> I see in your "about" section that there is a "please feel free to email me" sentence - if it's okay, I'd maybe like to contact you for further conversation.

always open to this!

it makes me feel validated that others identify with similar feelings, and the ties to the net community. I honestly just threw the comment out there as the first time really putting those thoughts and this theory i've been kicking around into words, half convinced I really was just, idk, a uniquely angry internet person