By Gary Martin
More than ever our words and digital actions are being monitored by, well…everyone. So now everything can be made public in an instant.
I have a devil on one shoulder for sure, but the angel on the other is always asking me, “Are you sure you want to write that??”
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Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com
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I’m certainly sure that I’m going to look forward to next Sunday’s cartoon, as you seem to be reading my mind! This current cartoon is perfect! How can we quiet our brains?
Yoga, meditation, long walks, no social media, limited news intake, conversations with loved ones!
There is no such thing as fully private or confidential information in our online world anymore. Always think twice before you hit “send!” . Great cartoon this week, in light of the Signal fiasco.
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Well this hits home, sadly. Finger right on the pulse, as always. ❤️
How true! So often I rethink… and delete my post. I so enjoy your spot-on cartoons!
The internet knows all my secrets. It just doesn’t care.
Ugh SO true. SO sad.
Always right with the moment Gary!
So freaking true. What is going on!,,,
There are so many emails that I write to get something off my chest, but don’t send. Most times, just writing it does the trick!
I remember when an opinion was not career ending.
Not that I don’t care about peoples’ careers — mine included — but I’m more missing the days when having an opinion didn’t mean that you might be detained at the airport and held indefinitely for questioning, hoping all the time you weren’t shipped off to El Salvador.
It’s a new world, just not mine anymore. I’m happy in my bubble.
Don’t do it!!!
I think it is very wise to pause a moment before posting anything online…NOT to censor oneself, but just to be clear about one’s intent and the choice of words…
This is why I don’t comment on anything on line. (He says, commenting on something on line.)
And I thought the headline referred to all the cameras on the streets. It’s creepy.