Riding in With Receipts: One Desert Dweller's Completely Voluntary Dive Into the Swamp of Internet Nonsense
Riding in With Receipts One Desert Dweller's Completely Voluntary Dive Into the Swamp of Internet Nonsense I have a confession to make. I'm a social person — I need interaction and engagement the way some people need coffee. But there's no rule that says interaction has to look any particular way. The way I've chosen keeps me grounded to something bigger than my own four walls — the shifts and trends of society, the mood of the national stage, the stories people are choosing to believe and share. It turns out that wading into the swamp of internet misinformation is, for me, a completely legitimate form of civic engagement. And when the caregiving gets heavy, when the desert heat is doing what desert heat does and life is generally being a lot — I go debunk internet nonsense. On purpose. For fun. Completely voluntarily. It genuinely relaxes me in the same way some people do crossword puzzles or reorganize their spice rack. 💬 "I'm not here to drai...