here’s the thing: everyone complains about late capitalism and how alienated and isolated we all are. everyone acknowledges this, and reassures each other of this, alone.
you need to get out of yourself, and your head, and your small bubble of one, and you need to go see old friends, or former friends, or people in your social circle who are just meh, or your annoying roommates, or your co-workers, or your former co-workers, or your lame family members, or your lame and bigoted family members, or strangers at a bar, or whomever, and party. meeting people is praxis, strengthening relationships is praxis, making yourself seen and vulnerable to another is praxis. please, guys, go out.
this, here, now, is a facsimile, mediated through a thousand screens. go kiss, go get kissed, go reject a kiss, go be denied a kiss. go out.
Which is why I said outside, rather than “with other people”.
You are putting words in my mouth again. I did not say “you can go to parties and meet strangers no problemo”. I said you can meet people and still be responsible, and I used the “bubble” as an example of this.
What the hell does going outside alone and not meeting any other people have to do with this post? Are you lost?
The title of the post is “you need to go out”
Meaning, go out to holiday parties. That’s what the post is about.