phone bad Anonymous 124395
i can't really care for things that happened after ~2008. 2008 was when the internet started to suck, i think that old meme is spot-on. when the internet was just for weird nerds, it was a wonderful friendly hopeful human place. now it is this monster trying to enslave humanity.
when i see an old movie, that time before the smartphone seems so precious, so wholesome, so real; for the most part human interaction was still based on mutual consent at that point.
now when i see some show and they put these text-bubbles on the screen trying to visualize the instant messages from the protagonists i just close whatever i am watching in disgust.
i just use a phone for listening to music and watching occasional news video, i would never ever use one of these new internet based services, i just hate being digital cattle; i know many of you don't mind. once i find something else to listen to music that i like, i might not even use a phone anymore.
when i see some old documentary from 2000-2008 i want to go back to that time. not because i was young, it's not that. you only care about when you live unhealthily. when you are healthy you don't really age. i know many of don't live healthy, you wouldn't understand. aging for the most part is made up. no it's because i miss just peaceful casual non-exploitative non-surveiled genuine human interaction in privacy.
Anonymous 124468
>>124395A lot of people share your feelings, but I think you all generally misunderstand the issue. There is nothing inherently problematic about things like instant messaging or the internet. The problems you see are purely a reflection of humanity. The underlying problems were there already; they just don't immediately manifest in "new" stuff.
Anonymous 124512
>>124395>>124468Imo a big part of it is that post smartphone the internet stopped being a "place". It used to be you couldn't take it with you very easily or cheaply. So once you were off early social media or forums you had a break and had to confront the real world.
Now you can always be voyuring for social media, always be easily distracted and always be a click away from whichever self reinforcement you prefer.
