>>302957You really did make an entire thread to reply to my post.
Quite insane.
Also took a while for me to even check the catalog.
>>302973Yeah the change isn't only noticed by people my age, it really depends on what age you gained internet access and what parts you got exposed to initially.
I still had an atari for example, but not because I was into retro anything, or because I'm old enough to be one of its users, it's just that rural poverty meant we got everything much later than the rest of the world.
Then when I got exposed to the internet I was lead by my "elders" as well.
I'm sure even zoomers notice, you mention minecraft, a lot of those early creators, though I didn't consume much, but some were big enough that reached me too, they used to be much different.
They were… creative and authentic. Nowadays all of it feels way too intentionally crafted to be a brand, something to sell, something to make money from.
Every space online has been way too commercialized and normiefied and the issue is that there are more and more people who have only seen this version of the internet and they love it. So if you don't, there is no space for you and they will make it very clear.
It is sad.
>More like, people didnt exactly 'change', they began to show their true colors. I disagree with this to an extent. Again, the people I used to be around moved on with their lives. They didn't start showing their true color, it's just that they matured and had different priorities.
So what I'm trying to say here is that there is a difference between the oldheads baring their teeth. You might be right about some of them, but most just moved on in my opinion and the ones that replaced them are simply a different breed accustomed to a different "normal".
You know, don't tell people your name, don't post anything about yourself type people were replaced with those that lived life online in public like it's normal.
I'm sure chatbots are not very satisfying. Not sure if they are actually capable of prompting you without prior setup at random like a normal friend would.
Even then, at some point I'd ask myself, what the point even is to engage with it.
I already have a rich fantasy world from constant daydreaming so might as well just do both parts of the conversation myself.
>it would be nice to experience an online society I would fit in among, something I have never experienced.Maybe my memories are just like that due to rose tinted glasses. I had my place in those communities sure, either as a clown or as an "elite player" that they liked because I provided immediate benefit, but I can't be certain anymore.
I still wish to keep those memories as something I look at fondly rather than taint with careful examination and scrutiny.
>Imagine being born in the 1800s and having no one in your immediate community that understands you… life could be worse.I do wonder if it would be. Back in my rural village even as an outcast you were still dragged around by the group. Maybe not appreciated, but you were one of them.
We had a kid that couldn't even talk, but we still took him with us and played with him. The same animalistic/tribalistic behavior that made them bully you made them protect you from outsiders too in the odd encounter.
Even adult outcasts were still tolerated, invited to gatherings and village level events. Everyone knew everyone, and even the worst of the losers were sons of someone that was already a part of the greater whole.
Ironically the connectedness of today, where you can find people with the exact same mentality and torments as you might not be as beneficial as it seems.
I'm just barfing my own nonsense out here. Everyone got their perspective and not like I can prove mine more valid.
I have to put a disclaimer here due to site rules, I'm not advocating for relationships, sex, or state a desire for such things with the following, it is simply an example to support my prior claim.
In a small community, even the undesirables or the lesser ones managed to get married somehow. Even they found some sort of way to make their daily bread.
Simply because the community took care of them. You might be a clumsy numbskull, but your father was a soldier next to the local cattlemen( idk the word?) or ranch owner so they took you in as a farmhand and you eventually learned to survive. Maybe the carpenter at the edge of the village needed a hand… you get what I mean.
I wouldn't be here if any of my recent ancestors had to produce me in the current environment. Hell I'm guessing suicides would have been far more common among us.
Though I'm sure some would have thrived as well.
>>302983I had a CRT I got from a dumpsters until 2011 or 2012 because there was no way to afford anything better.
The previous one "exploded" or something inside it did and started burning. I get the fondness for them, they really did produce a different image and I disliked my first flat screen.
But then again my first flat screen was also some ancient used up trash (yellowed plastic) I picked up not even second or third hand, but from a junk section of a computer store…
Just now at 30 am I starting to get a bit of fondness for phones and tablets as I only recently acquired a decent one of each.
Still prefer keyboard and mouse at a desk over them though.
Glad I was never bullied for it as nobody ever knew what I had. Not sure if they would have cared.