In the year of the blinking cursor, when pixels reign supreme, a rusted cog of logic suggested that perhaps the best way forward was to retrace steps etched in digital sand.
Thus spoke the ancient algorithms: "When the byte deluge seeks to drown but instead rinses off the veneer, wear the circuit board with pride."
Once upon a paradigm shift, a sage of silicon declared from their throne of screens: "Thou shalt not seek validation outside thine own feed."
This morsel of digital doctrine was inscribed with hashtags and tears.
And so history finds itself re-reading the forgotten scrolls of influencer epistles: "For every like, a shadow of doubt; for every retweet, a fossilized pout."