The first twenty minutes of my computer day I sat in the corner
counting algorithms and AI generated bot preventing pop-up windows
in order to get to the core of humanity inside of our gut reactions
like, smiley face, thumbs up, animated gif, emoticon symbol
quickly and efficiently
spilling our collective guts to each other
Meanwhile in another window
another tab
the guy with half a beard is telling me
that most of what I think is lies
because I am apt to go to extremes
when I am online
I believe him.