The Musings of Jaime David

The Musings of Jaime David
The Musings of Jaime David
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The writings of some random dude on the internet

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  • When the Bills Keep Coming, But Nobody Seems to Be Checking

    Sometimes I hear stories that make me stop and wonder how something like that can happen in the first place. Recently, I have heard from a few different people about issues involving utility meter readings. According to these stories, meter readings have apparently not been happening for extended periods of time. Not weeks. Months. And…

  • When a Friend Chooses Everyone Else’s Version of the Story But Yours

    There is a particular kind of disappointment that sticks with you longer than most. It is not always the loudest betrayal. It is not always the most dramatic falling out. Sometimes it is something much simpler. Someone you considered a friend hears an accusation, hears a rumor, hears a misunderstanding, and instead of coming to…

  • Federating Substack? Apparently You Can.

    For the longest time, I assumed that if you wanted a blog connected to the fediverse, you needed something like WordPress, Blogger, Mastodon, or another platform that was already known for federation support. Substack never really came to mind. In my head, it existed in its own separate ecosystem, disconnected from the wider fediverse. Recently,…

  • Sometimes, Even When You Give It Your All, Friendships Can Still Fade

    One of the hardest lessons I have learned about friendship is that effort is not always enough. We grow up hearing that relationships require work, communication, understanding, patience, and commitment. We are told that if we care about someone, we should fight for the connection. We should reach out. We should check in. We should…

  • The Struggle of Consistency: When You Have Too Much to Say and Sometimes Need a Break

    One of the biggest misconceptions people have about blogging is that inconsistency always comes from a lack of ideas. People imagine the writer sitting in front of a blank screen, staring at an empty document, desperately trying to think of something, anything, to write about. Sometimes that does happen. Writer’s block is real. But for…

  • Stop Turning Private Facebook Groups Public

    There is a trend on Facebook that drives me absolutely insane, and it seems to happen over and over again. A group starts out private. People join it because it is private. The privacy is literally part of the appeal. The group grows. The community develops. People become comfortable posting there. They share opinions, stories,…

  • My YouTube History: From High School Uploads to Sudden Termination and What Came After

    My relationship with YouTube goes back much further than most people would assume. Long before I was thinking about blogging, books, podcasts, or monetization systems, I was just a viewer—spending hours watching videos, following creators, getting absorbed in meme culture, gaming content, mashups, YTPs, commentary, and everything that defined the platform in its earlier eras.…

  • The Absolute Rage Induced by “K.”

    There are many phrases in this world that annoy me. Corporate buzzwords. Fake positivity. Passive aggressive nonsense. People saying “we should totally hang out sometime” when both of you know that is never happening. But there is one response, one microscopic combination of letters, one digital communication war crime that rises above the rest. One…

  • Brian Griffin, Me, and the Difference Between Calling Yourself a Writer and Actually Becoming One

    There is something strangely fascinating about Family Guy and the way it portrays ambition. Beneath all the absurdity, cutaway gags, offensive jokes, and chaotic humor, the show often presents characters who are deeply stagnant. They dream big, they talk big, they imagine themselves as important, talented, intelligent, or special, but they rarely change. In many…