still on topic. The throughline, obviously, is "what young Brooklynites are buzzing about." Wanted to post, didn't have anywhere else more appropriate

That said, I oughta make a more concerted effort to keep the promised programming alive. I return to New York sometime this summer, mid- or late likely, so I'll have better gossip then.
 

Leo

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Yeah, it's a bit of a swerve, although there's also about ten pages of sports talk mid-thread IIRC, so relatively speaking, still on topic. The throughline, obviously, is "what young Brooklynites are buzzing about." Wanted to post, didn't have anywhere else more appropriate

That said, I oughta make a more concerted effort to keep the promised programming alive. I return to New York sometime this summer, mid- or late likely, so I'll have better gossip then.

the sports talk was an attempt to derail what at the time we thought was a silly topic, but in retrospect we've come to realize you were ahead of the curve on your cultural insights.

and what's up with the birds?
 

sus

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"the essence of the pop psych/self care culture that has given rise to the “west elm caleb” moment is the notion that you owe nothing to anyone else but at the same time are owed the utmost attention, care, and consideration by others and anything short of it is cruelty"
 

IdleRich

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"the essence of the pop psych/self care culture that has given rise to the “west elm caleb” moment is the notion that you owe nothing to anyone else but at the same time are owed the utmost attention, care, and consideration by others and anything short of it is cruelty"
I saw someone saying that ghosting used to mean when someone disappeared totally from the life of someone they had known well for years, now it has apparently come to mean when you don't reply to a text from someone you have met once.

As an aside, yesterday I met up with a friend of mine for a curry, and, just as an experiment, I decided to ask him "Does the name or phrase 'West Elm Caleb' mean anything to you?" and..... what do you think, had this random piece of internet tittle tattle penetrated the awareness of random Lisbon-based Australians?
 

shakahislop

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"the essence of the pop psych/self care culture that has given rise to the “west elm caleb” moment is the notion that you owe nothing to anyone else but at the same time are owed the utmost attention, care, and consideration by others and anything short of it is cruelty"
really like this. a lot of these ways that moral culture is changing (for the kind of people who are on twitter, to put it broadly, i mean it's not like this for everyone) are a bit contradictory. as they've always been i suppose, but in a new way. there is a certain level of unreality to it
 
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sus

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really like this. a lot of these ways that moral culture is changing (for the kind of people who are on twitter, to put it broadly, i mean it's not like this for everyone) are a bit contradictory. as they've always been i suppose, but in a new way. there is a certain level of unreality to it
Yeah, I think one of the uglier impulses of liberalism is downplaying the debt we owe others around us. I mean, it was a good impulse at some point probably, or rather, there are certain cultures where that message is an important one. But these days it just feels hedonist, what people need is social contract, a sense of reciprocity, not a childish "I deserve to do whatever I want, I don't owe anyone anything in a pursuit of my own experience/pleasure"
 

luka

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that swampwise show is actually really good i watched the whole thing last night. its about the okefenokee swamp in georgia.
 

sus

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Charli XCX: Hi king. How are you?

Daniel Lopatin: I’m in the Big Apple, baby.

Charli: I’m also in the Apple. The Big one.
 
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