#internet thoughts

[eccentric-ocean]

the way i'm experiencing music in this tiktok era is unsettling, like

do i like this song or have i just listened to a 20s extract over and over again?

alternatively:

do i hate this song or have i just listened to a 20s extract over and over again?

there is no way to tell. both tend to happen in succession tho.

and i don't even have tiktok. it's the damn youtube shorts doing this to me. (no hate for the people following the trends. i just hate what this format does to my brain.)

[dichotomoustessellations]

Were internet chatrooms better when i was a kid or do i just have hardcore nostalgia glasses on for things i dont barely remember existing

[doctorcorby]

Wait I’m sorry, I just had a thought:

How will tumblr+ posts even work with reblogging if you have to pay to see them?

And if you can’t reblog tumblr+ posts no one will see them.

[pennylyn99]

Honestly if i can't just use a platform as a void that I can just throw shit into the it's not the platform for me.

I've just like ditched a bunch of websites because of that.

[thebittahwizard]

Okay, everyone’s hate on Luther Hargreeves is a bit...much? That is to say, he does make really stupid decisions (like, really stupid) but so do the rest of them. He’s certainly not my favorite character—my heart only accepts snarky assholes, of course—but some of you guys really hate him.

It’s honestly surprising.

My interpretation of him is that he’s the ultimate Soft Boi. One who was successfully brainwashed by a father who he wanted—he needed (see Soft Boi status)—to love him. A father, who as we know, never did.

I feel fucking sorry for the guy. Because unlike him, the rest of his siblings—as traumatized and fucked up as as they are—actually grew up.

[emiliotheexplorer]

I’m not really sure why I’m still a part of any of the Facebook greyhound groups when the discussions are pretty much a bunch of people who communicate ineffectively online and enter into discussions with buckets full of FEELINGS but not much willingness to actually slow down and respond thoughtfully to contrary opinions.

There’s a thread on the pro greyhound group right now about how adoptive owners shouldn’t change a dog’s name after adoption and just stick to their call name instead to make the transition easier.

And, like, I get it. But I also don’t think this is the be all and end all when it comes to helping a greyhound transition to retired life. I think there are more effective things we could do to aid with their transition to retired life. Some greyhounds (like Lio) May not even respond to their call name at all. So changing their name may not actually be a big deal. Dogs don’t feel the same way about names as humans do. It’s a noise to them. For Lio, his name means recall. If we think about a retired greyhound’s new name the same way we do as other commands (like down, leave it, or stay), it’s not unimaginable to think that a retired greyhound could take to their new name as easily as they would other commands as long as you’re consistent with your training.

I said something along these lines in the greyhound group and someone replied with “you have the right to your opinion..”

Which is dismissive and exhausting. Even if unintentional. She then responded to other post more in line with her position with lots of CAPS LOCKS MESSAGES OF AGREEMENT. So it’s obvious to me she’s not interested in actually responding to what I have to say.

I know this is an internet problem and not exclusively a greyhound Facebook problem but I see this issue come up so much more often on Facebook than any other platform. Kesi once said that she thinks it’s because Facebook is generally an older crowd. I think that may be part of it but I think it also has to do with literacy and the scope of digital literacy amongst populations that pretty much only use fb and aren’t fully saturated in diverse online environments.

Anyway,

tl;dr only use greyhound Facebook groups for the cute pictures.

[cimorenegal]

Like sometimes I imagine what my life would be like without the internet and I really just don’t know where I’d get the (admittedly short-lived and fleeting) joy that I do have in my life from?

Cause like with this crippling depression it’s so hard to feel good about stuff and I already have a tendency to self-isolate, and maybe since that’d be harder if I didn’t have the internet to occupy me, it’d be less of an issue, but so much of the dorky, silly, crazy, stuff that you see around on the internet just enhances my quality of life by a large margin because I have these little injections of hilarity and joy all the time.... and I’m just so grateful.  Cause that gets me through the day.  

And maybe I’d have something else that got me through the day... There’s no way to tell.  But I’m grateful for shitposts and stupid memes and ridiculous fanfiction all the same.  

[dehex18]

I've been thinking, and I've come to the conclusion that it is almost always better to ignore a post on the internet than to spend time arguing with it. It can be for big things or little things. Either way, if you're not going to match the post's energy, then nothing worthwhile will come from engaging with it.

For instance, if a post is venting about a book or show that you really like, its original author is probably not interested in hearing about how you just really enjoyed it and people who are frustrated with it are meanies and haters. (Or, since it's the internet, accusing them of being the root cause of all the world's problems.) Similarly, coming onto people's posts and telling them how stupid they are for liking a thing you hate is obnoxious too. Even if they're talking about things you deeply disapprove of, you are not going to teach them a lesson on the internet.

Granted, it's probably foolish to be posting this on the internet, but I'm not tacking it onto someone else's thing. I'm just posting it on my own Tumblr blog. I just see how you really have no idea what kind of space a person is in on the other end of the information super highway, and although our brains are primed to respond to aggravating stimuli, very little good ever comes from stirring up conflict on the internet.

It's not that the internet isn't real. It obviously is. At the same time, it offers immediate connection to basically any random person you'd like with next to no context. Unless you know a person personally (like, you have each other's phone numbers and have spent time together in-person before), you have no business picking a fight with them on the internet. And, if you do know a person personally, the least you can do is have your fight somewhere OTHER than the public internet.

Side Note: Obviously, there are various forums on the internet where arguments and debates are literally the point. Those aren't what I'm talking about in this post. I'm talking about a site like Tumblr or Instagram or whatever, where people are just posting stuff for literally any random reason. Those venues do not require you to give your two cents. You can move on. Sharing stuff on the internet actually isn't an invitation for you to give direct feedback and criticism, nor to conjure up a dogpile on random people you disagree with.