Inter alia: The Internet Summer Break

Where did reality go?

For the last six years during the summer, I have taken a long break from the internet, mostly from social media and the news. It began in 2018 in France when we spent a month in Grenoble. 

Somewhere in France, when I still had my long black hair

I’ve removed the IG app on and off for weeks at a time, but as the first beautiful, sunny and hot weekend arrived, it is a good time to start my break.

The first few years I did this, I was surprised at how much time I recovered. I left my phone downstairs for an entire day, with nothing to check, text messages could go unanswered or I saw them on the computer. 

This year, however, it felt like stepping into a lost reality. IG and YouTube have become an endless pit of advertising. In particular IG, most ads come from dropshipping companies that sell crap from China. They set up multiple stores on Shopify a…