I don't know. Something must've been in the water around the time Gamergate happened. Everyone suddenly lost their minds over really dumb stuff and now the US wants to see what genocides look like in the internet age because the industrial age one wasn't dystopian enough apparently. - ThreadSky

mttthww.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I don't know. Something must've been in the water around the time Gamergate happened. Everyone suddenly lost their minds over really dumb stuff and now the US wants to see what genocides look like in the internet age because the industrial age one wasn't dystopian enough apparently.

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vcrsamurai.bsky.social•5 days ago

I understand where someone might get this take from, but I find it a little bit misguided on the standing that a lot of far-right groups from the early-mid 90s onward have proliferated in online spaces. You never saw these people holding rallies because their rallies were on IRC and message boards.

vcrsamurai.bsky.social•5 days ago

To that point, I think GamerGate was the beginning of that proliferation bubbling up into the general public eye after decades of dormancy, like a swarm of cicadas rising up after years of hibernation.

offlately.bsky.social•5 days ago

I can’t believe that we have to talk about gamergate but we do. It’s a sad commentary on the US. Jesus fuck. What happened to us?

gcrust.bsky.social•5 days ago

We laughed at "ironic" humor without discouraging it.

offlately.bsky.social•5 days ago

They’re riffing off me. But yeah online is where these people took from. But they’re fringe. At least X the weirdest ones who blow stuff up. The real threat is now. They have dismantled real reporting. Right wing media is a thing. It’s “normal” now. It’s sad as fuck. Punch Nazis

offlately.bsky.social•5 days ago

Industrial age 2.5. We love those factory bosses dont we?

mttthww.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lol already feel this. I love risking getting my arm ripped off in a lathe but without the unions, pensions, or healthcare that my parents' generation got.

offlately.bsky.social•5 days ago

I too, love industrial fires and children yearning for the mines. One day we will get there comrade.

vcrsamurai.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm looking forward to tucking my children into bed at night with asbestos-riddled fabrics. We'll need them to protect us from the industrial fires.

offlately.bsky.social•5 days ago

Tuck them in tight, hold them dear. Kiss them at every opportunity. You never know when the last one will be the last. They are our most resource. Teach them about the industrial fires and hopefully they legislate away from it.

vcrsamurai.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh. I don't actually have children. Between the cost of raising them, the behavior of men in my age group toward women and the world around them, the destruction of the education department, and the fascism popping up all around us? I don't think I could have a child in good conscience.

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