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The worst thing about these people isn't that they're shitty edgelords spouting nonsensical gobbledygook about NFTs like they've discovered fire. The worst thin

The worst thing about these people isn't that they're shitty edgelords spouting nonsensical gobbledygook about NFTs like they've discovered fire. The worst thing about them is that they're uniformly boring in every conceivable way. Great, some submillennial has made his own version of ZooTV on a dying social network. That must be terribly exciting if you've never seen any media ever that came out before Gossip Girl. Yaaaaaawwwwwn.

zmxz 4y ago
> they're uniformly boring in every conceivable way This is such concise and brutally accurate way to sum it up, I salute you for this brilliant description. I could not agree more, such a spot-on assertion!
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- kwyjibo1230 4y ago
  Your comment sounds almost Seuss-like somehow. Partly that description and assertion is a slant rhyme, but it also feels like there's some kind of (un)intentional pentameter going on
  - notpachet 4y ago
    "I am the very model of a modern Major General!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXf0o2d-W5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXf0o2d-W5w
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georgeburdell 4y ago
As a Millennial who spends a decent chunk of time on the internet, but not on social media sites, your words are incomprehensible to me and I’m not sure why.
- clnq 4y ago
  Summary: It's bad enough that some people have anxious, provocative, and attention seeking personality that comes out as fringe tech elitism. Yet it's even worse that this is nothing new.
- to1y 4y ago
  Probably before your time and social media. More akin to forum/BBS days.
pdntspa 4y ago
I'm just sick of seeing everyone have these obxious, stupid "extra" personalities. Nobody can be calm or cool, nobody ever wants to channel any kind of zen, everything has to have the energy of an episode Pee-Wee's Playhouse. It's like we never advanced past 3 years old.
- H8crilA 4y ago
  FWIW it's a normal part of growing up (teenage angst). Looked different but not really when I was younger. The key question is "so what?", for example "so what they all have these fake personalities", which somehow takes years to understand.
  - pdntspa 4y ago
    It's not the fake personalities that's so bothersome, it's the energy level. I hated it then and I still hate it now. People need to chill the fuck out.
- JW_00000 4y ago
  The most active people on reddit/Twitter/social media: * have lots of free time, e.g. teenagers, students, the unemployed. People with an average job and kids don't have the time to constantly be active on social media. Hence, you're reading a lot of teenage angst and people with non-traditional lifestyles. * have some reason to spend more time socializing online rather than in real life, e.g. because of niche interests, neurodivergency, specific personality traits... * have a job where a presence on social media is required, e.g. politicans, celebs, journalists. These are more likely to post provocative stuff(?) The reason nobody is calm or cool is because those people don't post on social media. Everything is an episode of whatever that thing is you mentioned, because the target audience is 14-22 year olds that have plenty of free time to be online.

zmxz 4y ago

> they're uniformly boring in every conceivable way This is such concise and brutally accurate way to sum it up, I salute you for this brilliant description. I could not agree more, such a spot-on assertion!

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kwyjibo1230 4y ago
Your comment sounds almost Seuss-like somehow. Partly that description and assertion is a slant rhyme, but it also feels like there's some kind of (un)intentional pentameter going on
- notpachet 4y ago
  "I am the very model of a modern Major General!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXf0o2d-W5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXf0o2d-W5w
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georgeburdell 4y ago

As a Millennial who spends a decent chunk of time on the internet, but not on social media sites, your words are incomprehensible to me and I’m not sure why.

clnq 4y ago
Summary: It's bad enough that some people have anxious, provocative, and attention seeking personality that comes out as fringe tech elitism. Yet it's even worse that this is nothing new.
to1y 4y ago
Probably before your time and social media. More akin to forum/BBS days.

pdntspa 4y ago

I'm just sick of seeing everyone have these obxious, stupid "extra" personalities. Nobody can be calm or cool, nobody ever wants to channel any kind of zen, everything has to have the energy of an episode Pee-Wee's Playhouse. It's like we never advanced past 3 years old.

H8crilA 4y ago
FWIW it's a normal part of growing up (teenage angst). Looked different but not really when I was younger. The key question is "so what?", for example "so what they all have these fake personalities", which somehow takes years to understand.
- pdntspa 4y ago
  It's not the fake personalities that's so bothersome, it's the energy level. I hated it then and I still hate it now. People need to chill the fuck out.
JW_00000 4y ago
The most active people on reddit/Twitter/social media: * have lots of free time, e.g. teenagers, students, the unemployed. People with an average job and kids don't have the time to constantly be active on social media. Hence, you're reading a lot of teenage angst and people with non-traditional lifestyles. * have some reason to spend more time socializing online rather than in real life, e.g. because of niche interests, neurodivergency, specific personality traits... * have a job where a presence on social media is required, e.g. politicans, celebs, journalists. These are more likely to post provocative stuff(?) The reason nobody is calm or cool is because those people don't post on social media. Everything is an episode of whatever that thing is you mentioned, because the target audience is 14-22 year olds that have plenty of free time to be online.