Recent transplant myself. The AI are posting Honeypot threads with hot button issues. When folks invariably crashout OOPS YOU’RE BANNED NOW!

I’m not saying people are not entitled for recognition as the the perpetuators and propagators (there’s a better word,but it escapes me at the moment) of innovative ideas and designs, nor am I suggesting that they not be allowed to profit on those assets, ither tangible or conceptual. Where the line should be drawn is when those ideas become so cosmopolitan in their reach as to be necessary for existence. A few things do exist that fit this bill already, the Internet itself being one of them. One company or government may own the servers it resides on, but as a concept nobody can “own” the internet, just as no one can “own” the ocean, or a holy text, or “own” an experience (the set dressing and location perhaps, but not YOUR feelings and reactions, which are unique to YOU.)

This is a philosophy that imposes a faustian bargain to success in business: the larger your business, the less it belongs to YOU. If your business is all encompassing, (such as in a monopoly), it ceases to even be yours AT ALL.

Not trying to argue, merely provide more context.

that reminds me of that Obama Skit on Key and Peele where Obama just listed republican talking points and the republicans couldn’t help but disagree with them because it was being proposed by a liberal.

they are if you like hoarding literally ALL the money.

that they expected it to eclipse real people AT ALL is both telling and slightly disturbing.

I’m more the guy behind the pink one

I like to drive about 20 over on long hauls, so technically “I’m passing.” PERMANENTLY

The worst is r/AskReddit for bots. And the worst part of that is that those questions are ridiculously tempting low hanging fruit for people to “self ban.” The one that got me was “how do you think the trump administration will end.” The amount of [Removed by Reddit] tags was telling, I must say. I’ve been trying to get to talk with an actual person, but we all know how that goes. 😒

and the weed was better too. That might just be the high tolerance speaking though.

Remember when the 1900’s were called the “20th century?” Pepperridge farm remembers.

Hyper capitalism of the 1980’s would be considered quant, by today’s standards

I think it was around 2014, but it’s been a slow downhill ever since. I used to visit many sites in my nightly rounds, but it became just Imgur, YouTube, Reddit, and NewGrounds, for the most part around then. I just lost Reddit to a perm Suspension, and I swore of Imgur after it got to woke to post jokes and dark humor/observations. (and they IP banned me for 6 months)