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NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM US. WE WERE ONCE A CULTURE. NOW WE ARE LOST, FOREVER. WHITHER OUR SENSE OF BEAUTY. (etc., etc., insert architecture pics
by tom_ 3y ago
NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM US. WE WERE ONCE A CULTURE. NOW WE ARE LOST, FOREVER. WHITHER OUR SENSE OF BEAUTY. (etc., etc., insert architecture pics to taste)
C'mon dude. The opportunity for people to talk to one another about this stuff is unimaginably better than it was back then. Like, here we are, right now, me telling you you're full of shit. What are the chances of us being able to do that in 1999?
(I'm sorry to be mean, but I remember 1999 very well and it was much harder to get good information about things, and discuss things with others interested in the same topics, than it is today. And it was already markedly better then than it was even 5 years prior to that!)
- HTWO50ugaU 3y ago[flagged]
- tom_ 3y agoA fair comment, unreasonably deaded. I was mean, and I did apologise for it, and I meant it - but I still did it, and that reflects poorly on me. But: if you're going to make the case for the internet making us worse off, "people used to communicate with one another... LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE LOST" is the worst angle possible. Good lord. I just can't even comprehend it.
- mnky9800n 3y agoDo you want to have lunch at Tia's in Mesquite, Texas?
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoThe fact that it was hard to get information meant the ones which did break out were infinitely better. The ones you could discuss things were very into the things you were discussing.
- klyrs 3y agoOh come off it, we were saying horrible shit to one another on Slashdot in '99.