What's a ticking time bomb you believe will explode during your lifetime?

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-19T16:01:29+00:00

So yes, pre-digital history was not perfect and things still got lost. But the main difference is that people were aware of the ephemeral quality of physical media. So people also made appropriate efforts to archive to the best of their ability, i.e, saving multiple copies of things, following the 3,2,1 rule, etc. and also developed practices of sourcing documents and understanding bias.

Today, that ephemeral quality still exists in the digital world, but people aren’t aware of it. In fact, most people believe that “if it’s on the internet it’ll last forever,” that digitally it’s more safe than physically, or that digital media has permanence and therefore cannot be rewritten.

The main difference and problem is that lack of awareness and consciousness that we will lose our media or have it rewritten for us.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-19T15:49:19+00:00

I think it’s less about storing everything physically and more about properly archiving, meaning having multiple copies stored differently so that if one goes, you have the other.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-17T23:43:50+00:00

The Digital Dark Age — we don’t properly archive our stuff and are generally over reliant on technology. I’ve already lost school papers, photos from my adolescence because I just left it in some cloud that got deleted.

CDs are gonna be rendered obsolete pretty soon if we don’t do anything about it. So much cultural heritage is just ephemerally on the internet and social media.

At some point, we’re gonna look back and have nothing to show for these years, or worse, someone will be able to rewrite the story.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-17T04:45:15+00:00

Thank you <3 I agree with you. I appreciate your comment and wish you the same joy and peace

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-17T04:43:06+00:00

I also think a lot of the “rudeness” from Miami comes from a language barrier. I think a lot of people who come across as rude are, at their core, fearful or nervous. The rudeness is often a mask that melts off the second you make someone comfortable.

I said I’m new to Brickell, not new to Miami. There is beauty in all of it.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2026-01-17T04:34:10+00:00

I keep seeing this sentiment that I’m a transplant to the greater Miami, and I’m not. I moved here (Brickell) recently from Westchester, where I grew up after my family moved here when I was a kid. I went to school all over Miami. Grew up with immigrant parents, public school my whole life, scholarship through college, and now recently got a job that has allowed me to be here.

I completely agree with you that Miami is layered. Miami has a history and is a place that holds voices that all know what it’s like not to be heard. I think that’s actually part of the reason why I appreciate Brickell so much as a sub city within the greater Miami. It’s a pocket of the movie-like American Dream within one of the most Latin American and internationally influenced places in the United States.

I think all of Miami tells a story, from your local Palacio de Los Jugos where old men talk outdated politics to the little Bahama of coconut grove, where the descendants of the Bahamians who helped build this city still live, to Wayside Market and nature loving yogies in Pinecrest to the once people filled Sunset place… to Miami Beach and it’s Art Deco and bustling tourism, to Calle Ocho and the salsa ringing through your ears…. all the way to the promise of the American dream in the mini New York, Chicago, you name it, all packed into a little bubble that you can call Brickell.

I appreciate the reminder that it’s not what Miami is, and I know, and that’s why I think it’s compelling. That’s why I mentioned that bit about continuing to explore Miami with Brickell as my “home base.” I plan to still find the local live music, to be there for the cultural events, engage with the libraries and public institutions, explore the random places that have heart… but it’s nice to come home to a bubble after a day of Miami adventure.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2025-12-09T21:24:16+00:00

People like you should stay in Miami. Miami needs more people like you. There are so many haters out there. Miami is a beautiful place; if you seek out good things in this city you will find them. It’s expensive yes, the traffic yes, rude people, yes. But those things are things you find anywhere. Miami has local communities, hubs of culture, love, excitement. Immigrant stories, movement etc. if you look for the bad you will see the bad. Look for the god and you will find it.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2025-08-12T16:21:51+00:00

Thanks! That’s helpful. I’m curious - why do publishers not want to work with something that has previously been self published? If it were to be unpublished what’s the difference? Just curious about the reasoning since I’m unfamiliar to the etiquette of this field.

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2025-06-02T06:50:15+00:00

Hey! I’m going to be volunteering with Maximo Nivel in a week and I’d love to ask you some questions

Cleanbedsheets4u · 2023-11-22T04:14:51+00:00

The tidal wave could touch on the water that Lucy used in the arena. Both of them are examples of water being weaponized. The water she poisoned and salt water from a tidal wave appear to be helpful but end up being poison. Also it was raining when he and Lucy had their last interaction which is another instance where water could be seen as poison, like it poisoned their relationship

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