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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023

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  • Imagine a population made up entirely of werewolves, then one day out of a thousand years the rare astrological phenomenon occurs where all the moons are on one side of the planet.

    Suddenly, everyone on the other side of the planet starts convulsing and shrinks into these weird, defenseless little hairless naked mole rat looking monsters. Be a real mind fuck.















  • I was a little after you, I played a few BBS games, but was mostly a forums guy.

    I’m not really talking about the harassment so much as the mental engagement required. It just feels like things on the internet are becoming more like tv in the sense that people are passive consumers and not engaging in actual conversations or meaningful interactions. And most content used to be created by average users with little to gain financially. Now everything is monetized with influences and…


  • I understand why you would think that, but I sincerely think its a different type of experience.
    Forums and BBS were not bottomless content like tiktok Facebook insta, YouTube. Whenever you refresh the page new content shows up. And the content is designed to be bite sized - 15 seconds for tiktok, youtube shorts… and they are mostly passive. You barely interact with them usually you like, share, whatever and move on.

    TV is the worst because it is 100% passive.

    Reading a book is mostly passive but requires your imagination.

    Some games are engaging and require skill or creativity.

    Forums encourage conversation. If there was no conversation on something that got posted - be it text or a link to a video or whatever - then the thread would disappear into the back pages.

    But I’m open to the possibility that I’m being an old geezer romanticizing the past. I’m not immune to that phenomenon.