This reminds me of the “techbro discovers very common x thing” meme. Going to a coffee shop (that is 75% solo remote workers) without your phone and pretending it’s some divine experience feels conceited. Do things you like, sometimes don’t check your phone.

Very well written title though.

The ‘thesis statement’ at the top (It’s contradictory to sit alone in a café. It’s against the reason cafés exist.) is entirely incorrect - and it’s odd that the author thought like that. But I don’t think they deserve to be denigrated.

The post is eloquently written, and if it inspires people to take a little time for themselves the world will be a little of a better place because of it. And posting it makes the author a little vulnerable; I’d much rather people write posts like this than self-censor because they’d be exposed to ridicule.

Exactly how I feel about this. As a European living in the US this reads “American discovers sitting down with a cup of coffee instead of taking it outside”.

In case you didn’t know, the title is just a straightforward edit of Kundera’s famous novel title.

Too bad.

The writing style...

quickly loses it's luster.

After you make it past the title.

Haha this made me laugth... Although I really liked the post, I agree!

techbro discovers sitting down for a cup of coffee doesn't need to be a networking event.

manic pixie dreamnerd syndrome. sad! many such cases

It seems a bit absurd to call someone a tech bro for experiencing something for the first time and writing about it - especially something as benign as going to a cafe.