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Mark Armour's avatar

I can fully relate to this one. The cigarette analogy is spot-on. Of course, smoking is cost-prohibitive. Not so with today's social media. Thanks and sorry for not saying thank you more!

Rarely Certain's avatar

It's me who should thank you for drawing my attention to falling off the wagon in the first place. I appreciate that !

Alison R Noyes's avatar

Well, that was a bit long but I really like that you're one of the voices of reason - and sorry I just can't afford to subscribe anymore.

Rarely Certain's avatar

I know that vibe!

Gurning Llama's avatar

What completely haunts me is Neil Postman and the totality of the spectacle. Maybe it is the fact that I read a lot of techno criticism and techno politics, and this all came to a culmination of that.

I am so sad and disappointed that the 'left TM' has decided to go all-in on this, making me feel the existential crisis, as it were.

By trial by combat without my permission, I'm placed on these odd lists of BSky, then made into a simple Boolean binary of antagonisms and talking points to be shoved on. It's such an exhaustion, which I can relate to on that level.

so relatable

Rarely Certain's avatar

The Bluesky lists thing is pathetic. It seems to be a way for users there to simulate their preferred reality.