Well written, valid points though you are far kinder than I would be, my love for Christian and Bob not withstanding. As someone who was there, for better or worse, (but really more of an outsider not to mention having never heard of Dimesquare despite being essentially an OG native New Yorker before meeting the scene people) I thought I had found a group of mostly young people who I thought would be idealistic and enthusiastic and who wanted to make the world a better place. I'm from a different time and I was shocked to discover thjs was not the case a lot of the time and so I was at first angry and now just disappointed. But I'm not attempting to cast blame and I did meet many many beautiful people a lot of whom are now my close friends. It was the pettiness, the self serving competitiveness, the jealousy and above all the need screaming from too many people saying "Look at me, look at me!!!" That really brought me down.
It really brought home how old and out of touch I was and how technology has in my opinion really rotted out the minds of people especially younger ones before they've even had a chance to make their own minds up and I haven't figured out how to effectively combat that other than by just being me and bringing people together and then letting them figure shit out. But you, Chloe, are a perfect example of someone I never would have met without Dimesquare and for that alone I can honestly say I am grateful to Mr. Gasda for making this play. He is a an extremely hard working, diligent person but I just don't like the play or what it represents but that's just me.
This time was my first time seeing the play too. Regarding that specific era, though I was off in my own little world, I too have developed fond memories of those years (roughly very late 2019-2021). It's not just about idealizing the past because I don't feel the same way about the years preceding them. For instance, I have a playlist consisting of songs from that period and out of all the period-specific playlists I have, I keep going back to that one the most.
Though COVID was devastating in many ways, it did also break up the monotony of established life and for a little while, there was a sense of exciting uncertainty, especially with the emotion-laden Trump years coming to an end and people eager for something different. Now, the changes on the horizon seem more like retreads, though I can't tell if that's just because I've just gotten older.
Well written, valid points though you are far kinder than I would be, my love for Christian and Bob not withstanding. As someone who was there, for better or worse, (but really more of an outsider not to mention having never heard of Dimesquare despite being essentially an OG native New Yorker before meeting the scene people) I thought I had found a group of mostly young people who I thought would be idealistic and enthusiastic and who wanted to make the world a better place. I'm from a different time and I was shocked to discover thjs was not the case a lot of the time and so I was at first angry and now just disappointed. But I'm not attempting to cast blame and I did meet many many beautiful people a lot of whom are now my close friends. It was the pettiness, the self serving competitiveness, the jealousy and above all the need screaming from too many people saying "Look at me, look at me!!!" That really brought me down.
It really brought home how old and out of touch I was and how technology has in my opinion really rotted out the minds of people especially younger ones before they've even had a chance to make their own minds up and I haven't figured out how to effectively combat that other than by just being me and bringing people together and then letting them figure shit out. But you, Chloe, are a perfect example of someone I never would have met without Dimesquare and for that alone I can honestly say I am grateful to Mr. Gasda for making this play. He is a an extremely hard working, diligent person but I just don't like the play or what it represents but that's just me.
This time was my first time seeing the play too. Regarding that specific era, though I was off in my own little world, I too have developed fond memories of those years (roughly very late 2019-2021). It's not just about idealizing the past because I don't feel the same way about the years preceding them. For instance, I have a playlist consisting of songs from that period and out of all the period-specific playlists I have, I keep going back to that one the most.
Though COVID was devastating in many ways, it did also break up the monotony of established life and for a little while, there was a sense of exciting uncertainty, especially with the emotion-laden Trump years coming to an end and people eager for something different. Now, the changes on the horizon seem more like retreads, though I can't tell if that's just because I've just gotten older.
Really good piece of writing.
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