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Sheril Kirshenbaum

Artist Chelo depicts what we see - and what we don't see - on social media. I like the full-circle nature of this comic.

Source: instagram.com/monero_chelo/rel #art #socialmedia
8 September at 12:38 | Open on mastodon.social
30 comments
Adlangx

@Sheril there is a sadness in there that hurts.

8 September at 13:44 | Open on mastodon.social
Tassoman
It's practically zen โ˜ฏ๏ธ
8 September at 14:53 | Open on orwell.fun
StarrWulfe ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿบ (JLGatewood)

@Sheril Iโ€™m guilty of this at timesโ€ฆ the reason I got into open social media was to find spaces to break that habit.

Enjoy the skin youโ€™re in and celebrate the life you have if you can. Bring attention to positives and also point out the negatives.

But most of all, log out and touch grass as much as you can.

8 September at 14:45 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
Steven Zekowski

@Sheril
Brilliant in its simplicity and insight

8 September at 14:46 | Open on freeradical.zone
Sim
Margret Kuarell

@Sheril i get what it's meant to say but the comic doesn't make any sense

8 September at 15:39 | Open on mastodon.social
cwicseolfor

@Sheril So that everyone is included in the meaning here, a detailed #alt4you description, part 1 of 2:
Four-row comic, each row with a panel showing what's displayed on a phone in hand on the left, and on the right, a panel showing the person holding it.

8 September at 15:39 | Open on urbanists.social
cwicseolfor

@Sheril #alt4you part 2 of 2:
Marta has posted a happy photo of herself with her boyfriend; a different man cries, the heart tattoo on his muscular arm reads "Marta."
The muscular man flexes in a selfie; a chubby man self-consciously pinches his belly.
The chubby man beams smiling over a lobster and wine dinner; a thin man eats from a small can as his spotted dog looks on.
The spotted dog being pet; Marta and her boyfriend grieve, a candle lit by a photo of their own deceased dog by their couch.

8 September at 15:41 | Open on urbanists.social
Thin Crust Tavern Cut

@Sheril Social media no different than our living rooms, kitchens, and ourselves when guests are coming.

Cleaned, polished, and at our best.

The remaining is hid away somewhere, not to be seen.

8 September at 15:46 | Open on mastodon.world
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@GregArcus @Sheril I am even guilty myself, I recently got two new tyres for my car (brand new, but had been stored in a dusty warehouse) and didn't put the photos on my social media yet as I thought "these tyres look filthy, and the alloys need cleaning on all 4 corners, can't share pictures of them yet" as I'm known for detailing my car (and the weather has been too variable for detailing recently)

8 September at 16:33 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Thin Crust Tavern Cut

@vfrmedia @Sheril I don't post pictures of the dinky fish I catch.

8 September at 16:48 | Open on mastodon.world
wb x64

@GregArcus @vfrmedia @Sheril I'm an oddball I like posting projects in progress and other imperfect stuff because motivating people that they can do it too is big for me. That said, much like this comic, the fact that I can do any projects at all or have a wife and house and car at all, can be hugely painful for some. They don't see the downsides of relationships or possessions on my feed though, since that would be a bit too transparent/depressing/controversial.

8 September at 17:53 | Open on glitch.social
DrGeraintLLannfrancheta

@Sheril very cool. Very sophisticated. Thank you.

8 September at 15:50 | Open on nafo.army
Most_Evil_K

@Sheril
As my day has been going,
Thank you for this.

8 September at 16:22 | Open on universeodon.com
~Tilde #Gartenzaun

@Sheril That is why you should put a CW on everything!

8 September at 16:28 | Open on mastodon.social
Tobias

@Sheril Magnificent. Thank you for sharing.

8 September at 17:22 | Open on mastodon.nu
Solar Pierre

@Sheril

Linkin Park: The Emptiness Machine
...
Gave up who I am for what you wanted me to be
...

Don't try to imitate someone else in the naive hope you'd be happy then.

8 September at 17:32 | Open on mastodon.world
trunc8ed

@Sheril Is this a modern version of Schnitzler's Reigen? :blobcatopenmouth:

8 September at 17:57 | Open on infosec.exchange
stay hinged

@Sheril

so wholesome!

literally the torment nexus

and yall was memin

8 September at 19:32 | Open on mastodon.social
Cy
That's touching and tragic, but I complain about my life on social media all the time. And there's a lot of good things that people would really envy, that I just can't be assed to photograph. Not that I'm lying or anything, but it's complicated. Why would I try to make it look like there's no problem here?

Look, it's my wild garden! With a tomato! Nothing wrong here!! Whoever does that, I get that they're insecure and desperate to cling to optimism, but this comic shows how hurtful that can be. So please stop. I want to see the can.
That's touching and tragic, but I complain about my life on social media all the time. And there's a lot of good things that people would really envy, that I just can't be assed to photograph. Not that I'm lying or anything, but it's complicated. Why would I try to make it look like there's no problem here?
8 September at 20:12 | Open on fedicy.us.to
Uwe_Kauffmann
myrmepropagandist

@Sheril

I mean... I'll take the heartache of losing a dog but having a spouse and not being hungry over the others... IDK.

The thing I'm most jealous of that I see on social media are:

1. the cool things people make that I wish I could make
2. the neat projects people are working on I wish I could working on

Mostly the best cure is to just tell them. That's so cool I wish I could do that wow!

Somehow that makes me feel better.

8 September at 21:41 | Open on sauropods.win
Sakshi ๐ŸŒด๐Ÿฅฅ

Good reminder to look for something to appreciate ๐ŸŒž

@Sheril

8 September at 23:20 | Open on mastodon.social
R

@Sheril ah, this took me a couple of views but I get it now. It didnโ€™t occur to me that the party on the right is the same party as the party on left in the next row.

9 September at 3:25 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org
Detun3d
Proluca78
pcbeard

@Sheril In daily life, there is plenty of suffering to go around. Why do we seek out more on social media?

9 September at 16:37 | Open on sfba.social
econads

@pcbeard @Sheril
Right? Social media isn't real life, why let it get to you? Some stranger being an arsehole isn't the same as your friend doing the same thing.

10 September at 14:31 | Open on mendeddrum.org
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