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At first they were just shitting up the Web - now it's the real world too :( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eter
by growlist 7y ago
At first they were just shitting up the Web - now it's the real world too :(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
- sillyquiet 7y agooh that old elitist complaint is still hanging around?
- wmne 7y agoUsing "elitist" as an insult is getting old. You have to accept that behaviour shown by uneducated people is often inadequate. (Of course, "uneducated" about what... that depends on the context. We're discussing netiquette here but it could be anything else.)
- sillyquiet 7y agosorry, maybe 'snob' is a better word to describe folks who cannot handle the unwashed masses invading their domain. But in seriousness, I understand the impact a bunch of oblivious (willfully or otherwise) people can have on a here-to carefully curated and managed space, I sympathize.
- castis 7y agoIs it snobbery to think that maybe those unwashed masses should get their shit together and not trample on the places they've just landed?
- sillyquiet 7y agoWell it depends on the 'place'. Complaining about the common folk using USENET? yes, that's snobbery. Complaining about too many people messing up a natural space? No, that's not snobbery.
- jcadam 7y agoSnobbery? Those "common folk" destroyed (as in, made completely unusable for its intended purpose) USENET.
- crankylinuxuser 7y ago"me too"
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- buboard 7y agoOP s got a point, the current tourism bubble is mainly driven by peer pressure.
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- cameronbrown 7y agoThis isn't even remotely comparable to the tragedy of nature being so carelessly trashed.
- tomxor 7y agoIn importance yes, but in analogy it's pretty close.
- colanderman 7y agoI think it's an analogy, not a comparison. "Eternal September" being a time when there is a ceaseless influx of those who are unaware / uncaring of the rules.
- cameronbrown 7y agoIt's not really a ceaseless influx if those people are inevitably leaving.
- growlist 7y agoIt is comparable in kind - an influx of the masses spoiling things for the pioneers.