generally my rule is "don't read the comments" and super double triple-mega-bonus so for the orange site, so I only glance-scan through some when I do happen to open comment threads (such as from here)
froztbyte
joined 2 years ago
it took me multiple passes to parse this without afrikaansbrain (or dutchbrain, for the posters from there)
followed up by a real winner of a comment:
If you're in the breadline, hobbies and other idle time activities cost money in comparison to twitter that is "free". Don't be surprised the rhetoric is toxic like 4chan and its hordes of basement dwelling NEETs.
"dont be surprised that rhetoric is toxic"
mr pot, I have a call for you from mr kettle
I'm still blissfully clueless as to who zizek is
although saying that here now might cause an accidental crash course
from the last time this came up, Tuta is of the few that aren't, although there's not really anyone with feature match on some of proton's features afaik
lol, I hadn't tried that out yet, I should sometime
wtf is a posteo
samesies
oh boy, some of the comments there
I think that the people in the breadline would have better things to do than be rude on twitter. Or maybe not, it is a fun way to pass the time for some.
how to instantly identify someone with a social circle barely stretching past their own nose. and I’d bet there’s some “work = moral” thinking held there, too
yeah. Been following valsorda for a while because reasons, but there’s a certain type of thing they frequently go for. “It’s popular and thus worth it, who cares about the side effects” isn’t something they seem to concern themselves with in respect to the gallery of shit
I know that rage exists, but haven’t really tried to make serious use of it yet. Probably worth checking out
I'll have to try dig in archives for details but here's an ISOC link that spans quite a bit of the details
how to spot the US angst: