To be in the right place to think like Johnny

[Niatka]

incarcerated {not in the soulkiller, though...} for more than thirteen years, cut off from the outside world, without news, no radio, no tv, no visit. total isolation of the being that I am, for having seized on data that belong to the world and not to an elite. well, my release from prison was brutal.
everyone has their eyes on their cellphones. facebook, instagram, "tiktok" and there are so many of them.
yesterday I was told; how i can live without facebook or instagram? I burst into anger; all lobotomized.

I 100% understand Johnny Silverhand.
I fought against "corpos" and I lost. much more when I left prison when I saw the damage of social networks.

when Johnny says that we must not revive the veterans because they just fought for nothing; there is nothing more true.
my great consolation; I am free, no major social network, do not waste my time on a cell phone, prison did not break me.
my drug? stroll in the moor, alone, no matter the weather.

notice; I was arrested following a denunciation; betrayed by a "friend" who had given me his word of honor to always protect me. to have a "friend"; a big mistake.

 

[tavellone]

What

 

[DefaultDanielS]

What

Philosophy bro ...I am also confused

 

[Guest 4522391]

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[Niatka]

What were you trying to achieve anyway? People no longer say "hi" to each other on the street, so why would they care about a savior? They only care about themselves.

I am not a "savior", I have never been nor to think to be, I was just an idealistic young woman [...] who couldn't live without trying [...], just a dreamer.
was I wrong? may be, however, I would have been wrong not to have tried, O yeah.

 

[KeldornOfLatria]

I think your post is deeply meaningful. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Messyr]

Very good post. Expect a lot of empty and blank faces however if you keep sharing these thoughts.
In mere 13 years a large part of the world - especially the newer generations - plummeted into a state where people have a hard time understanding anything unless that info is pre-digested for them by a "content creator".

 

[Moxy3]

Very good post. Expect a lot of empty and blank faces however if you keep sharing these thoughts.
In mere 13 years a large part of the world - especially the newer generations - plummeted into a state where people have a hard time understanding anything unless that info is pre-digested for them by a "content creator".

i dont know.. its just the wrong place to post something like this.
i dont say what she wrote is bad, but what im saying is that no one gives a damn about something like that.
Maybe a forum for poetry or philosophy would be better for this?

but yeah, overall i agree with the post. im not using these social networks, i just dont see the point in using them.
All Social networks create is pain, because you add people and then you see what they do. After a while, you start comparing their lifes with yours, as if somethings wrong with your life, even though its not.

Dunno, social networks are just creating envy, despair, loneiness and hate (for oneself) in my opinion.

 

[Messyr]

i dont know.. its just the wrong place to post something like this.
i dont say what she wrote is bad, but what im saying is that no one gives a damn about something like that.
Maybe a forum for poetry or philosophy would be better for this?

but yeah, overall i agree with the post. im not using these social networks, i just dont see the point in using them.
All Social networks create is pain, because you add people and then you see what they do. After a while, you start comparing their lifes with yours, as if somethings wrong with your life, even though its not.

Dunno, social networks are just creating envy, despair, loneiness and hate (for oneself) in my opinion.

Well, see it from this angle - at least I did give a damn and can understand her. Sure, one cannot really believe to receive positive vibes in a forum like this (without any offense meant), as you say, it is just not the right media for it. On the other hand, she made a clear reference to Johnny and his agenda in the game, which is a fair comparison to some extent.

 

[Niatka]

i dont know.. its just the wrong place to post something like this.
i dont say what she wrote is bad, but what im saying is that no one gives a damn about something like that.
Maybe a forum for poetry or philosophy would be better for this?

but yeah, overall i agree with the post. im not using these social networks, i just dont see the point in using them.
All Social networks create is pain, because you add people and then you see what they do. After a while, you start comparing their lifes with yours, as if somethings wrong with your life, even though its not.

Dunno, social networks are just creating envy, despair, loneiness and hate (for oneself) in my opinion.

if I have offended someone I am sorry. is this the wrong/right place to place my subject? Well, I don't intend to blog and tell my life like a bitter forty-something woman.

I don't believe in coincidences, I prefer to say; it is fate.
I hate to tell my life. however, this game and me; it's very strange.
I was not the one who created the charismatic character of Johnny Silverhand but the scriptwriting team of CDPR. my problem is the political and anti-conformist similarities between the character and me.
it's a role play, like it or not, especially in the first person; we are totally immersed in the character. Yes, I get too involved in the game, and I like it. Furthermore; it's you, me, who decide what the character is like. I remain silent on my choices; i am supposed to be free...

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I think your post is deeply meaningful. Thank you for sharing.

You're welcome.
but i am not the good soul here.

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Very good post. Expect a lot of empty and blank faces however if you keep sharing these thoughts.
In mere 13 years a large part of the world - especially the newer generations - plummeted into a state where people have a hard time understanding anything unless that info is pre-digested for them by a "content creator".

What you are saying is very interesting.
I had started my fight with people of my age during my studies in Japan. in 1995, i was only a young girl, I said; in future, informations will be the most expensive value in the world, we must prevent that, fight.
"they" won, "they" everything won like in the casino. every person I see is information, every human being a sequence of 1 and 0. "they" have achieved what I wanted to prevent.
could I prevent this? I am laughing right now... there were a little chance.
but i was attacked by a virus, the most terrible virus in the world, no cure for it; treason.
anyone who has been betrayed knows about it.

 

[The_Blacks]

The character of Johnny is the main reason to play this game IMHO

 

[ThorgerWolff]

to have a "friend"; a big mistake.

"once you'll reach the conclusion:
friendship is but an illusion"

 

[Codexsas]

It's perfect. He is Keanu Reeves, but disturbed. We've never seen that in cinema before

 

[The_Blacks]

It's perfect. He is Keanu Reeves, but disturbed. We've never seen that in cinema before

The closest I've seen in cinema/shows is Tyler Durden and Jinx, and in videogames, Kreia. Anarchists who go against and want to get back at an unfair system that, ironically, created them

 

[mattcaron]

if I have offended someone I am sorry. is this the wrong/right place to place my subject? Well, I don't intend to blog and tell my life like a bitter forty-something woman.

I kind of had a feeling you and I were about the same age.

I don't mind the waxing poetic. I appreciate it.

By your age, we grew up at the same time, when the world was on a pivot. You are right in what you say, what you fought for. I was too.. scared? Lazy? Something like that. I generally stayed out of trouble, kept to myself, learned enough electrical and computer engineering to be useful, made a career. In general cyberpunk, they used to call this a salaryman (sarariman). The only difference is, being American, I can live out in the woods with a pile of guns. Still, they make more and more of them illegal every few years or so. They're watching all of us too. The FBI arrested my neighbor for building a death ray - he asked me to help on his "project" (didn't tell me it was a death ray) and I said no because it was too speculative and I don't work for free - dodged that one.

One of the things that draws me to 80's and 90's cyberpunk is it was a warning - Pondsmith even said so some years back. Back then, we thought we could change the world, save it from itself. I thought by making and using open source software, I could move the needle a little. If everyone did the same, the needle moves a lot. I was wrong. We lost. Now I just take it a day at a time, and am waiting for it all to end. Eventually, it has to collapse under it's own weight, right? Either atrophy and anarchy like the fall of Rome, or nuclear fire like in the Terminator (and many other) films.

But, even in the Cyberpunk world, there were wars like that - and the Cyberpunk world is the world after that. People are adaptable So, there's hope for those who want a hopeful future.

And yeah, social media is cancer. My kids are 8, and each has a hand me down iPad that they use to run their toys (Lego can be controlled that way now), look up the same 80's and 90's cartoons I watched as a kid, and video chat with their cousins who live far enough away that we rarely see them in person. That's it. No social media. Limited screen time. Lots of playing outside, building Lego, model trains, board games, drawing, reading, things like that. We have a whole library of books, 15+m of linear shelf space, packed with books, couches, a fire. No TV in that room. Just sit and read and discuss things. Much of what we watch as a family is stuff from the 80's and 90's, back when the world made sense.

Maybe they will succeed where we failed?

Cheers.