“If the oppossing faction’s candidate wins, then I’m moving to Canada/Mexico!” Had become a meme threat made by blowhards who find themselves on the losing end of a recent political [s]election. And I am always reminded of this third stage of grief in action whenever a new release of Windows looms on the horizon. You begin to hear a similar threat bandied all over the web: “If Microsoft adds $NEW_ANTIFEATURE/removes $THING_I_LIKE, then I’m switching to Linux!” ORLY? What is your...| Posts on Wrongthink
It was during the age when everyone knew it unwise to share real names and information anywhere online. Some of the wisdom driven by overly anxious boomer parents while most was basic common sense precaution. Privacy by default. It was the internet I remember hopping onto multiplayer skirmishes or perusing forums back when they were populous enough that refreshing the page would always yield new topics and posts. Slinging insults was more of an expected greeting to anyone who hadn’t yet bec...| Posts on Wrongthink
Anyone reading this probably has measures in place to cleanse their web experience of invasive garbage. But maybe it’s been a while since those protections were lowered, and maybe you haven’t seen what the modern web really looks like today. What do normies see when they open a browser? Well, it isn’t good. And things have only decayed since the last time I ran a naked browser. I configured a stock Linux environment with a standard Firefox (non-ESR) without any addons and no blocking me...| Posts on Wrongthink