This guy deserves a run in with an Orca pod off the shores of the Azores.

Yes. Old.reddit was a lifeline, but it was inevitable the current direction would lead to it’s death.

Speaking of “Old” reddit. I recall there was a thread once where a “famous” redditor managed to game the system and take a thread through it’s natural evolution entirely by themselves. It reached pretty high in /r/all. It looked like this:

Asked a question. Kept replying to it with genuine answers and arguments. Went on tangents, hijacked portions of it, even firing up Godwin’s Law. This person created replies and sub arguments entirely solo. It was basically a entire self-generated thread exposing every direction a viral reddit post could go; I think the redditor was protesting upcoming changes.

Neat.

Cheers internet friend.

Be me. Try to do the right thing. Do what society tells me. Work hard. Get hit in the face by the rock of life and am stumbling hard.

Be them. Worst of the worst, crimes against absolutely everyone and everything. Reach the pinnacle of success.

I really think the Germans need to come up with a new word for the contrast I’ve stated.

I’m with you. Look. This hijacks this thread and maybe I should post elsewhere, but, fuck it. Social media is neither social nor media. It’s a hellscape that encourages the worst to rise to the top -most of the time.- Have I had lovely interactions and met cool people? Yes. But those moments are absolutely a drop in the bucket compared to the harm.

I was reviewing my own writing today and looking at my numbers. They’re not great. Every single guide I read says I have to be active on social media. 10-15 posts, commenting on other peoples work, all with the hope traffic flows my way.

Sweet mother in buddha. I don’t have it in me to be that present online. Let alone online and actively engaging in social media. I just feel like I need to cleanse myself in a combination of bleach and ammonia (yes, I know what that does) when I try.

It made it easier, yes. Not arguing against that. And the name of the corporation with that alternative? DuPont.

I’ve been trying to distance myself from Reddit and I think that settles it for me. I can get my share of the dead internet elsewhere!

Update:

I deleted my Reddit Account. Now, I must consider moving off Proton…so much change.

We are passed a habitable and comfortable zone for a diverse world. Its gone.

Governments allowed power companies, automakers, and petrochemical companies and now big tech corporations to trash an entire planet. We sped to our ruin starting in the late 19th century. When Edison turned on a power plant and tried to hide the smoke and tar from inspectors.

In 150 years with greed and avarice, humans learned about the damage. When corporate labs found out about it, they buried the lead, bribed, and attacked any alternative.

I am, sadly, convinced it won’t stop until its really bad. We as a species can’t think ahead well. We almost got there. We had a template with the Ozone solution. Kyoto and Paris were great. Renewables were coming. The Petrol States (especially KSA and Qatar) killed it all because the people in charge of our governments were, frankly, cowards unwilling to fight back.

Someone, somewhere, can start to heal this. But it’ll take a worldwide political revoltution to stop the bleeding. Frankly, again, we can’t convince people the earth is round right now so I’m not optimistic.

Security theatre is security theatre. However, prior to TSA airlines were responsible for security. They contracted that security out to the lowest bidder:

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa

That being said, my argument is not that TSA is better. I’m not arguing at all. I’m just offering some additional information to highlight what came before TSA.

DHS formed in the wake of 9/11 because federal agencies could not get their shit together and collaborate. Whether by design or rapid evolution, it became less of a coordinating agency between disparate federal intelligence agencies and more of a mysterious extra-judicial entity with a military arm. Oh and TSA. Let’s not forget about humble ole’ TSA.

Yes, good point! They don’t have much, unfortunately, in this field. So I’ll contribute.

Got to have a hobby and sadly I never took to gardening.

I was not, no. First time I’ve heard of it.