Hate hate hate how when I get angry there is a physical reaction but it’s not glowing eyes or growing claws or something it’s crying. This feels unfair.
while i understand where people are coming from i think its funny when people romanticize the old internet
“the internet now is so damaging to kids”
remember when it was like extremely easy to accidentally stumble upon beheading videos
i love the tags on this post because it’s a mix of people acting like im exaggerating and people being like “i watched 1 guy 1 jar at a slumber party when i was 10 years old”
Speaking with the benefit of having been exposed to both beheading videos and 2girls1cup as a tween, I don’t think anyone is arguing the old internet was some kind of halcyon age with no problems- it’s that the problems were different, and they could largely be avoided by developing good habits on an individual basis
I, for example, learned not to click links from unfamiliar sources, and that if I did, I might see weird porn. And if I didn’t feel comfortable potentially seeing weird porn, I didn’t click unfamiliar links. Also, I didn’t know a single adult who thought the internet was safe for kids. When I got left alone with the computer it was because I got old enough to sneak around
The modern internet is largely bad in institutional ways that are impossible to avoid without a doctorate in computer security or becoming a mole person. The way data harvesting and algorithms damage kids, the way parents have been conditioned to think parts of the internet are somehow ‘kid-friendly’- I think there’s a clear difference between those things, and I know which one worries me more
I don’t know if it’s the depression speaking but these days I find it incredibly hard to enjoy anything about the Internet.
Literally every website has become a thousand times more inconvenient, bloated with promoted or recommended shit, stupid UI/UX changes pushed by out of touch billionaires.
The tipping point this week was Google changing the regular “Web - Images - Videos - Etc.” tabs with fucking stupid ever-changing search suggestions, making the site a thousand times less accessible and so much more annoying to use
I’m tired. I want forums back. I want ugly html pages that give useful information back. I want to connect with other Internet users in a meaningful way again. Fuck modern corporate UI design. Fuck social media. I want out.
USAmericans: This pride month, talk to the queer people who actually live in all those bad evil icky red states and find out what it’s actually like, how we actually feel about it, and who here is actively fighting against it. No more telling us to “just leave” or reducing us to innocent victims who are “trapped” here. There are so many of us and we live here for so many reasons, none of which should be justified. We are resilient, we are powerful, and we are fighting against the fascist laws working to eradicate us or scare us away. Being trans in a red state right now is in and of itself an act of resistance. That being said, pay attention to the brave souls on the front lines, pushing against the laws, making good trouble, and refusing to be silenced.
I won’t let myself be talked about like I’m stupid to live here.
I won’t let myself be talked about like I’m a helpless victim who’s trapped here.
If you can’t join the fight by standing beside us, then the least you can do is empower us, amplify our voices, and pay more attention to the ones who are FIGHTING AGAINST THESE LAWS than you are to the chucklefucks trying to pass them.
fellow appalachian, I am holding your hand
If no one has recommended it yet, please read Sweeter Voices Still !!! This anthology is so beautiful and the introduction will make you cry. One of my favorite reads for Pride month and I gained so much insight, sympathy for, and appreciation for lgbtq people who are braving the conservative climate of America’s Midwest. The book is also published by a fully independent women-owned and worker-led publishing company :)))
USAmericans: This pride month, talk to the queer people who actually live in all those bad evil icky red states and find out what it’s actually like, how we actually feel about it, and who here is actively fighting against it. No more telling us to “just leave” or reducing us to innocent victims who are “trapped” here. There are so many of us and we live here for so many reasons, none of which should be justified. We are resilient, we are powerful, and we are fighting against the fascist laws working to eradicate us or scare us away. Being trans in a red state right now is in and of itself an act of resistance. That being said, pay attention to the brave souls on the front lines, pushing against the laws, making good trouble, and refusing to be silenced.
I won’t let myself be talked about like I’m stupid to live here.
I won’t let myself be talked about like I’m a helpless victim who’s trapped here.
If you can’t join the fight by standing beside us, then the least you can do is empower us, amplify our voices, and pay more attention to the ones who are FIGHTING AGAINST THESE LAWS than you are to the chucklefucks trying to pass them.
fellow appalachian, I am holding your hand
Think for just a bit about this. When you tell LGBT people (or anyone else) they should leave, or that they’re trapped there, what you’re saying is that they don’t belong there. And there are enough people saying that already.
I very much hope that the six supreme court justices that voted to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people–despite the original complaint being completely fabricated–get treated to a lifetime of businesses discriminating against them. I hope that every time one of them walks into a restaurant or requests a service, they are told that they have to leave because “we don’t serve your kind here”.
It’s only fair for those fucking ghouls to reap what they sow.
