History Repeats Itself
I found myself in an endless circle of wasting time on social media. I decided to deactivate my facebook account for a while. Way too much time was being consumed habitually going in an endless circle of time wasting. What’s my solution? Go back to writing blogs.
One component of social media for me is to get thoughts in my mind out of my body as a form of self-care. Aspects of my personality can be blunt, opinionated, gruff, vulgar and outright mean. For whatever reason facebook became the place for me to showcase those less desirable sides to my person. It’s easy to fire off some quick rant on a status update. Facebook is the perfect place for me to become a gluten in my in my own random thoughts and impulses. That’s not exactly contributing to mental wellness or investing in healthy relationships.
What caused this change? A big part was George Floyd being killed. A friend of mine referenced Peggy Hubbard’s response. Peggy is an insightful conservative black woman. Peggy is one of the most level headed and compassionate public figures (for lack of better term) commenting on the perils of society. She is insightful, well spoken and humane person deserving of a megaphone or soap box on which to speak. She made a run for senator in Illinois as a republican. She lost to a white guy. Go figure. I watched one of her videos about George Floyd and her response had an impact and prompted me to consider the intended and unintended role I play in social media.
Media in all forms is the biggest problem in this country and is actively contributing to the division and discourse raging from coast to coast. Social media is media, the established traditional media, celebrities and news media are doing more to destroy this country than any one person in the White House. When you get to be “that important” I think motivations and ideologies about how society “should be” become distorted and twisted into some kind of New World Order fantasy. I believe the important people are doing everything they can to create social chaos so someone can swoop in and be a savior and at the same time alter America for what it is and it’s ideals and where it fits in a global construct. Media is the super power used to divide and influence those susceptible to manipulation. The best solution I have is to disengage and change my choices in media consumption as well as media creation.
I enjoy the exploration and elaboration of ideas through the writing process. I also enjoy documenting and sharing parts of my experience on planet earth. And here we are. The unsocial media and solitude of a blog. I’ll share the goings ons in my life and thoughts on current events in more than shared content or shout on facebook. Facebook knows way more about our lives than anyone of us comprehends. We are their product. The sell our lives in the form of algorithms and probably have us segmented into a hundred million different ways allowing that information to be used to accomplish an agenda. Conspiracy theory? Maybe. Truth? Probably.
How did the name “the crooked toad” come about? It was an idea I had for either a restaurant or a Harley Davidson store. Why a Harley store? Because the market is saturated with them, their brand is becoming disconnected from it’s at one time fanatical fan base. Harley Davidson is the brand of rebellion, freedom and taking a journey across America on the open road. I’m about rebellion and freedom but don’t want a Harley store. But Harley stores typically have weird names and I wanted something memorable. Welcome to the crooked toad! Join me on the journey and see where we go.
One component of social media for me is to get thoughts in my mind out of my body as a form of self-care. Aspects of my personality can be blunt, opinionated, gruff, vulgar and outright mean. For whatever reason facebook became the place for me to showcase those less desirable sides to my person. It’s easy to fire off some quick rant on a status update. Facebook is the perfect place for me to become a gluten in my in my own random thoughts and impulses. That’s not exactly contributing to mental wellness or investing in healthy relationships.
What caused this change? A big part was George Floyd being killed. A friend of mine referenced Peggy Hubbard’s response. Peggy is an insightful conservative black woman. Peggy is one of the most level headed and compassionate public figures (for lack of better term) commenting on the perils of society. She is insightful, well spoken and humane person deserving of a megaphone or soap box on which to speak. She made a run for senator in Illinois as a republican. She lost to a white guy. Go figure. I watched one of her videos about George Floyd and her response had an impact and prompted me to consider the intended and unintended role I play in social media.
Media in all forms is the biggest problem in this country and is actively contributing to the division and discourse raging from coast to coast. Social media is media, the established traditional media, celebrities and news media are doing more to destroy this country than any one person in the White House. When you get to be “that important” I think motivations and ideologies about how society “should be” become distorted and twisted into some kind of New World Order fantasy. I believe the important people are doing everything they can to create social chaos so someone can swoop in and be a savior and at the same time alter America for what it is and it’s ideals and where it fits in a global construct. Media is the super power used to divide and influence those susceptible to manipulation. The best solution I have is to disengage and change my choices in media consumption as well as media creation.
I enjoy the exploration and elaboration of ideas through the writing process. I also enjoy documenting and sharing parts of my experience on planet earth. And here we are. The unsocial media and solitude of a blog. I’ll share the goings ons in my life and thoughts on current events in more than shared content or shout on facebook. Facebook knows way more about our lives than anyone of us comprehends. We are their product. The sell our lives in the form of algorithms and probably have us segmented into a hundred million different ways allowing that information to be used to accomplish an agenda. Conspiracy theory? Maybe. Truth? Probably.
How did the name “the crooked toad” come about? It was an idea I had for either a restaurant or a Harley Davidson store. Why a Harley store? Because the market is saturated with them, their brand is becoming disconnected from it’s at one time fanatical fan base. Harley Davidson is the brand of rebellion, freedom and taking a journey across America on the open road. I’m about rebellion and freedom but don’t want a Harley store. But Harley stores typically have weird names and I wanted something memorable. Welcome to the crooked toad! Join me on the journey and see where we go.
Good plan!!
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