well, i am very kind and civil to people who show me the same respect. but, i reserve no kindness or civility online or offline, for trumpers. in person, i will walk away and not engage with them or waste my time. online, i may not be so kind . . . online is good, because i can delete and block
The Internet is a two way street. If I can be force connect with a Nazi just as easily as I see a beautiful picture of flowers or videos of cats, I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity to get in their Nazi face, right after going "aww" at some Caturday content.
Technology isn’t a tool it’s a meditative experience. Very closely tied to our psyche. And the design of social media harnesses some of the worst aspects of that psyche
It wasn't always like this. In early days, when the Commodore 64 was the cat's meow of home computing there only limited Internet & mostly BBS's, various online services like Q-Link, GEnie, Compuserve and Yahoo. It went downhill when Steve Case created AOL out of Q-Link. Monetization was the culprit
As someone who has interacted with the internet since the darpa days. I was to by an OG engineer that the internet is two things, a bringer of porn and the Wild Wild West. It has never not held true. Let me explain the two things. Bringer of porn:
The internet will always provide you with anything you find offensive. Be it dicks in butts or a bible verse used wrong. The Wild Wild West: always be prepared to shoot first is you think they are a bad actor. Ie then, drop data, now, just be a dick. Hope that helps. 💕
It’s hard not to be angry when your beloved home becomes the Nazi head quarters, felons hurting people racism, cruelty, lawlessness, government corruption, and hurting the most vulnerable in society. We are basically headed to another gilded age but with rich tech military owning us as slaves.
Because people are dumb and it’s frustrating. They post the dumbest shit on a device that has access to the entirety of human knowledge.
It angers me to no end.
If you give a cow an endless field of plants to eat, it will still crap in it. Humans are naturally vile, and that is why it takes real effort for humans to not be vile. Too many people don’t make the effort, and unfortunate result is that given a bullhorn most will use it to broadcast abuse.
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It angers me to no end.