4grams

joined 1 year ago
[–] 4grams 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think it was when the internet was corporatized. I remember back as a kid browsing around the internet and I laughed my ass off that Colgate had a website. My early 90’s teenage brain could not figure out why toothpaste would need a web presence. I fired up a browser and I looked at what other brands that I figured would never need a website.

If I’d had a credit card that day I’d be a multimillionaire. Sadly domains were still crazy expensive and I was 13.

Short story long, it wasn’t much longer before the internet became essentially a giant ad machine/captive social media network.

[–] 4grams 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Feels like after a week of reeling, folks are coming to their senses. I think this shit is going to be brutal as there are no checks and balances left on a dude who’s brain sucked to begin with but is undeniably failing in realtime.

Buckle up folks, we’re in uncharted waters here.

[–] 4grams 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s been a week but feels like people are finally getting it.

There’s no checks and balances left, of all we have to hope is a line written on some paper many years ago, we’re fucked.

[–] 4grams 5 points 2 weeks ago

My pet theory was that the tech bros are lined up so that once turnip takes power, jv dunce can 25th him and boom, our government is being run by the puppet of peter theil and elmo.

His lickspittle behavior at the orange palace though might just fuck it all up. 🤞

[–] 4grams 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have never been an accelerationist but have a feeling it may be our only path forward from here on.

Note- not a plan, will see how things go. Not terribly hopefully atm though.

[–] 4grams 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Sigh, here we go again. I jumped on board because it’s where my friends are. Was pleasantly surprised that most of my old twitter follows are already there. Still, given the history I’m being careful and ready for the next enshittification exodus.

I wish folks would just embrace self hosting and decentralization but we obviously love to make the same mistakes again, and again, and again…

[–] 4grams 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] 4grams 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

if any of my kids are arrested for kicking someone in the balls for saying something like that, I will proudly bail them out every time.

[–] 4grams 42 points 11 months ago (4 children)

After hearing about this thing, I've decided I'm making myself a Christmas Baphomet decoration for my house.

[–] 4grams 40 points 1 year ago (13 children)

What gets me is how lowbrow and petty all this is and yet so many people just act like it doesn’t exist. I mean, the universe served up the most obvious villain doing the worst job of criming that I’ve ever seen. I mean his antics are nearly indistinguishable from scooby doo, I’m expecting someone to have a mask pulled off, find out it’s trump who then somehow gets away with it all despite meddling from those kids.

I feel like the entire world has been pranking me specifically to see how long I can believe that my fellow humans are capable of believing this.

[–] 4grams 35 points 1 year ago

This and the previous comment are officially the hardest I’ve laughed on this platform so far.

[–] 4grams 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lol, had the exact same thought. somehow feels a little dirty.

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