The more I think about the world the more I want to live away from it. Yet I rely on a number of modern day conveniences. It would not sound so great if there is no electricity and WiFi.
As much a I would love to, I can never live a sustainable life in a cabin in the woods. Think about how much effort it would take to build a toilet, how many bugs would there be, and god forsaken that I would need to grow my own food from the ground. I am that kind of person who had a dead cactus under my care.
Most important of all, dealing with people is not what I like.
To the people I care about, they are closer to me than anybody else. I am an introvert, that makes me prefer a small group of close friends over a large group of acquiescence.
We seemed to have no free will in the modern day society. Not that we were less bound by stereotypes and religion in the old days, but we are controlled by cooperate more than ever.
People in general, are simple. They are being lead by what they are told.
When a product, for example, a Marvel movie, is heavily advertised, we are being told it is good and grow to like it. At least it would look familiar and thus increase the likelihood of us purchasing products related to it. Despite it was actually a 2 hour long advertisement for their superhero.
The plot and progress are all the same. They broadcast the same message, that we can be special as long as we work towards what we believed top be true.
The formula works, it is something that people are familiar with and is likely to be successful, as long as it contain comedy and a bit of romance here and there.
Pop music are all so very similar and simplistic because what we are familiar with are being played over and over again. The majority of pop music on the charts are written by the same two guys.
When advertisement is forced upon us, we seemed to lose the ability to decide on what to favor and love.
It used to be the love from the general public that bring success to stars, now it was heavily advertised to us until we grow a liking to it.
Advertisements work, and they are very effective. They plant ideas into our heads and teach us what to love, what to purchase, what to think is right, and it is all controlled by cooperation.
We like it when things are brought to us in a plate. We like to click on whatever was retweeted by our friends and family (or worse, advertised) instead of looking up news on medias' websites.
We like to scroll through homepages when its content is tailored to our searches instead of thinking about what we are interested in and search for it ourselves.
There is no way to escape advertisements as long as we live in the modern world. It is everywhere.
Our decisions on what to purchase and support, is heavily manipulated.
My strategy to combat this, is to not go on social media and mindlessly browse the web.
I have deleted apps on my phone, and avoid scrolling through it to pass time.
Unfortunately, YouTube is a must for me. I have a habit of watching videos on it. With adblock, of course.
Sometimes I got tempted to get audible or something like that. That is the moment that I remind myself we are in the middle of a pandemic and I, as a student, do not have that kind of money.
I have decided to save up and my goal is to have passive income high enough to support me doing nothing.
The 'no buy' has been going on. My only puirchase this month apart from that bottle of de Sade (which I do not regret), was a keyboard.
The keyboard that was the cover of my surface pro had broke. It was the third one in 2 years. The lifespan of said item was too short to justify its price.
Considering the fact that I am not taking it anywhere in the foreseeable future, I have brought a mechanical keyboard instead. It looked like a typewriter. It fits into the aesthetic of my desk, despite it being rather loud, I am content with the purchase.
