Thread by @sonyasupposedly

#vibecamp thoughts

my congratulations and gratitude to @gptbrooke, the core @tpotvibecamp team, and the many many volunteers — both formal and impromptu

https://twitter.com/gptbrooke/status/1500863603297198082

it takes a village to raise @babymoonbot you know 💗

Brooke has repeatedly blown away my expectations — I love internet weirdo gatherings so I was excited from day 1, but also skeptical that first-time event organizers could tackle something this big and pull it off

well: there were wrinkles ofc, but overall a SLAM DUNK

unlike many attendees, I knew what my social experience was going to be, due to copious conf + house party + socializing with strangers (sort of) in the past, also due to being a "big account," and most especially due to having attended similar-but-smaller postrat events

favorite experiences were:

hanging out with old friends who I haven't seen since pre-covid — I'm tempted to name names but I would def leave someone out accidentally. love y'all so much

meeting longtime mutuals irl for the first time 🥰 shouts to my ride-or-die babe @IvyAstrix

things I kept saying to everyone I talked to:

1) this venue is huge and amazing!
2) there are so many people here! (around 400)
3) I simultaneously know everybody and nobody! who are y'all omg?!?!?! ohhh wait okay 50% of you the name or pfp badge rings a bell

I probably didn't talk to even half the people I know from online. and half of the people I did talk to, it was like five minutes of "omg it's you!!!!!" and then we never ran into each other again

I def concur w/ others that next vibecamp should be at least 3 days

also, the afterparties have been killer so far (not over yet!) so if next vibecamp is three days I'll be there for five, if it's 5 I'll be there for 7, etc.

I've known this for a while, but vibecamp definitely highlighted the opportunity cost of my reluctance to collaborate with people more. I could be doing SO MUCH and I don't, I limit myself because I am... afraid? rigid? too controlling? idk exactly

https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1500932607336501252

by the way, anyone scared to get sober because you're worried it will kill your social life / ability to socialize — takes time to readjust, but like the Beatles said, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE. joy comes from within