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Ash Wednesday! Cognitive Facial Recognition Dissonance

3/17/2021

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I am having trouble recognizing people's faces without a mask. 
The whole lower part of their faces remains a mystery, 
and then I see the rest of it and I just can't recognize them. 
Instant cognitive facial recognition dissonance. It almost sounds like a real thing. 


I just want to travel back in time. 
Or at least to 2009. 
Where in pictures everyone had one eye; intentionally 
 And had mastered the art of camera angles. 


I miss when malls were actually a thing. 
When Apple didn’t lock all of my music 
Causing me to lose MONTHS of songs. 
( That shit was carefully curated dammit) 

I miss running in the gym without a mask. 
I just want to have a real conversation with someone without yelling at them. 
I am becoming so fucking deaf. 
Or one of my headphones just cut out. 

I don't mind waiting in line at the grocery store. 
Because I never really liked it anyway. 
But I know it will be worth it because I will walk out with a cute plant. 
I love my new tree. I named him Benji. 

If you feel like you’re craving normalcy. 
You’re really just craving something that you know. 
Something that is comfortable 
Like that whole I've been here before I know what to expect. 

It's not so scary, but I need you to know that “THIS"
IS. 
Not. 
Normal. 

I am pretty sure this episode of Twin Peaks, just turned into The Twilight Zone, and is about to pull a Black Mirror. 
Whatever happened to that show: Am I going to be searching for "Freaks and Geeks" for free for the rest of my life. 
I should have bought the dvd when I had the chance. 
I NEED TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS HOUSE. 

I can't recognise anyone when I go outside. 
I don't recognise anyone inside either. 


-Ash Catcher 
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