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Hi everyone, welcome to my blog!

You might be thinking.. “A new blog? In this economy??”

Yes!

With the proliferation of AI slop and the centralization of the Internet on a few platforms, starting personal blog right now might seem a bit nonsensical…

The worst time to start a blog is today; the next worst time is tomorrow.

— Me

Nothing could be farther from the truth! This is actually the perfect time to start a blog and change the world!

Kidding aside… Guys… Writing is hard… Like really hard. Well, it’s hard for me at least. Writing interesting things is really hard. This blog is my training ground, basically.

I’m thinking quantity over quality. More like a collection of drafts I can write up in an hour or two rather than a long ten thoulsand-word long essay (who has the attention span to even read those nowadays anyway?).

In this blog, I will give myself the permission to not only be imperfect.. but also I’m allowing myself to be downright terrible. I’m allowing myself to make mistakes, to ramble, to write sentences that are way too long..!

I’m also thinking about not taking myself too seriously.. and to mostly use plain English and avoid words like epistemology/ontology (I might still use this one, I like those 🤓). It’s hard for me to just be uninhibited in public; the desire to maintain an image is a real block I need to overcome. Sometimes I forget.. that nobody cares 🎉🥳!

Some topics I will be talking about here

  • Game programming
  • On writing itself
  • Themes I want to explore with my game that I need to flesh out (Psychology / Philosophy)
  • Random musing and media I like!

I spend a lot of time online, but my digital footprint is practically nonexistent, I don’t participate on social media, I don’t post, I don’t comment. I consume. I’m a ghost 👻. Also I like the idea of reclaiming a space on the Web just for myself. My tiny Internet home. Also.. I want to create something. I want to make a game. To do that, I need to learn to overcome my fear of putting myself out there. I want to overcome my difficulties with self-expression.

The game itself will be about growing up and changing. I’ll probably talk about my experiences with those things.

Final note : I won’t use AI except as a glorified search engine. If people want to read AI stuff, they can just copy paste the content into chatGPT! I don’t really have a hard stance against AI, but it somewhat undermines the principle of what I’m trying to accomplish.. Also I don’t like reading something and wondering “Is this AI?”…

Let’s go!