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A comment on Tim Burton: The internet makes me quite depressed. Parent comment

Re:Tim Burton: The internet makes me quite depressed by surgical_fire on Thursday October 24, 2024 @03:26PM (#41938848)
Before the internet, if you were an insufferable moron, your social circle would likely curb your behavior to a more acceptable level.

Now you find communities of like-minded insufferable morons, giving support and cheering each other, and no one to say "cut it out, don't be such an imbecile".

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Re:Tim Burton: The internet makes me quite depressed by tombert on Thursday October 24, 2024 @03:38PM (#41938958)
Everyone says that, but there were plenty of insufferable morons before the internet. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson basically made an entire career out of validating the most insufferable people out in America, and for the majority of their careers the internet wasn't involved at all.

I really don't think people of today are more insufferable than before the internet. We know about a lot more idiots now than we used to, but that's subtly different.

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