A smolnet post I made on doomerism and dead cities (okasen.smol.pub)

submitted 11 months ago by okasen@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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(NOTE: this is mainly hosted on the gemini protocol, a New to Me thing that I've really enjoyed. If you want to get into the small internet, check out https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

If you're already a geminaut(?) you can find this post here: gemini://okasen.smol.pub/dead-cities)

I wanted to share this post I wrote on my tiny blog because it inspired me while writing it, so I thought it might inspire others to read it. The summary is "All life is futile so live anyways"

Also, I wanted to share how nice the smol internet is. It's really refreshing to write a post and know that it'll only be seen if I choose to share it (like, here) or put it on a feed like Antenna. I don't need to worry about too-catchy titles or clickbait or dreaded SEO.

I barely even edited this, mostly because I wrote it in vim and that sounds like a nightmare. But I'd love to know y'all's thoughts.

(Also I wasn't sure if this REALLY fit into solarpunk as a broad community, but... well I'm putting it here anyways. That said if anyone else wants a solarpunk-adjacent-personal-blogs community, I can make one and moderate?)

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[-] alex@jlai.lu 7 points 11 months ago

Really nice post, I think it fits - solarpunk begins today, not in the utopia, and small actions are just fine.

Also, I love that you write just to write :)

[-] okasen@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you! Honestly writing "just to write" is new to me, after trying to monetise it for so long. So I appreciate the support there because it IS a wonderful thing to create without expecting anything in return.