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I love the idea, and I love how it makes me feel revulsion. Would I do this to myself? No way - which makes it such a tempting idea to try, because I don't trus

I love the idea, and I love how it makes me feel revulsion. Would I do this to myself? No way - which makes it such a tempting idea to try, because I don't trust that gut reaction. That's the kind of gut reaction the brain will find any reason to justify because it is, as stated, an addiction. > This just feels like a beneficial dilution of the Internet. It feels like wine to the ancient Greeks, who drank wine but attacked the practice of drinking undiluted wine as tantamount to barbarism. As a classics major this was always one of my favorite tidbits about ancient Greek culture, so I love seeing it show up elsewhere. It speaks to why I like weak drinks as well... I enjoy drinking, and weak drinks let me drink more and have a higher degree of control. > Other possible dilutions Interestingly, I'm already about 60% of the way there without doing anything as intense as intentionally slowing down my web. Something I consistently find myself missing is old-style forums, which I believe are definitely what I want, but aren't easy to get to "stick", so I'm openly soliciting recommendations for any which care about and and enforce quality.

romwell 2y ago
>Other possible dilutions How about using a Core 2 Duo Windows 10PC with 3GB RAM as your web browsing machine? I still keep mine around, partly for that reason. (I also wish the developers used underpowered hardware for their work. Then, for once, "if it runs fine on my hardware, it'll probably run fine on yours" mantra would be true — and latency would far less likely to be as atrocious as it is)
- digging 2y ago
  Er, that seems like a more difficult, more wasteful way to get the same dilution (slower web browsing).
- amoss 2y ago
  One easy workaround here is to keep the hardware modern, but install Teams on it. Then you can feel the ancient hardware vibrate for all other applications.

romwell 2y ago

>Other possible dilutions How about using a Core 2 Duo Windows 10PC with 3GB RAM as your web browsing machine? I still keep mine around, partly for that reason. (I also wish the developers used underpowered hardware for their work. Then, for once, "if it runs fine on my hardware, it'll probably run fine on yours" mantra would be true — and latency would far less likely to be as atrocious as it is)

digging 2y ago
Er, that seems like a more difficult, more wasteful way to get the same dilution (slower web browsing).
amoss 2y ago
One easy workaround here is to keep the hardware modern, but install Teams on it. Then you can feel the ancient hardware vibrate for all other applications.