hello i am combatdavey please read this first and/or start here
This is a corollary to both combatdavey.net. It is dumb and it is perfect and I love it. I hope you love dumb things too.Â
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NB:
I am a writer, copywriter, content designerÂ
The first time I was online was in ~1991
I was doing social media as a job in 2010
I started writing email newsletters in 2014
I quit drinking in 2020 and it saved my life
I am not the the oldest person on Tumblr (but itâs close)
ALSO:
Yes, this theme supposed to look like Windows 3.1Â
No, I did not create the themeÂ
No, I did not create the LEGOÂŽ hand thing
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I like cyberpunk and vaporwave and retrowave and outrun and glitch and bunch of other aesthetics and oeuvres and traditions and styles and schools and scenes and emergent genres and subgenres of visual imagery even though I have never been a visual artist or a photographer. My lack of expertise does not diminish how much I like these things, though. The idea of liking (or loving!) things without having to know all of the ins and outs (and ups, downs, and arounds) is a new(ish) thing to me and it is very freeing.
Until a few years ago, I couldnât do things like this. If I were going to pick up a hobby or try to get into a thing or a scene, I would feel as though I had to speedrun the lore and the history and the homework to acquire whatever bona fides I needed to before feeling like I had permission to like or enjoy or perform that hobby or thing or be part of that scene. I liked things in a way that required and prioritized the approval or assent of others. I never did anything just for me, which meant that everything I did/liked/was interested in was really about my relationship to other people.Â
I was in my 40s before I figured out how backwards I was living my one life, at which point I started undoing, unlearning, and in essence started again.Â
Itâs been great.
đ˛ gonna đŧ go đą touch đŗ grass đˇ now
