The mall as a living organism: part waiting room, part museum, part accidental town square. A field note on how strangers share fluorescent air, how generations orbit the same benches differently, and how capitalism ages more softly than we expected.
Author: Karny
On Generations, Survival Tactics, and iPads at Full Volume
A field note on how generations learn to survive the same room differently. Some by getting louder, some by getting smaller, and some by putting an iPad between themselves and the world. An essay about noise as inheritance, manners as class, and what public spaces reveal about private nervous systems.
Modern Work Isn’t Broken. It’s Working Exactly as Designed.
An open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on wages, housing, and the hidden realities of modern Canadian work.
Leaving Marketing Wasn’t a Career Change.
This piece isn’t about bitterness or failure. It’s about pattern recognition — the moment you realize your body understands something long before your résumé does.
The Math Isn’t Mathing
A record of how life actually functions underneath the spreadsheets.
The Five-Year Plan (Reimagined)
How remembering the future calmed my mind.
Samwell Tarly: The Most Underrated Character in Game of Thrones
This piece isn’t about plot twists, battles, or the politics of Westeros. It’s about the character who never wanted power, never chased greatness, and somehow still became essential to the survival of the world. A character study on gentle masculinity and moral courage in Game of Thrones. Samwell Tarly’s story has followed me quietly for years. Only recently did I understand why.
The Boys We Break Before They Are Built
On emotional inheritance, how boys are socialized, and the quiet grief of soft men.
Your Higher Self Dragging Your Exes Calmly Into Hell: Emotional Detachment After Toxic Relationships
No screaming. No insults. Just devastating clarity.
Feeding Yourself as an Adult
On executive dysfunction, decision fatigue, and the psychology of everyday eating.