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E Emerson's avatar

I sent you a link for the methylene blue I bought and like. Be careful it actually makes you smarter, or maybe just quicker, & feels smarter, because it's quicker.

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Ashley's avatar

thanks dad! you can text me about this haha

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Kristi Witmer's avatar

Ah yes! I feel this so deeply, and love the wraparound to the benefit of community. It reminds me of how frustrated I used to get (and can sometimes still be) when I’d ask my friends for a recipe or advice on how to do/fix something around the house, and rather than providing their own thoughts (or recipe) they’d reference me to google or Pinterest. I used to think, “if I wanted a google opinjon, I’d have done that, but I wanted yours because I trust your skills (and Apple streusel).”

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Ashley's avatar

Somehow my original comment to this didn't show up under yours!! But I definitely saw it and so appreciate that your read it! Comment here: https://www.anintrovertatlarge.com/p/i-dont-see-billboards-anymore/comment/120663061?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2pqq3a

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Cecilia Emerson's avatar

Ashley, this is so true! I love the thought of people developing relationships, and creating meaningful community!! Though the internet is a great source of information, I hope that people talk to each other more than they scroll for information. Happy thought indeed!

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Ashley's avatar

Thanks for reading and for the comment, mom! 🌻

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Ed Shackelford's avatar

With you... Hurrah!

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Christine Sharp's avatar

Agreed! Advertisements now make me actively angry. When I find something trying to advertise to me, I have an aggressive emotional reaction against that thing, whatever it is. This may have more to do with my latent anger issues finding a vent in a way that won’t hurt my real life relationships (here’s to coping mechanisms!), but regardless the reason: advertisement = heck no I’ll never buy that thing even if I otherwise wanted it.

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Ashley's avatar

I feel that! It's starting to have the complete opposite effect - it will be super fascinating to see how things progress and what changes marketers make to adjust.

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Charles McDonald's avatar

Too true!!

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Ashley's avatar

Well said! I asked *you* not the faceless search engine! Thanks for reading, Kristi 🤗 also found a funny/dreadful article on just this topic, you might enjoy (https://substack.com/@letsnotdate/note/p-164474151?r=2pqq3a).

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