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Maybe sites like Twitter were, but it wasn't EVERYTHING like it is now. There just wasn't so much hateful speaking. There wasn't so much tribalization, otheriza
by ROTMetro 5y ago
Maybe sites like Twitter were, but it wasn't EVERYTHING like it is now. There just wasn't so much hateful speaking. There wasn't so much tribalization, otherization. Sure Reddit sucked but it wasn't hateful. Now it seems everything is full of unnecessary snide comments about whomever is perceived as the out group or other tribe with no self awareness of the ugliness of the comments. Educated conservative university professors I once admired, supposedly compassionate liberal entertainers I once enjoyed have all been infected by ugliness. Even music making websites with zero politics in the discussion just full of hate for no reason. Everything is just gross. It seems no one sees each other as human anymore. You know you are missing something when Liberals are hating a pot smoking, Bernie Sanders voter because he has pot smoking Art Bell type discussions with people and Conservatives are adopting him as one of their own. It's just pure tribal at that point. Seriously, WTF world is this?
I think it's strange and sad that I should find the society I've returned to more full of anger and hate and with less compassion than prison.
- nervousvarun 5y agoAgreed...The Joe Rogan thing is crazy (assuming this is what you're talking about). He gets lumped in with Conservatives because EVERYONE must be lumped in to the left or the right these days. You can't be in the middle anymore.
- ROTMetro 5y agoYeah that one I really really confuses me.
- phatfish 5y agoJoe has not stood still since 2017 either, he profits off the outrage just a much as any other media company that makes money from viewers or listeners. His podcasts used (going back a bit before 2017) to be chill conversations ranging from interesting to bonkers depending on the guest. He is consumed by politics now unfortunately, and it just gets tiresome.
- hn_version_0023 5y agoJoe Rogan is very well paid to have his opinions. I do wonder who is paying him though; it can’t just be Spotify.
- nightgarden 5y agoI actually distinctly remember that the internet started to deteriorate rapidly the year Trump got elected because he completely took over social media and the news cycle. He was the topic in all comment sections, even when you watched a video on completely unrelated topics, or read a technical subreddits. It was crazy. At the end of his election, Trump was banned from social media, and I feel like there is some fresh air now in the internet. There's still some lingering stench for sure, but I think you were actually "lucky" to miss the worst of it all.