Part I
Substack is no longer a place that I feel comfortable in, it is causing me stress and unhealthy for me. At first it felt safe, fellow writers meeting, discussing, but at the end of the day still respectful of each others different view points and that was the spring of this year. That was up untill notes really kicked in.
The more social media Substack becomes the more cunts & assholes, virtue singalers, faux performance artists, supremacists of every gender, race, creed, identity, sexual orientation; it’s becoming a fucking literal visible spectrum of self-righteous self-loathing aggrieved people.
Cannibal capitalist culture, has made victims of all of us be it economicaly, our health, mentally, the planet, and we act like aggrevied victims especially against eachother. Aggreivment culture, the stuff that you can easily blame others for, while not having the courage to recognize it faults, and that you are the same as those you blame. The cognitive dissociation needed to be this way is a sure way to abuse your own rational thought. Inserting emotion instead of facts, because it feels better to aggrandize yourself than recognize your own guilt.
It seems very few victims of our world are willing to put in the work to become a survivor.
There’s a difference, survivors don’t succumb to the base instincs. They fight everyday to strive to be a better human, not to scapegoat others around them. They also lead and mentor when they don’t even want to. Reluctant leaders that don’t ask for handouts.
Then there’s the passive-aggressive part of social media, those you think see you for who you are, will throw out some passive-aggressive meme or essay making you the category, a part of the cohort you’ve been locked into. Making you small while, simultaneously raising themselves up into some superior phoenix of moral and ethical divinity. You either ignore this, unfollow, or block. I’m not even adding in the scammers, trolls, and catfishers ive encountered. That’s a given, they mean nothing.
This is a collective & cultural issue and there are no “-isms” or ” -archies” to blame on how we treat each other on SS or on any other social media platform. We all make our own decisions, on social media we all have equal agency to make choices on how we respond to others, how we treat strangers. Very few of us would use abusive language if we were face-to-face, even fewer would make accusations and abuse eachother if we took the time to understand, rather than trying to win or score points for others to pat you on the back. Dopamine hits for being a piece-of-shit while enforcing abusive group think.
So im moving on to an open source platform not ruled by technocratic tech bros willing to sell you out for more power. Instagram, meta, there all going down this route. SS, with all the talent on this platform, is ripe for the picking and stealing your art and hardwork that comes from your heart, brain, and soul. It’s all on the menu.
I’d rather be alone, isolated on the wired, than be used by Substack’s silicon valley libertarian tech bro’s.
Part II:
To my Substack Family
Direct from my heart, soul, & brain ( 🤔? ), with little to no editing:
Samira Wyld – Oh you are lovely. Your dark feminine is like a magnet to my dark masculine. Everything you do digs deep and pulls out passion and feeling from me. Sexy cover on your book too. Family. 😘
Abbey Wade – you are a strong women beautiful with wit, grace, compassion and a great sense of humor. A chef and fine maker of cocktails. She’s great with or without pants. She’s been family on Substack to me. Though I think we’re far from a final farwell. Thanks Abbey 😘
Emma Steel – Thats Agent Steel to the rest of us. I thought her tag “a girl writing the world” was in jest; Nope it’s true. She crafts beautiful prose and Gothic fiction, as well bread and baking porn. As far as the agent thing goes that’s real to, I dare you to break her cover. Family 😘
Natasha – I never really got to know you, but almost everything you write i can feel it in my bones, on my flesh. You have a great sense of humor too, not everyone has had the pleasure to see it, i was glad to get rare glimpses of it. You ara dark, but that’s the best kind, the kind that makes you think. Honestly, I was intimidated by you when I first came on SS, but my experience would be void without you. I hope you find love, real love. 😘
Hawtorn V. Rabot – When i first saw your handle i thought it had something to do with fightng robots? 🤷♂️. I don’t bond with other men often but you and I share similar experiences. You kind of remind me of me a decade ago, I might have had the energy to go after the algorithm back then, but you are leading the charge and you have built community. That’s a special thing to lead the charge. To make active change. Take care of your being you are a leader of a subcommumity on SS. 😘
🫶🫵Kry5tyn🖕🫵 – My Lady 5. You and I think a lot alike from the first few conversations we synced. I can literally feel how you think, smart, passionate, but tangents and your rabbit holes go way past uranus. You are funny, a sense of humor is always needed. Also you are hot and gorgeous, you shrink from your femininity, but you are all woman to me. 😘
Eve Solara – Wow! You are an inspiration, kind, powerful, but with a slick sense of humor. I enjoyed you and your energy and hope I was able to meet your energy equally. Don’t call her Eva though! Also to answer your question about eating kitty, it’s because the taste is like hot honey on the tip of my tounge as are the moans that fill my ears. 😘😘
Amelia Adams – Sandwich Queen with a big heart, great poetry, and deep wisdom. I never had a sister, but you feel like one to me. 😘
Karin Flodstrom An inspiration with wisdom and a spirit thay will not be kept down. Read Karin and you’ll understand more. Oh and the younger feminists out there: Karin was part of that group that trailblazed for you, you owe her a debt of garditude for her resilience. 😘
Teez – You and I share a lot on common in the relationship arena. You gave free’d yourself and I know you will be with the one this year. How could they not, you have everything. Including that dirty mind. 😘
Mondayswife – you are amazing. I wish I could lave your neurons with my tounge and intimately understand your thinking. But you are also compassionate and loving. I hope your future husband gets this, otherwise he will deal with me, but that’s between us.😘😘
Seajade – you have a way of writing that comes into my brain and finds a home. Also street food porn. 😘
The Dope Doula – your dark sense of humor and your willingness to push through is inspiring. Everytime you accomplish you rebuild yourself, but you dont forget where you came from. You will conquer and be all the better.😘
Rea de Miranda – you are family too. You do great work. I know the last few months we havent been that close, but to see you take off, im glad to have been part of it. 😘
L Binnie 🩸 of “the pale horse”, – i’m giving you an Irish goodbye. Thanks for being you and your offers to talk. You write well, crafts great essay topics of folklore and horror movie reviews and I feel a kinship with you. You give universal perspectives, far more than just the feminist lens. You are unique. 😘😘😘
Elizabeth Arya – She doesn’t publish often but she is a great poet and full of passion and strength. Some of the best poetry ive read.😘😘😘
TeeLe – you are awesome. You have always supported me more than I think i ever deserved. 😘
Liz oh my dear Liz. Maybe See ya later in the wild. ;)😘
Blue_haired_goddess & nitty gritty I’ve had a crush on both of you. For a long time.😘😘😘
Flying High in Appalachia, @Fiona Bridges – I’m happy you woke-up about your relationship and keep pushing through, not letting your heart get weighed down and forgetting yourself. Keep being passionate, Keep going, dont look back and find your happiness.😘
Michelle R Teel – You were the first to fully embrace me in my pain. You knew I needed permission to recognize myself as a victim first. You helped me to understand i was a survivor. Without you and your grace, im not to sure if I would be here right now. You prove that a survivor is a human, strong, resilient and filled with love for strangers. I will never forget you. ❤️
I woke in the dark – You are a force. Be that force. Being a wife is not your identity, but a part of it your whole.😘
G. – you feel like a cousin to me. I hope you and your family can survive your color matched cat and dog. And i learned there is a small part of an Estonian in me. 😘
Nuisance Online Distributor – Anne oh fellow WI, living in the gen X wasteland. Always know Cheezus is watching over you. You tear down bullshit, ready to loom into the mirror and tell it to fuck off and grow up. 😘😘😘
ERIKA LOPEZ 😘😘😘 see ya later.
Outtamydamnmind – Turtles 🎤 drop. You become you, I know you’re a lesbian, but this straight guy thinks you’re hot as hell. 😘🔥
fluxus 🧙🏿♀️🦷☕️🌱🧚🏾 , et al…. good luck to all of you. I learned from you all, thanks for your passion and willingness to put yourselves out there.
To many to mention but more: Sister Bobby Lynn, & Jo, Cosmic Sushi, Jess Hope Creates, Radical IFS , The Ex Narc Magnet, Melissa Sandfort , Sarah – Goddess in Training , Chelsea writes, erin , Clare Frances , Jessie Laverton , bluePNWcats , Gary Trujillo , Melanie , Britnee Wild , Leaving Art School , Brain of J-Hawk (he/him), ,Rebecca Watson (ReBe) , Kerry On, Smutty Simmons, Candy Downs,she waits – seething, blooming , bb | poetry, RAINBOW MAA, Crystal Energy Blessings, Veronica 💌 , O. Ordinary Therapist , The Thief of Onions 🧅 , 🧿Merveye, The Rogue Art Historian, Gil Nobodi, erin, L.E. Mullin, Sara da Encarnação, 🏳️⚧️ SAVING THE GWORLS 🏳️⚧️ , Mother Hood, Entropic Absurdity, Laggy , D Watts, Shay Morgendorffer, Martine 🦋, Roxanne Cottell,
Yours with with Love ❤️, Jake
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