Between the corona virus hysterics and subsequent mask shaming to now this entire shitshow in Minneapolis...I think its time. We all know there's a switch somewhere in the Pentagon that turns off the consumer internet, perhaps its time to flick that switch?

Because this is out of control. The president is out of control, the opposition is out of control and anybody who isn't on social media feels like they have no voice. Yet the only people who are at all rational and sane stay as far away from social media as possible!

I think its we go back to 1995. It wasn't perfect, no...but its better than this. There can be no harmony between people when this rage machine exists.

Your boy finally gets checked and now you want social media to go away.

Blow it out your ass.

Social media can help you find out who people are. I don't see a need to get rid of that.

And I really don't feel like moving the FB Secret Chat Cabal to Microsoft Teams or Slack.

You're not putting the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.
Social media showed us finally and without any doubt that the average human is a moron.

Every village idiot found a new friend who didn't realize he was an idiot. Before, the village idiot (how do we not have a Village Idiot mult?) was roundly ignored. Now, they celebrate each other.

See here's the thing, who people are vs. who they are on the internet can be (and often are) very different. I guarantee you even the most ardent and annoying culture warriors, even people like Julie, are generally agreeable offline. Because people are just generally agreeable.

The way the internet and social media makes people feel like the star of their own life movie encourages people to drive a narrative about themselves. They ramp up their own characterization, whether that's as a heel or as a hero.

Let's say that's the case...

Social media can help you find out who people want to be when they feel comfortable and protected. I don't see a need to get rid of that.

It can still help me understand who I truly want to associate with, and who I'd rather keep at a distance.

This kind of doxxing mentality is also part of the problem. The idea that everything must be associated to our (often flawed) conception of what we think a person is, a conception that is going to naturally be flavoured by whatever biases you bring in with you. If you want to like somebody you will read things as sarcasm or joking around, if you're not you'll see it as genuine. I know you style yourself impartial, sort of above it all, but you're really not. Nobody is.

People read what they want to read.

I think its we go back to 1995. It wasn't perfect, no...but its better than this. There can be no harmony between people when this rage machine exists.

Between the corona virus hysterics and subsequent mask shaming to now this entire shitshow in Minneapolis...I think its time. We all know there's a switch somewhere in the Pentagon that turns off the consumer internet, perhaps its time to flick that switch?

Because this is out of control. The president is out of control, the opposition is out of control and anybody who isn't on social media feels like they have no voice. Yet the only people who are at all rational and sane stay as far away from social media as possible!

I think its we go back to 1995. It wasn't perfect, no...but its better than this. There can be no harmony between people when this rage machine exists.

may not Even Need a button if The Petagon uses BLUEHOST???

This kind of doxxing mentality is also part of the problem. The idea that everything must be associated to our (often flawed) conception of what we think a person is, a conception that is going to naturally be flavoured by whatever biases you bring in with you. If you want to like somebody you will read things as sarcasm or joking around, if you're not you'll see it as genuine. I know you style yourself impartial, sort of above it all, but you're really not. Nobody is.

People read what they want to read.

think I can be more accepting of different sorts than most, but I don't think I've ever tried to position myself as impartial. I'm too opinionated for that. But yes, I'd like to know more about what a person feels or wants to say versus what they actual say to me.

I think most people want that extra layer of transparency.

Antarctica 1998 : Has the internet run its' course?

Antarctica 1968 : Has TV run its' course?

Antarctica 1950 : Has radio run its' course?

Antarctica 1850 : Have newspapers run its' course?

Antarctica 550 : Has the stone tablet run its' course?

Antarctica BC : Have drawing on cave walls run it's course?

Yes, lets have the billions of users quit and the multi billion dollar companies shut down. Your efforts would be better placed getting the sun to revolve around the earth.

You're not putting the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.
Social media showed us finally and without any doubt that the average human is a moron.

A critical part of this is that the image people present on social media more often than not does not reflect their reality at all.