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  • meseek #2982
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    They just went from we love you guys to we don’t even give a fuck bend over boy in like 6 months.

    Twitter has also shifted into a dystopian QQ wannabe.

    Meta has been a dumpster fire for a decade now.

    Tik Tok. heavy sigh

    This kinda seems like end of times.

    • Track_Shovel
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      549 months ago

      if this is your version of the end of times, I suggest you take a look out your window at the burning hellscape of western north america and other locations around the globe. I also hope you’re not too attached to birds or polar bears.

      • PaleRider
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        birds or polar bears

        Phew! Luckily I just like penguins…

        • Track_Shovel
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          19 months ago

          How am I devaluing what they are saying by pointing out there are much, much, more serious signals of a looming apocalypse?

          It’s like worrying about the mosquito biting you in a room full of blood thirsty canibals.

          I realize I shifted off topic, but they were getting a bit dramatic with the end of times bit

            • Track_Shovel
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              19 months ago

              I’m not trying to start anything, I just don’t follow your logic, and your comments seem like an over reaction.

              I’m happy to agree to disagree though, and won’t presue a conversation neither of us really wants to have.

              Hopefully you find other people on here that are more suited to your perspectives (I’m legitimately sorry we’re clashing). Lemmy is a great platform and I want you to enjoy it as much as I do

      • @Goo_bubbs
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        19 months ago

        Birds aren’t real, though.

    • @bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      219 months ago

      If it’s the end of the era of social media, I’m plenty ok with that. Shit’s been cancer for almost a decade now.

      • @ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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        And may it usher in the era of antisocial media. The era where we all stop trying to impress each other, monetize each other, and just buy a thing and have it do the thing we bought it for, and not be bothered. Long may it reign.

        • @bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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          39 months ago

          Lol that’s more like the end of American consumerism, and while I wholeheartedly agree, that’ll take a generation or two at least to decouple from American society. That shit’s been going strong here for over 100 years.