An Algorithm (1977), dir. Bette Gordon
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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
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today on the train home the guy next to me was on his phone and at one point i saw him go on tumblr and he just had like. a normie dash. like it was all photography. of nature and architecture. he was using tumblr the way a heterosexual landscaper for rich people might use instagram. i actually had to watch his screen for a few seconds to be sure it really was tumblr because i was so taken aback by the content he was viewing. this is why algorithmless websites are so beautiful btw because i genuinely didn't know that this side of tumblr even existed. he didn't even so much as scroll past any text posts.
EDIT: look i'm not going to turn off reblogs but i cannot stress enough that THIS WASN'T A HIPSTER BLOG DASH IT WASN'T AN AESTHETIC BLOG DASH IT WAS THE MOST WILDLY GENERIC COLLECTION OF IMAGES YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING OR BEING A QUIRKY FANDOM TUMBLRINA WHEN I SAY "NORMIE" I GENUINELY MEAN "SO NORMAL THAT IT CIRCLES AROUND TO WEIRD". CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? HELLO?
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Ian Stone, Doubting Thomas, oil on linen, 12x16 in, 2023
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just finished watching an algorithm (short film starring the loml lee joo young 👩❤️💋👩 it's on youtube btw), here are my thoughts:
spoilers below
I liked the premise. I could watch it all without getting bored once, which is rare for me lol. I loved how they incorporated jiwons interviews into the movie itself, it kept things interesting and made her and minah's relationship seem more genuine.
I think it's a pretty straight forward movie. the ending was a bit more cryptic but it's nothing that gets you thinking deep. it more plays with your emotions. I didn't realise at first but minah's suicide was foreshadowed not by the play, but by the scene where she tells jiwon that if yunjung ever finds out she left the music room door open on purpose, she'd die. I thought that was a cool detail. I wish they explored why she would be driven to suicide tho, but then again that could be because of the limited time they had. idk. that's an improvement I wish they'd have made.
regardless, I liked the movie. it's not a masterpiece but it is good. ig I spoiled the movie but if u like tragic lesbians i recommend it.
rating: 7/10
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jobs for autism boy NO phone call NO schedule NO talking to people NO emails NO computer programming or sex work NO becoming a youtuber NO starting a band NO leaving my house NO one gets mad at me. $27 per hour please
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An Algorithm (1977), dir. Bette Gordon
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I really do think an important component of activism is to make sure your motivation is based on a desire to help/improve things for the people being harmed by a system, and not hatred for the ones doing the harm. both for mental health reasons, and because either way you're training your neural pathways and it's gonna turn out a lot better for literally everyone if the question on everyone's mind after achieving a goal is "how/which people can we help next, what's the next step for improving things" and not "who do we need to attack next."
I'm not saying don't be angry, there are a lot of good reasons to be angry right now and it makes for an excellent kick in the pants, just don't define yourself by it or it's gonna poison you and potentially do collateral damage.
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