It was really strange to watch my family fall into QAnon. I've been on the internet since the mid 90s. I remember when 4chan came along, I remember it being jus

It was really strange to watch my family fall into QAnon. I've been on the internet since the mid 90s. I remember when 4chan came along, I remember it being just a silly place. I remember when Anonymous started there too. But when my family got hooked it was weird they had been watching Glenn Beck and Alex Jones and other rightwing figures. Then I remember my step-mom telling me she wanted to join Anonymous and become the biggest informant ever. I was taken aback. I didn't understand where the conjunction between right-wing media consumption and a quasi-hacker group intersected. This was back in 2014 mind you. I took her down to my computer and I showed her 4chan and a few other places and asked her is this what she was talking about when talking about Anonymous. She had no idea what I was talking about. She lost her mind, quite literally, a little bit later. My dad filed for divorce and they separated. But he continued on with the Q shit. I don't talk to him anymore, he's a fucking stranger to me these days.