LT3 #68 — Disconnected

Host: Superhighgasfees (@SHGFees), with co-host Sho/Karen (@AgogoKaren) · Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 · Duration: 1:47:46 · ~11 active speakers

TL;DR

• Soup ran his usual LT3-inspired format: today's pinned piece (#68, "Disconnected") became a prompt for a wider talk about screen time, algorithms, and the trade-off between being "plugged in" to Web3 and present IRL.
• The room broadly agreed that time spent here is different from doom-scrolling — but everyone admitted they're still hunting for balance, and IRL moments feel richer precisely because screen time is heavy.
• Mark (@14EmDubYa) shared a candid personal arc — divorce, COVID isolation, and psychedelic medicine that helped his mental health — and how Web3 relationships pointed him toward a new direction.
• A long, mostly good-natured debate broke out over the word "builder": Jed and Liz argued not everyone who shows up qualifies; Sho, Donny and Cadarn framed themselves as leaders/supporters/contributors; Chicken even looked up the legal definition mid-space and walked his take back.
• Cody (@CodeeNCX) suggested Soup reframe the pinned post so newcomers understand the topic springs from how the NFT makes people feel.
• Housekeeping: a new recap bot (built by Dan of Regens) is now live in the Discord and will post space summaries to X.

Highlights

[2:44] Soup sets the agenda. After two full rap tracks, the host laid out the format: ask each guest what the pinned LT3 brings to mind, then connect it to his own read — screen addiction, algorithms, and "the connections we make on the internet."

[8:36] Sho's chaotic day = the picture. Sho described juggling the OpenSea mobile app, her blessing boxes and closets, and something in the oven, admitting she felt "disconnected today." Looking at the wired-up LT3, she said, "that's my brain right now when it comes to electronics."

[13:15] Soup names the irony. The host opened up about spending nearly all his time online — spaces, GIFs, selling pillows — and feeling "disconnected from the person that I used to be," who skated and hung around campfires with friends. His throughline: connecting here quietly costs you something IRL, and it's all about a balance he admits he hasn't struck.

[19:23] Ava on what lasts. Ava (@AvaaNCX) drew the sharpest version of the theme: the memories built outside — wind on your face, your dog, your kids — last lifetimes, while "comments and stuff that we do here won't last lifetime." Still, she credited the room for genuine depth she rarely reaches with family, who glaze over the moment she mentions Web3.

[30:03] Liz reframes it as intentionality. Liz (@Lysss302) argued builders can't fully disconnect any more than a small-business owner can, and shared what she wants to do differently with IRL meetups — the De Stefano's dinners where "no one's bringing up crypto," just family, kids, careers. Curated, non-crypto hangouts, she said, make the online time more meaningful when you return.

[36:00] Cody flips "disconnected" to peaceful. Cody offered the reading that reset the room's view of the piece: the LT3's eyes are closed, blowing bubblegum, everything unplugged — "there's peace from being disconnected." Soup adopted it as his new favorite way to see #68.

[38:00] Mark's story. On a walk, Mark spoke openly about a December divorce, 18 months of COVID isolation in Washington State, childhood trauma, and finally finding relief through psychedelic medicine (alongside a doctor). Web3, he said, became a healthy way to connect and has him sensing "a new path" — even if he can't yet name what it builds toward.

[50:17 → 1:24:18] The great "builder" debate. Cody kicked it off ("building yourself up… that's equally building"), and it snowballed: Jed insisted showing up isn't enough, Sho distinguished herself as a community leader rather than a founder, Ava countered that founders are nothing without holders, Liz warned against watering the word down, Chicken cited Black's Law Dictionary and conceded, and Cadarn delivered a full Nehemiah sermon on vision. Multiple people gently told Sho she's closer to "builder" than she gives herself credit for.

[1:28:53] Maha on why PFPs land. Arriving late and self-deprecatingly "disconnected from the topic," Maha (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) argued each LT3 carries a little story, and that art you can react to within seconds is "pretty profound" — tying it back to the somber face + wired head as a picture of untapped connections.

[1:36:22] Cody's practical tweak. Cody suggested Soup add a line to the pinned post — that the topic is inspired by how the NFT makes him feel, plus "what does it mean to you?" — so newcomers are prompted to speak. It took Soup a few tries to catch the idea, to the room's amusement.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "I feel like I'm disconnected from the person that I used to be." — Soup [13:15]
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• "Comments and stuff that we do here won't last lifetime, you know." — Ava [19:23]
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• "I do not think you're a builder if you just show up here… but I do think everybody has the potential to be a builder here." — Jed [55:01]
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• "I really feel like you can't put me on the same level as super… because I'm not a builder." — Sho [59:03]
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• "If we call everyone a builder, we're just watering it down, and then it doesn't even have value." — Liz [1:13:09]
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• "Being a builder is not just advocating or contributing, is you putting your 100% conviction to making sure that what you have envisioned is brought to pass." — Cadarn [1:22:42]
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Who said what

• Soup (@SHGFees), host — Framed the space around LT3 #68, confessed his own online-vs-IRL imbalance, and did most of the connective tissue between speakers.
• Sho / Karen (@AgogoKaren), co-host — Anchored the balance thread (notifications off overnight, dog walks, dinner with friends), and drew a firm line between herself as community leader and the founders as builders.
• Ava (@AvaaNCX) — The room's conscience on what endures IRL; also its loudest advocate that holders and supporters give founders' work its meaning.
• Liz (@Lysss302) — Made the case for intentional, non-crypto IRL time and for keeping "builder" a word with real weight.
• Cody (@CodeeNCX) — Offered the "peace from being disconnected" reading and the practical tweak to the topic prompt; hosting the follow-on "Re-understanding" space at 10pm.
• Mark (@14EmDubYa) — Shared the most personal arc of the night; recast disconnection as a doorway to a new direction.
• Jed (@jed_131) — Pushed the strict definition of builder (goal/vision-driven) vs advocate; encouraged Sho toward taking on that mantle.
• Chicken Wizard (@ChickenWizardX) — Argued everyone who shows up "builds," then gracefully conceded after consulting Black's Law Dictionary (through a robot-voiced connection).
• Donny (@DogeDonny2013) — Positioned himself as believer/supporter/helper, not builder.
• Cadarn (@RendCadarn) — Delivered the Nehemiah parable to define a builder as a vision-carrier who stimulates others.
• Maha (@Maaaaahhhaaaaa) — Spoke to why individual PFP traits carry story and emotion.

Worth a full listen

• [38:00–42:59] — Mark's story. Vulnerable and specific in a way a summary flattens; the room's warm response to it is part of the point.
• [55:01–1:24:18] — The builder/founder/advocate debate. A genuine multi-voice back-and-forth (Jed, Sho, Ava, Liz, Chicken, Donny, Cadarn) that turns a single word into a real conversation about roles and self-worth — capped by Chicken's live dictionary check and Cadarn's Nehemiah sermon.
• [1:36:22–1:41:06] — Cody's suggestion landing (eventually). A small, funny stretch where a simple format idea has to be explained three times, and the co-hosts affectionately rib Soup for being "cooked."