z3rOR0ne

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Fuck Musk, Spez, and Zuck, and throw in Gates and Bezos while you’re at it. Each of them has made their own personal empires of shit.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Gates continued his bullshit well into his philanthrophy days.

And it looks like that the invidious instance that served my original post’s link is temprarily down. So here’s another link.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

I was on Mastodon and Lemmy roughly a year before the Twitter and Reddit fiascos. I never was active on Twitter, never even had an account, but I’ll admit Reddit was my jam. I didn’t even use any of the 3rd party apps, I actually did use their main app and had no issues with it (except for the occasional annoying ad on my mobile device…). But when the needless greed of Spez started to show at the seams and the communities there started to divide, I took an afternoon to delete everything from nearly 4 years of posts/comments.

Both Mastodon and Lemmy were FAR less active prior to these migrations, and so I honestly checked in once every couple months. But then Mastodon started showing up in my main news feeds due to Musk’s idiocy, and I knew it was time…

Similarly, when Spez started to make the same decisions, I already knew where the party was likely to move.

I only started using Lemmy again yesterday when Memmy came out as I dislike using social media from my desktop (though I do occasionally).

It’s nice to see so much more activity here now. It’ll probably never get to the levels of Reddit, but hey that can be a good thing in its own right.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

With spirit guides like that, who needs demons?

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

AH! 😱

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Was gonna point to this exact video. Thanks!

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Yeah yeah. Heard that story like a billion times. Totally agree. I’d rather die from starvation after having witnessed my loved ones die from similar circumstances. And I’m not being facetious. This is preferable to suicide.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Probably immediately. That’s kind of the plan, actually. Why would I want to live in such a world where physical might makes right?

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

Meh…I’m still able to go to the supermarket and purchase food without being harassed or lynched despite being a minority.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Nah. If Food runs out, food runs out. Evenly distributed rations. It’s simply more likely I’d survive longer as my general health is better than my loved ones right now, and therefore I would likely be the one to bear witness to their tragic demise.

I can see why you’d think that though, based off of the unclear wording of my previous reply.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I agree that the USA has always had a “might makes right” mentality, especially in regards to its international relations, but yes, within our domestic affairs as well.

The boon of technologies, however, is initially a benefit to those who are differently abled, or somehow otherwise incapable of accomplishing physically strenuous tasks (think of the boon the invention of the bicycle had to women, who were demonized for wearing pants shortly after its invention and visiting ”men of ill repute” just the town over. Or more recently the invention of modern contraceptives and safer abortion techniques).

Said technologies are often usually then weaponized for power or profit by militaries, police, and corporations to exploit and disenfranchise, as well as remove access of these technologies to certain classes of people (the public working and public lower classes).

One only has to look at the corporatization of the modern farming industry and its rabid attempts to circumvent right to repair laws to see its nightmarish effects on not only agriculture, but also the modern farmer’s ability to run their own business according to their whims, and not an overlord corporation.

The loss of electricity worldwide would send us back to the late 19th century for the most part. And there are many strong, dominant, men who would love nothing more than to have the reliance of brute strength become the rule of law again.

To me, that is not a time I wish to revisit, that is not a transition I wish to bear witness to, as it would likely involve witnessing the disenfranchisement and disenpowerment of the world’s differently abled people as well as witnessing the rise of violent conflicts over resources and a return of more blatant slavery than we see today. Quite simply, I’d rather die.

I do hope this would play out differently in other countries (likely smaller countries). But the cynic in me doesn’t believe it’s possible.

z3rOR0ne, 1 year ago

On Android, you can add Ublock to the Firefox mobile browser (use the Mull fork and you even have about:config). This plus NoScript gives a seamless experience between my phone and my Linux desktop. Almost never hear or see ads thanks to this and LibreTube/Sponsorblock.