Seth K. Thomas

     The homie created this challenge on IG regarding phone usage. The challenge today was to "feel" myself reaching for my phone and to be aware of the feeling. I immediately text her to say this challenge is fucking with me.     I am the absolute worst. I grab my phone so frequently that it's probably not even a decision anymore. Like the reach just happens and before I am even aware the phone is in my hand I'm looking at something. Anything.     I don't know what I think about the dopamine hit theory. I mean I'm no scientist so maybe it exists. I think for me it's the connectivity. The ability to connect from a distance is and has always been the allure of social media for me. I don't follow a lot of brands nor celebrities nor accounts that are hubs for videos. I mostly follow friends and people I think are my friends.      But it's not all social media. I do everything on my phone. I email. I check my stocks on Robinhood. I play mad ...

I believe in the idea that words don't have meanings but rather meanings have meanings and words are used to trigger those meanings. Words have definitions. For example, The word "dog" by definition is “a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, nonretractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice” - when used as a noun - and “to follow (someone or their movements) closely and persistently” - when used as a verb. However, depending on the context, the word "dog" can mean friend, ex-boyfriend, DMX, one really good at sports, and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. I believe people get definitions from reading the dictionary and they get meanings from living life. And since most people spend more time living life rather than reading the dictionary, meanings mean more than definitions. So much that many words have become useless. Christian philosopher and author of The Narnia Chronicles,  C.S. Lewis...