I don't know why I'm opening my mouth here. But to be honest? I don't care if it's Net Neutrality, the wild online west we were in back in the dark ages of 2015, or the Shadowrun dystopia everyone's screaming about. There's not a godsdamned thing ISP's or governments or megaconglomerates can do to us worse than we're doing already.
(And no, I don't want whatever factoid or link or whatever other flag you're waving. If I wanted to watch you Resist, I'd strap your ass to a Liberator and make some popcorn.)
Seriously. A compendium of human knowledge the likes of which have never been seen, and we use it to argue with strangers and solicit amateur pornography.
And that's not even counting the last two years of free-for-all hell. Every other day I'm watching friendship crack, family shatter and love explode. And for what? A ten-second high from being right? Reinforcements of what we're already convinced is truth? How convenient.
And I'm just as guilty as anyone. I've hit the buttons and banished people from my life faster than I could speak this sentence.
We're getting exactly the internet we deserve.
(And no, I don't want whatever factoid or link or whatever other flag you're waving. If I wanted to watch you Resist, I'd strap your ass to a Liberator and make some popcorn.)
Seriously. A compendium of human knowledge the likes of which have never been seen, and we use it to argue with strangers and solicit amateur pornography.
And that's not even counting the last two years of free-for-all hell. Every other day I'm watching friendship crack, family shatter and love explode. And for what? A ten-second high from being right? Reinforcements of what we're already convinced is truth? How convenient.
And I'm just as guilty as anyone. I've hit the buttons and banished people from my life faster than I could speak this sentence.
We're getting exactly the internet we deserve.
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