Today, Professor Higgins spent forty minutes explaining how TikTok is "remapping our neural pathways." I wanted to tell him it’s actually just remapping my sleep schedule, but I was too busy trying to hide the fact that I was actually on TikTok under my desk.

Group project meeting. We’re designing a marketing campaign for a hypothetical VR concert. My partner, Sarah, wants to integrate NFT ticketing, but I’m pushing for more interactive storytelling elements. We ended up watching old Super Bowl ads for "research."

The "Student Marc" archetype succeeds because it fulfills the fundamental functions of mass media: it provides information on how to navigate modern life, offers an interpretation of complex social hierarchies, and provides a much-needed through humor. In a world saturated with curated content

To guide Marc’s writing, the diary provides optional prompts:

Finally, he switches to a Twitch stream—low-stakes, cozy background noise to quiet the "academic itch."