![]() ![]() ![]() One such stronghold is Reddit, the expansive network of discussion forums founded by a pair of graduates of the University of Virginia in 2005. Those streaming shows are most successful when they generate GIFs and memes for social media.Īnd yet, amid the digital sea of reels and shorts and TikToks, there are a few unexpected strongholds of written communication. ![]() Books are chiefly useful insofar as they generate source material for podcasts or streaming shows. ![]() On a bleak day, the signs are everywhere. The continued diminishment of the written word is such a foregone conclusion that it’s almost not worth getting sentimental over. Encapsulating a complex group social dynamic with an apt screenshot from a popular movie is almost as satisfying as composing a nice turn of phrase. Responding to a message with a series of emojis has come to feel more natural than offering a thoughtful explanation. To a writer, there is something obviously unsettling-in a Darwinian sense-about the relative ease of using images instead of words. This element of “Super Sad True Love Story” has stuck with me for over a decade, a period during which written communication has ceded more and more ground to images. New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. ![]()
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