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overstimmy

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Currently listening to: This & That – Stray Kids

Everything I do, multiply it by two
I got this and that, this and that
We could take a coupe or a truck, vroom, vroom
I got this and that, this and that

Are we more informed than ever or more overwhelmed? Or both?

Prompt created by yours truly. 
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I’m more informed in real time than any generation before me… and overstimmy’d at the same time. I legit cannot keep up with Aaron Parnas on social media. I feel like he’s reporting news every five minutes and it’s just too much for me.

There’s hella fake news out there and unfortunately, it spreads like wildfire before people can even fact check it. AI reels and TikToks don’t make it any easier to filter out the truth either.

Having a smartphone is a blessing and a curse. I can literally look up anything, see just about anything, any time, any where. Because I have that easy instant access, I purposely keep my notifications off and try to stay off my phone when I’m at work. I’m also concerned about the amount of exposure of blue light from my phone and computer, so I bought a few pairs of blue light blocker glasses for work. I’m told that it makes me look “smart”.

Even after I’ve technically clocked out, the e-mails, texts, and calls from work never really stops. This is why I hate my work phone…

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28 responses to “overstimmy”

  1. Maggie Avatar
    Maggie

    My youngest daughter loves Stray Kids 💗.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      yassss they’re so good!

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  2. Ajinkya Rane Avatar
    Ajinkya Rane

    Definitely overstimmied. I can’t even go anywhere to avoid screens. Last year when I went trekking a bunch of highschool kids brought their obnoxious loud speakers to a bird sanctuary. Birds aren’t dancing to skibidi poo bruh. Not a minute of silence.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      lol sleeping seems to help!

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  3. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I avoid the news. And usually, if I hear something first, it’s either from someone else, or via someone on WordPress.
    I switched off where when I open a new browser on my phone the news feeds that would appear from Google, I don’t see no more. That was a great move for me. So, you can avoid a majority of the news if you want to.
    Plus, I don’t have a TV. I haven’t done for some years.

    I love this song by Stray Kids. I think I once listened to their music before. But I am going to listen to more of their music today, to see if I have.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      yassss their songs are so good. omg i try not to but then my coworkers have to share everything w/me

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      1. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        It makes it harder when you have coworkers sharing news. I luckily don’t have that problem.
        I listened to more of their songs and it is who I have listened to before. I might have listened to them either knowing them before from your blog or someone else’s. I do like their music.

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  4. Jesse Pallante Avatar
    Jesse Pallante

    Yes there is a lot of fake news out there so I Google a lot of it to find out if the site is legit or not. It is the only thing I or you can do.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      that’s for sure!

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  5. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar
    Nicholas K F Matte

    I tried Groundnews pitched by Neil deGrasse Tyson then nah, I haven’t read anything in a while me, but for some local stuff……ehm.I may check CNN or The BBC later today to get an angle,

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      lol i’ll just wait for pple to tell me the latest

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  6. Cai Avatar
    Cai

    I still read hardcopy newspapers and books. Internet is necessary for some uses. I don’t think I’m over-stimulated because I limit my exposure.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      i can’t read digital books… i love the smell of books and folding the ear of the page

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  7. thetravelingtaylorsofficial Avatar
    thetravelingtaylorsofficial

    Stray Kids on repeat is a whole mood — that track has exactly the kind of restless, high-energy momentum that makes it impossible to sit still. Perfect soundtrack for a summer afternoon. Thanks for the listen; adding it to the road-trip playlist.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      yassss absolutely!!

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  8. Cana David Avatar
    Cana David

    The point about AI-generated videos making it harder to separate truth from fiction is especially timely. I think the constant stream of real-time updates does create a kind of overwhelm that’s hard to escape, even with notifications off. It’s interesting to consider how we might filter more carefully without missing what matters.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      absolutely!

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  9. For friends without borders Avatar
    For friends without borders

    I have a limit as to how much news/political stuff I can consume. What’s worse is it changes meaning depending on it it’s right or left leaning. I’ve been watching way more YouTube vids about music and painting, just to keep me sane🤪

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      youtube seems to be the best bet these days!

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  10. charles131 Avatar
    charles131

    Read this if you’ve been staying in a relationship that is slowly making you lose yourself.

    The scariest part of a broken relationship isn’t always what the other person does to you.

    Sometimes…

    It’s who you slowly become just to keep the relationship alive.

    You start choosing your words carefully because you’re afraid of how they’ll react.

    You stop bringing up things that hurt because you already know how the conversation will end.

    You become quieter.

    More patient.

    More forgiving.

    Until one day, you realize you’re accepting things you would have immediately told your best friend to walk away from.

    That’s when you need to pay attention.

    Because love should never require you to abandon yourself just to maintain it.

    You shouldn’t have to silence your intuition to keep someone comfortable.

    You shouldn’t have to shrink your personality, lower your standards, or constantly ignore your own needs just to avoid another argument.

    Remember this:

    Keeping the peace isn’t always peace.

    Sometimes it’s simply you swallowing your pain so someone else doesn’t have to face their behavior.

    And the longer you do that…

    The easier it becomes to forget what you actually deserve.

    Healthy love doesn’t require you to disappear inside the relationship.

    It gives you room to speak.

    To disagree.

    To have boundaries.

    To remain completely yourself without being punished for it.

    If you have to keep breaking pieces of yourself just to keep someone else whole…

    Something is deeply wrong.

    You are allowed to love someone and still choose yourself.

    You are allowed to care and still walk away.

    And you are allowed to decide that protecting your peace is more important than preserving a relationship that keeps destroying it.

    Because the goal of love was never to lose yourself trying to keep someone else.

    The right relationship won’t ask you to become smaller so it can survive.

    It will give you space to become more of who you truly are.

    💛

    Save this if you need the reminder that keeping a relationship should never require losing yourself in the process.

    #love #boundaries #growthmindset #Godisgood #Amen #GodBlessAmerica

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      thanks, Charles!

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  11. veeruucareem Avatar
    veeruucareem

    http://aikenuskhe.wordpress.com

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  12. your worst dream Avatar
    your worst dream

    too much shit
    and i do not exagerate a bit
    dr my disease
    is my hunger
    for
    la femme

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      There are dating sites?

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  13. ibarynt Avatar
    ibarynt

    Too much useless information and less knowledge.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      so true!

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  14. William Torres Jr. Avatar
    William Torres Jr.

    This really hit home, Rojie. We have more information at our fingertips than any generation before us, but sometimes it feels like we have more noise than knowledge too. I think the key is learning when to step away, breathe, and remember that we don’t have to know everything happening every minute of every day.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      this is very true! thanks, Willie!

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