Reposted by Douglas Kelso
Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time.
It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice.
This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.
![Anouk and Midori converse as their trip continues north.
Midori (off panel): Then you arrived all the way from the Southern Water Tribe!
Midori: Since Harmonic Convergence was a global phenomenon, it makes sense that new airbenders would come from all over the world.
Midori: Who knows how many others are out there.
Midori: Oh!
Midori: This is so exciting!
Midori: I hope you don't mind that I'm doing so much talking.
Anouk (writing): It's okay. I'm not the best at conversation.
Midori (looking at her hands): I'd love to learn how to talk with my hands.
Midori: It seems like a beneficial skill to have.
[Anouk's journal is filled with her previous conversation, plus the following:]
Anouk (writing): I should introduce you to my old waterbending master. She could teach you.
Midori (off panel): I wonder if the old Air Nomads had a handsign language of some sort.
Midori: Wait...
Midori: You had a waterbending master?!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:smfbrzsfsmjotl42ibwscqua/bafkreiciuooszojfqb5oerfrch6spwjs5n2mfpehl5zrpwaxg4yf5estdm)
