Yeah about 20 years ago.
The vibe was different, it was racist, sexist, bigoted and homophobic jokes. Now it feels like a bunch of racists sexists bigots and homophobes telling jokes. Nobody cared about who anyone really was, it was a shittalking shitposting competition. At some point it stopped feeling like bantz, it just started to feel ugly.
Maybe I just grew up a bit, but I at least remember it being that way.
LTT is tech content like Donut media is Automotive content. It's edutainment at most.
I find it funny the amount of hate that LTT gets, it's niche entertainment and you can watch it absolutely free anywhere in the world and Linus rejected a 9 figure sum to keep ownership of something he built, say that out loud... "He turned down over $100,000,000." Yes they flog merch and have floatplane and all that bullshit but that's how they stay independent.
You can take Donut and Motortrend as examples of how it all goes to shit. MT were YT only, then moved to their own paid streaming platform, then sold out to a network and told all their international subscribers to kick rocks because the network deal was more money.
Or the Donut route, where you get bought by venture capital who suck all the fun out of the job, try to monetise everything and wind up having all the talent leave and go start their own channels because they took a fun job and just made it a job.
Well I mean, it IS a step up from my current jobs policy which is "Yes you need a car to get here, no we arent providing one and if you don't have one you don't have a job"
The "you can microwave your IPhone to recharge it" and "Iphones are waterproof" were amazing.
The Burger King lettuce box doxxing was pretty funny too.
I remember 4chan when it was "good"
Back then 4Chan was all about how funny your content was. Nationality, sexuality, gender, economic status... none of it mattered a bit.
Its a cesspit now, but it was responsible for some truly epic shit.
Are you saying we should "Leave Cara Alone!!!"
Or buy up some classic IPs and do some quality games with them.
Give me a new Carmageddon.
Nope, not good enough. No more plastics, anywhere, ever.
I had someone on here tell me unironically that buying an electric car for my next car and recharging it off solar power on my house was just as bad as driving a gas guzzler everywhere due to microplastics from the tyres and the carbon cost of manufacturing the car.
I think some people on Lemmy won't be happy until life is loincloths and spears again.
Costco is good for a few America-centric foods in Australia.
Nobody aside from my wife knows that the secret to my BBQ is Montreal steak seasoning and my burgers kick ass because my cheese is American.
I'm quite sure he will have committed fraud at least 1 or 2 times in there somewhere.