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  1. Comment on Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them. in ~tech

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    4chan (and a few others in that same realm) in the mid 00's for me was a bit enthralling at the time because I was seeing stuff there I couldn't really see anywhere else. Prior to this, the only...

    4chan (and a few others in that same realm) in the mid 00's for me was a bit enthralling at the time because I was seeing stuff there I couldn't really see anywhere else. Prior to this, the only communities I visited online were forums, much more curated and community driven but the discussion topics were very focused and slow. This was a no rules forum that moved lightning fast, refresh and you have already missed tons of posts/replies. They had some of the earliest memes and did a lot of "raids" or other various events on both the internet and real life. It had some really great organic online moments I connected with like the Scientology and the Westboro Baptist Church protests, you know dumb stuff like trying to send them all black faxes to waste their ink. Then the rest of the internet started to catch up on ways to do stuff online, and I outgrew that phase of my life.

    I mostly dismissed a lot of the hateful lexicon as just something people typed at each other and more a tongue in cheek kind of hazing. Maybe I am/was too naive, but the majority of the users didn't really seem to believe that hate, they just used slurs because they could there. Of course you can't mention 4chan without acknowledging some of the worst people the internet had to offer did post some absolute heinous shit, but the admins typically would step in for those.

    I can see why if you don't approach those kind of places with the mindset of everyone on this platform is just a performance artist looking for reactions, then it can get dark really fast.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on Sydney Sweeney’s Hollywood career just got a whole lot more complicated in ~society

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    Massively agree. Republicans are surely appreciating that the one of the biggest negative stories for a week has just been jeans controversy. We have people in this thread interpreting the letters...

    Massively agree. Republicans are surely appreciating that the one of the biggest negative stories for a week has just been jeans controversy.

    We have people in this thread interpreting the letters and numbers in the American Eagle's tweets and drawing links to Hitler and numerology in a completely serious manner. There are just so many clear cut issues you can go after them for, that this controversy feels so hollow.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of July 20 in ~games

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    Great game, and a solid adaption of the Warcraft 3 custom game for a full featured retail release. Its basically a strategic pvp "tower defense" (Feels more like an auto-battler) game with an...

    Great game, and a solid adaption of the Warcraft 3 custom game for a full featured retail release. Its basically a strategic pvp "tower defense" (Feels more like an auto-battler) game with an economy aspect that supports balancing resources to improve your forces and sending obstacles to your enemies. Includes plenty of single player content if that's your thing, but shines best with friends.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Squid Game | Season 3 official trailer in ~tv

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    It came out if you were still interested!

    It came out if you were still interested!

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Squid Game | Season 3 official trailer in ~tv

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    I would wait for the season 3 release, season 2 was unfinished in my opinion, which is why 3 is coming out so fast.

    I would wait for the season 3 release, season 2 was unfinished in my opinion, which is why 3 is coming out so fast.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Charli xcx - party 4 u (2025) in ~music

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    The Caroline Polachek video was great, thanks for sharing.

    The Caroline Polachek video was great, thanks for sharing.

  7. Comment on What short standalone book is worth more than its page count? in ~books

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    The Highest Treason by Randall Garrett. 60 pages - 1961 Science Fiction about a war between Humans/Aliens. I just happened to give it a shot and knocked it out during a boring lecture. Had a...

    The Highest Treason by Randall Garrett. 60 pages - 1961 Science Fiction about a war between Humans/Aliens. I just happened to give it a shot and knocked it out during a boring lecture. Had a pretty cool ending that caught me a little off-guard.
    Project Gutenberg link

    2 votes

  8. Comment on US President Joe Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day in ~society

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    I think it's reasonable enough for him to be released from all your above points, but it seems like terrible optics to go to bat for an almost universally hated person who seems like they already...

    I think it's reasonable enough for him to be released from all your above points, but it seems like terrible optics to go to bat for an almost universally hated person who seems like they already had one foot out the door anyways.

    I don't know what metrics his team used when building the list, but I would hate to think someone who may really deserve it missed a "spot" over someone like this.

    7 votes