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Palladium is a Thiel-backed rightwing propaganda outlet that insists it's "non partisan". It's a shame to see t shared here
I disagree. I also think there is more value in debating the message rather than the outlet.
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Code switching is completely natural to me, I would not know how to express myself with just one language to some people. What did you learn about it that impacted you the most?
Honestly, just that it existed and was a common feature of some peoples' lives. I grew up feeling very outcast. I grew up in a town of less than 50, in a super poor, rural part of the US. My interests were outdoors related, but not guns and god like everyone around me. I was more interested in learning about natural systems and the interplay of wild plants and animals and humans in the world. I never 'fit in' anywher…
I think a lot of these very-online people will come to regret it, especially because the Internet never forgets and they'll never be able to shake the reputation they've established.
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I'm sorry, are you making some sort of offensive joke or do you really think the world works in such stereotypes and prejudices? Rave people are "brightly colored and fidgety" ?? A polished entrepreneur is incapable of ordering in a low class bar? Jesus F Christ.
I enjoy how you jump to the defense of ravers and entrepreneurs and in the same sentence call a roadhouse located in Idaho "low class". There's something very poetic about this cognitive dissonance.
In the past being an "internet person" brought you into interesting sub-cultures. You had shibboleths (like quoting bash.org) that would identify you. Since the internet was small you would meet genuine often interesting people. I still have friends from the "wild west" days of the internet. The time period, I think, was the absolute best time to be alive and on the internet (though terminally online lamers and cry b…
> As Miya’s infamy grew, the proliferation of helpers—as well as copycat accounts That's funny considering BPD_GOD already sounds like bootleg CHOBITCOIN. There is nothing new under the sun (and here's why that's a GOOD thing!!)
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This person admitted[1] to being the same person behind the Miya account. The posts made by that Miya account (they are public record, and has been archived since a long time by different accounts, see [2]) include : - calls for the extermination of Jews - calling homosexuality an "epidemic" and perversion - saying that "since we gave vote to *** we should give to gorillas too" - things like "a husband is to his wife…
Another thread, describing how Yuga Cali pushed kids into committing suicide, as well as other NSFL activities.
It’s Vampire: The Masquerade for the modern rebel.
Being socially-challenged enough that you can only work hidden behind a screen hardly makes you a "rebel".
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I wouldn't say it's pathetic. People try and get power/control/ a sense of meaning anywhere they can. This man probably didn't have a great life and found his only refuge and belonging to be in IRC. The alternative may have been to confront harsh reality and realize you're nobody to noone.
It's exactly like Reddit power mods, or that one guy that edits half of wikipedia or whatever the statistic is. It's pathetic to some people, sure, but if it isn't hurting anyone and the person chooses that life, not simply falls into it for lack of options, what's the harm? It's power in a place they are comfortable with. The issue is when that impacts actual human relationships, or is turned for purposes that are (…
Hmm, pathetic doesn't mean harmful. It's closer by meaning to "feeble", which I agree with in the case of Reddit moderators. I don't think they are very influential at all.
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BBS meetups weren't really like that. You had young/old mismatched people who could communicate because life wasn't online back then.
I remember being a young 14 year old going to BBS meetups full of big bearded Unix and radio wizards, was definitely awkward AF.