Nick’s Reviews > Rejection > Status Update

“It’s a mistake to believe social media is all about hearts and thumbs … But discourse is loneliness disguised as war. What people there really want is to be perceived on their own terms, which is so, so funny. Because if the grand promise of the internet was to be whoever you want, in reality it will make of you whatever ‘it’ wants, and beneath every mask is another mask mistaken for a face.”—Page 232

“For all people claim to hate being stereotyped, they love doing it to themselves, even better when someone they admire does it to them, they’re dying to be issued their personhood so they can pursue it without hesitation, hence astrology and personality quizzes.”—Page 207

“Someone tells you they want to help, and they understand your alienation, so you offer them your gratitude before understanding that their allyship is every bit about their image of themselves, far outweighing your well-being or dignity, and they’ll yeet this cumbersome ballast the moment they sense ingratitude, the very instant you obstruct their protagonism.”—Page 189

Had to take a break and come up for air in chapter 3 (now I know what “ahegao” means 😵‍💫).