Is the Internet Destroying Some People’s Lives? **Mod Warning In Post #131**

If western democratic governmental establishments actually did their mandated job, instead of pandering to whatever corporation or financial institution was promising them the moon and stars, you wouldn't have the current level of conspiracy theorists that some of you seem so bothered about.

There has always been conspiracy theorists. The internet gave them a place to meet and an ability to monetise their deranged content.

You can't teach someone whose paycheck relies on them not learning.

I honestly think that laws around disinformation should be enacted to stop this nonsense.

We've already seen enough disinformation, propaganda and media manipulation that has influenced voting patterns and potentially destabilised governments.

The internet isn't the problem. Western democratic institutions who continuously lie to and also deceive the public citizenry who elect them is a massive problem.

What voting patterns are you talking about? The people who voted for brexit? That was a protest vote against the British establishment who took Britain into an illegal war over in the middle east and then bailed out financial institutions to the sum of Billions, bailed out on the backs of the general British taxpayer because of the great Financial institution f**k up of 2008, where no banker was arrested, where no cheerleader of the illegal war in Iraq was arrested. That is why Brexit happened. Don't get me started on the yanks.

Those aren't conspiracy theories, those are facts, and those facts resulted in the voting patterns you are clutching your pearls at. It had f**k all to do with the internet, disinformation, Russia, Spectre, Banshees or whatever other fairytale you want to peddle.

What did they use their vote for?

At least 15 customers of mine voted no because they felt decisions for Britain economically, security and immigration should be governed by them and not by Europe as their experience was that Europe hadn’t delivered as best it should have in their opinion.

You’re a bit late with the preach of what you see should have happened and who should have been held to account. You asked me what they used their vote for. I told you in summary best as possible.

not everyone casts their vote in protest of something they don’t like. Most cast it in the hope and expectation of change.

Back to the topic of the thread. Is the internet destroying lives. I would agree it’s eating up many potential opportunities for people by excessive use of it.

I'd go by incredible amount of any age people happily swallowing any kind of nonsense being served to them. Not able to handle the online pressure...😁

I'm old schooled, just pirating, illegally streaming and posting on boards, in the meantime I'm happily ignoring any other social media.

makes no sense what you’re saying. What will happen with the ‘protesting’ vote. Do you vote for what you want or vote in protest ?

"makes no sense" Did you just arrive here 2 months ago or something? People in a democracy will vote on how the current establishment is treating them. If they aren't being treated well by the establishment, they will vote against whatever the current establishment wants to push through. That is literally a protest vote. That is how it works. That is how it has always worked.

You want the internet shut down right? You see it as a dangerous excessive utility because it is "eating up many opportunities for people", That's what you said. That's a fairly serious statement/rant from your own self, so, If you genuinely believe that noise, you should then ask your current democratic representative to shut the internet down? If that's what you genuinely believe?

Lets say you get what you want, how do you think that is going to go down?

Direct questions lol.

Your questions are about as direct as a dying wasp trying to find some hole to collapse in at the end of September.

Go'wan and Good luck

I do think if you are continuously getting angry with the opinions of complete strangers on the Internet then you need to step back and work out why it's happening. You'd see a lot of it on message boards and on sites like Twitter. People logging on just so they can get angry. Obsessing about what other people with a different perspective are saying. Maybe even attempting to doxx them or get them banned. It's weird.

I maintain a long ignore list on this site, and make extensive use of the block and mute functions the odd time I visit the vile cesspit that is Twitter. Makes for a much better and more productive browsing experience.

Sectarian? Don't make me laugh, nothing about that post is sectarian. Grab a dictionary pal. People often throw powerful words around that they don't understand in order to shut arguments down. Guaranteed you've thrown the ol' faithful 'nazi' grenade around in order to stifle debate. Holding tyrants to the fire? Must be a demanding vocation given your stance in life goes against most people who live in the real world.

Back under your bridge troll, before the villagers discover your whereabouts.

At least two of them are the same person.

I love to go back to 2004 when I was pushing 12-hour days on World of Warcraft, that next door teenager is living his best life. being an adult sucks ass, **** this grind