These days, it feels like we’re stuck in a never-ending loop of bad news - climate change, economic uncertainty... Some call it permacrisis, that exhausting sense that everything is falling apart at once. To cope, people disappear into phygital spaces, where screens and reality blend into something new.
Others reject expectations entirely, slipping into goblin mode - unshaven, binge-watching shows and proud of it. Oddly, the same influencers who once advocated endless shopping now preach de-influencing, telling followers to resist the hype.
Then there are those who form intense bonds with people they’ve never met, laughing at their jokes, defending them online - a bizarre kind of parasocial friendship that only goes one way. It’s comforting, sure, but is it real?
Between chaos and escape, everyone’s just trying to find their way - whether that means ignoring the world or rethinking what really matters.
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Goblin mode -
De-influencing -
Permacrisis -
Phygital -
Parasocial
