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The Arcades Project [Revisited]

Convolutes

a

[the digital arcades, world wide web, web “surfers”]

“At this point idk who need to hear this but y’all not ready for that conversation so let that sink in and it shows”

—@lnbshr, 10/14/20, Twitter for iPhone

I loved growing up with the internet in the early 2000s! I played flash games, I took care of neopets, I saw a beheading video when I was 12, I made friends on myspace,

—@gobloid3, 1/18/21, Twitter for Android

“In speaking of the internet, a complete picture of the online world and its virtual spaces from the year 2024, we have made mention again and again of the websites which open onto it. These websites, a recent invention of digital innovation, are vast virtual corridors extending through the landscape of the internet, whose owners have joined together for such enterprises. Lining both sides of these virtual corridors, which get their content from servers, are the most elegant online stores and services, so that the internet is a world in miniature, in which users will find everything they need. During times of boredom or curiosity, the internet is a place of exploration for the restless, to whom it offers a vast, if overwhelming, virtual promenade - one from which the companies also benefit.” [A1,1]

b

[fashion]

Women fear me fish fear me men turn their eyes away from me as i walk no beast dares make a sound in my presence i am alone on this barren earth [B1,1]

Let any fish who meets my gaze [B1,2]

d

[boredom, eternal return]

Pixar's portrayal of interior psychology and spiritual realms as an eternal workplace isn't so much whimsical as a horrifying manifestation of capitalist realism that satires like "Beetlejuice" or "Brazil" never dared entertain.

—@corgzone

I think Sisyphus would be much happier if they had a big number at the top of the mountain that incremented with each successful rock push, and also if they let him spend those points on fun stickers for the rock

—@w3ll_adjusted

Illusion of choice [D1,1]

Burnout [D1,2]

Repackaging [D1,3]

Amazon delivery dance (Jeff Bezos superyacht) trending [D1,4]

Bumper sticker confusion [D1,5]

[the flâneur]

Going through hunter [biden]’s hard drive for another story and there are always hysterical interactions but one I just noticed was a text from his lawyer saying "hunter call me" and then hunter doesn't respond for like 24 hours and just sends him a Red Hot Chili Peppers song

—@SaysSimonson, 6/1/23, from Earth

so Jordan Peterson wrote a book called "12 Rules For Life" and then immediately got hooked on benzos and nearly died and then popped back up saying he's got 12 more rules Imao thanks bro but i think i'm good

—@The_Law_Boy