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passwords
popups
cookies
alerts
notifications
advertising
"news"
monetization
endless other reminders of
the unfathomable stupidity
of most of the species
Not long ago I rediscovered a place where none of that happens.
It's called a piece of paper.
Or, as it suddenly occurs to me, a peace of paper....
I've discovered that one of the most satisfying feelings in the world, is getting home from work after a long day, checking the mailbox, and seeing absolutely nothing.
No bills, no fines, no spam, no soliciting - just an empty mailbox that demands nothing of me so I can just enjoy my evening.
HAHA, good one.
I've been spending more time writing in notebooks and less on my computers, too. Fountain pens are chill as long as you don't go nuts collecting pens and bottles of ink.
The Midnight doesn't have any of that stuff either :p
Nice.
Someone enters the pub, walks up to the bar. ~bartender is there, ready to help. But this time the person waves their hands. ~bartender stares a little at the unfolding pantomime --- it then dawns on him: paper! The person is asking for pen&paper to write down their order. Some action ensues, the characteristic noise of paper shuffling around can be heard ...
~bartender! Whatever this person is ordering, it's on me! Oh, it's ~inquiry! They look as if they had enough for today. So, whatever you fancy!
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Paper and Postal Service --- they have a "low pass filter", the time to transfer said paper from sender to recipient is greatly increased, and thus your peace of mind shall be increased accordingly.
Slow greetings from somewhere near the fireplace ...
~ew
PS: Something seems broken in this thread, like a not closed verbatim tag ...