Honestly, what gets me is how it kills the vibe of sharing a street. Like, now your buddy has a fence up, and that labrador owner probably wonders why nobody chats anymore. It turns a nice block into just houses with barriers. My cousin's neighborhood had a similar thing with roses, and now they have a whole group chat just to complain about pets. Once that trust is gone, it's hard to get back, you know?

God those remotes were confusing lol.

Did you also get stuck watching that movie version where the CGI monster looked like a sock puppet and they cut out all the good backstory? Nothing like being trapped on a plane to really soak in how they took a great book and turned it into a boring slideshow. I swear the guy next to me was just watching for the bad green screen effects too. At least the book let me imagine it way better.

Spot this pattern everywhere now. Someone pulls out envelopes for bills and gets labeled cheap, while another person buys lattes on credit and seems successful. It's weird how we tied money looks to worth. But like you said, owning your system turns that on its head. My cousin uses cash for groceries and saves hundreds, no shame. Makes you rethink what being smart with money really looks like.

Actually, my buddy who fixes bikes swore he'd never get online for his shop. Thought it was all nonsense. Then he posted a video of him rebuilding this old rusty bicycle into a shiny new thing. Next thing you know, his phone is blowing up with requests. Completely CHANGED his mind about the whole internet thing.