algorithm obsession 2025-09-14T15:29:37Z
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Rain lashed against the windowpane last Thursday, trapping me in that soul-crushing limbo between unfinished chores and existential dread. My thumb mindlessly scrolled through app store sludge until garish pixel art exploded across my screen - some tuber simulator with a screaming Swedish guy's face plastered on it. Normally I'd swipe past this nonsense faster than a skip-ad button, but desperation breeds strange choices. What followed wasn't gaming; it was digital methamphetamine.