Warms me heart to see people in this thread thinking for themselves and not doing something just because other people are.

You too.

It’s not free, but owning property is huge.

Most of the city people will never own property in the cities they dwell in.

If all you do in a major city is sit in your house and play on your computer, you could do that elsewhere without having to pays tens of thousands of dollars on rent.

They don’t.

That’s why they think cities are the only places in the world worth living. If there’s not an endless sea of shit to waste their money on, they’re lost.

Wait till you hear of Syd Barrett.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I get very good deals on my drugs. Way more worth it to me than say, a cup of coffee (which contains a drug.)

I know most people get ripped off regularly, though.

I would recommend staying away from apple if control over your device is something you value.

It’s very strange that you are considering moving to a dumbphone or an even more locked-down platform because google is locking down android.

They’re taking away a vital feature, so you want even more taken away?

The only person I know who says skibidi is 30.

The problem is twitch and influencer-culture, not necessarily young users.

I’d wager a benefit of having young people on the internet is that they at least have the potential to provide value because their brain hasn’t been rotted to the core like most adults.

It’s shocking how quickly the free world is backsliding into fascism.

I genuinely think this has to do with the next generation of idiots taking their place. My generation has been conditioned to roll over like punk-bitches in the face of conflict so they’re easier to exploit.

It’s literally seen as embarrassing to stand up for yourself.

A rating system like the ESRB would actually be a really good idea for helping parents control what their kids get to see.

It shouldn’t result in any sort of ban or restriction beyond what the parents are able to enforce. The big-name services will have a rating, and it’s up to parents whether or not they’ll let their kids use unrated services.

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If you’re doing anything risky, then you can’t rely on a service like cloudflare.

They are 100% in bed with all of the 3 letter agencies.

If, for whatever reason, someone with power deems your website unpleasant, it will be taken down unceremoniously and any information that links it to you will be used to find and punish you.

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Every nation has a ruling hierarchy, and it’s important for those at the bottom to swear fealty to those at the top.

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Every adult behaves like a child at some point.

Really? That’s one of the most common behaviors among adults.

I don’t see any glaring issues with ActivityPub that appear to be solved with these alternatives.

The alternatives look like they’re not as open, though, so that leads me to believe they only exist to sucker people who don’t know any better onto yet another proprietary platform.