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If the internet is a volcano, then any cult of personality built thereupon is the Pompeii in this here allegory. Sieze the day for now, and get what you can fr

If the internet is a volcano, then any cult of personality built thereupon is the Pompeii in this here allegory. Sieze the day for now, and get what you can from it, but the internet has never been an uncomplicated and sleepy, snow-capped mountain retreat. And no one is buying into the sexual aspects of this shit show (which it definitely is), certainly not rape. There are some painfully obvious reasons why any rape allegation is just beyond silly in this scenario. Like, rape is a one-way street, man.

PavlovsCat 10y ago
> And no one is buying into the sexual aspects of this shit show Yeah, but that it's attempted is bad enough, and how that is shrugged off I find creepy. Search for "appelbaum" on reddit and sort by date, go back to the beginning, you don't even have to count to see it's kind of a blitz. It has 0 comments in most subs, and not a whole lot response elsewhere, most people are skeptical or dislike the site, etc... but some people are trying REALLY hard regardless. It was on a lot of news sites, too, though that wasn't as easy to "measure" so I didn't bother. But reddit? Super weird. And I think letting that slide is a shit precedent. I'm not that gullible to be shamed by these stories, even if they and worse are true, into going with "it's just a bunch of people sharing their story about this horrible person". Everyone involved pretends it's just something that "happens", instead of something a lot of people do. That's something we all have in front of us, there is so much we do not have to guess about at all, and even that isn't properly discussed. But you know, FWIW I'm happy now, because finally an adult spoke up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11851888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11851888
- werthersOrigin 10y ago
  > Search for "appelbaum" on reddit and sort by date, go back to the beginning, you don't even have to count to see it's kind of a blitz. So someone out there is trying to santorum appelbaum, one might conclude.

PavlovsCat 10y ago

> And no one is buying into the sexual aspects of this shit show Yeah, but that it's attempted is bad enough, and how that is shrugged off I find creepy. Search for "appelbaum" on reddit and sort by date, go back to the beginning, you don't even have to count to see it's kind of a blitz. It has 0 comments in most subs, and not a whole lot response elsewhere, most people are skeptical or dislike the site, etc... but some people are trying REALLY hard regardless. It was on a lot of news sites, too, though that wasn't as easy to "measure" so I didn't bother. But reddit? Super weird. And I think letting that slide is a shit precedent. I'm not that gullible to be shamed by these stories, even if they and worse are true, into going with "it's just a bunch of people sharing their story about this horrible person". Everyone involved pretends it's just something that "happens", instead of something a lot of people do. That's something we all have in front of us, there is so much we do not have to guess about at all, and even that isn't properly discussed. But you know, FWIW I'm happy now, because finally an adult spoke up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11851888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11851888

werthersOrigin 10y ago
> Search for "appelbaum" on reddit and sort by date, go back to the beginning, you don't even have to count to see it's kind of a blitz. So someone out there is trying to santorum appelbaum, one might conclude.