losing the narrative - by vincent huang
many people believe that spongebob’s darkest episode is squidville. it’s the episode where squidward gets tired of living next to spongebob and moves to a town full of octopi who share his hobbies, only to become bored and depressed in some ways it reminds me of sf - specifically the tech communities there, not the entire city - relatively homogeneous groups of people who do similar work and often have similar hobbies. last year one of my friends (somewhat unfairly) described his roommates as
many people believe that spongebob’s darkest episode is squidville. it’s the episode where squidward gets tired of living next to spongebob and moves to a town full of octopi who share his hobbies, only to become bored and depressed in some ways it reminds me of sf - specifically the tech communities there, not the entire city - relatively homogeneous groups of people who do similar work and often have similar hobbies. last year one of my friends (somewhat unfairly) described his roommates as “they come home from work and spend time with their partners, and then they do one of their hobbies…
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