Me: So yeah, casual english has completely changed since then. Nowadays instead of ‘There was a crying baby on the bus today’ you would say 'Me when I’m in a being loud and annoying competition and my opponent is crying baby on bus.’ And then you’d post this picture of Squidward. Oh, uh, Squidward is a guy from a cartoon-“
Reanimated Corpse of John Wilkes Booth: *Has been staring angrily at a penny for the last 15 minutes and not listened to a word I’ve said*
the problem with the current wave of discord phishing scams is that I don’t think you can blame people for clicking links without checking where they go. internet safety isn’t really taught in schools anymore, sure, but there is literal research being done on how the omnipresence of social media has eroded people’s ability to parse what we would otherwise identify as untrustworthy behaviour. it’s blaming a structural problem on individuals
if you wanna hear someone explain this effect better than I can, check out this video essay that goes into the problem in more detail
i think as adults it’s our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least
Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back when people could shake their heads at me and say “masks are a government conspiracy” and instead of navigating the bullshit like a normal person I could pull mine down and say “I have chemical burns on my face”
things people expect in a political confrontation:
Facts
Logic
Emotional outbursts
Things they are never prepared for:
Open sores
This post: “Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back”
