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I seriously cannot have any degree of nuanced conversation here.

Like I get it, we all know capitalism is bad, but it feels like every time I or anyone go towards discussing the steps that need to be taken to address current looming problems in the short term, someone has to jump in and shut it down with "capitalism bad >:[ " and tear down any idea presented because its not complete and total destruction of the current economic model.

The result just feels like an echo chamber where no actual solutions get presented other than someone posting whole ass dissertations on their 33-step (where 30/33 steps are about as vague as "we'll just handle it") plan to fully convert the world to an anarchist commune.

Edit: I still vastly prefer Lemmy and the fediverse and a whole, my complaint here is that many of you are TOO INTENSE. You blow up small scale discussion.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I mean, to be fair, it is the internet.

a large portion of people on it are, in fact, idiots.

Thats the price we paid when the internet went from a nerd toy in the mid/late 90s, to essential utility in the aughts.

[–] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a nerd who was on the internet in the 90s I can assure you that was no filter against idiots.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Of course. But they werent screaming about wayfare trafficing children for adrenochrome to liberal democrat pizza basements.

Their stupidity wasnt a threat to society. They were just, for the most part, honest dumb. and they were no where near as numerous as today.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

internet, honestly, took a turn for the worse when social media came about and started game-ifying human interaction with dopamine driven addiction mechanisms like Likes and up/down votes. Which I blame for the starting us down the path of polarization.. And not just polarization, but the encouragement of awful behavior in general, Like what you frequently hear about with tiktok "trends".

Which is why I think the best thing that the internet can do is get the fuck rid of gamification mechanisms like up/down votes.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I miss the olden days... Forums and static pages with gifs and shit. The golden era. Corps didn't know much about it and piracy was rampant, information flowed freely.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

found new shit via others suggestions, or web rings, cause there was no search engines.

guest books, animated gifs, page hit counters.. ah fuck now i'm all sad and nostalgic

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I nearly forgot about web rings and guest books. Actually there's still a comment I made on a webpage that is still active from like 1996

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

oh man, and geocities and angelfire and aol/irc chat rooms..

fuck I miss those days.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This was my favourite era of internet. The wild wild west.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'd give anything to have a temporal ethernet cable to access the old, pre-corporatized, pre-adpocalypse, pre-social media ruined internet.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I forget what it's called but there's some that still exist to preserve this era

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

yeah,. but thats like drinking Nik-L-Nip's in your 50s, man.

Just not the same.