Selfie sticks and cameras attached to GorillaPods littered the streets.
Every person held one. They spoke to their lenses with theatrical flair.
Drivers talked to dash cams while navigating this maze of oblivious pedestrians.
When accidents happened, nobody stopped. They converged like mice to trash. They filmed more.
Some even wore artificial intelligence headsets. Eyes covered. Recording everything AI told them about a place.
Uploading was easy to spot. Cafes and parks overflowed with people on devices like clogged gutters in a monsoon.
Consumption was obvious too. People walked in trances. Nobody spoke.
Everyone chased the creator's life.
About the Creator
Johnny P
Political writing and exploring the human condition.
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love and friendship
Once upon a time in a bustling little town nestled between rolling hills, there were two best friends named Mia and Jake. Mia was a bubbly, outgoing girl with a contagious laugh, while Jake was more of a laid-back dude who always had a witty remark up his sleeve. They were inseparable since kindergarten, doing everything together from climbing trees to binge-watching cheesy rom-coms.
By Muhammad Fadil3 days ago in Fiction
A telegram to Little Me
I acquired a magical souvenir; it was a realisation. By taking an impulsive trip to Thailand, I awarded myself the chance to have it. You are our own gift shop. You choose the opening times, you choose the stock. They are the very nature of wisdom, realisations. One could say we collect them and form a magnificent portfolio entitled Experience. And that's why we do the majority of things we do. But travelling is the act most generous in the offering of experience, the gift shop with the best stock. We go on the hunt for experiences, daring ourselves to be stimulated in new ways, by new flavours. To sweat, swim or shiver in the waters of new challenges. To hear new sounds, learn novel outlooks, and relish as hinges creak with unknown doors opening in our hearts and minds. This realisation and the flourishing effect it had upon me made Thailand my best trip yet. All this realisation consisted of was merely a stripped back epiphany of why we do these things. See new places, take new risks, seek refreshing distractions from all that we're tired of being familiar with.
By Konrad Kramp5 days ago in Wander
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very well written!