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#silence

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UNKNOWN ARTIST
Silent Space
Unknown Year
Canada pressing

I’d be interested as to which of my followers (if ANY) have either seen or heard about this RIDICULOUS record.
It’s SO stupid in fact, I willingly bought it for 5 dollars.

All 20 “songs” on this record are empty.
There are NO songs.
No sound of any kind.
Nothing.
Literally the sound of silence.

On the back cover, the people responsible for putting this thing out try to explain why selling a record of complete silence is of major benefit to the consumer.

This was sold as a “comedy” record, even though, most of the time, there’s nothing LESS hilarious than silence.

When I saw this, I literally thought to myself “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. I must have it.”

Today, this became the most unnecessary record in my entire collection.

By a landslide.

I have serious problems.

Hopelessly alone in a world that’s always online.

#Loneliness, the silent scroll,
A #TikTok loop that takes its toll.
Endless feeds, but hearts on mute,
A DM world, yet no salute.

We’re all like stars in #Netflix skies,
Bright but distant, no replies.
A #playlist full, but ears won’t hear,
The #sound of #silence, loud and clear.

It’s the ghost in the #algorithm’s #maze,
The echo in a viral haze.
A #selfie world, but no one’s there,
Just pixels floating in thin air.

So here I stand, a lone #profile,
A #meme of sorrow, lost for a while.
In this age of streams and endless light,
Loneliness is the quiet fight.

Hopelessly #alone
In a world that’s always #online.

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source: societas.online/posts/2410952

Societas - a diaspora* social networkHopelessly alone in a world that’s always online.Hopelessly alone in a world that’s always online. #Loneliness, the silent scroll, A #TikTok loop that takes its toll. Endless feeds, but hearts on mute, A DM world, yet no salute. We’re all like stars in #Netflix skies, Bright but distant, no replies. A #playlist full, but ears won’t hear, The #sound of #silence, loud and clear. It’s the ghost in the #algorithm’s #maze, The echo in a viral haze. A #selfie world, but no one’s there, Just pixels floating in thin air. So here I stand, a lone #profile, A #meme of sorrow, lost for a while. In this age of streams and endless light, Loneliness is the quiet fight. Hopelessly #alone… In a world that’s always #online. https://friendica.io/photo/103773661267affb04bda34801852599-1.webp (https://friendica.io/photos/revolutionbunnies/image/103773661267affb04bda34801852599) #poem #lyrics #wisdom #generation #society #internet #matrix #future #together #socialmedia

I have had people go frothing at the mouth when I point out that a lot of #punctuation is "#silence #notation."

A #comma is a point of silence, it is shorter than the point of silence of a #period. #Ellipsis (...) is a fade to silence. #Emdash/dash is an abrupt silence. #Parenthesis invokes a point of silence before and after an aside, much the same length as a comma.

People forget that the written word is made to represent the spoken word, that includes silence and change of pitch.

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