Back in the days of the wild frontier things were chaotic, anarchic, violent, and unconstrained.
Then came the churches, then came the schools
Then came the lawyers, then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
And the dirty old track was the Telegraph Road
And now we're all fenced in, regulated, allowed to wander only in approved lanes... oh, wait, sorry, we're talking about the internet, not real life!
I think this is the first example of blatant karma farming I've seen on lemmy. It was inevitable.
Me. Sigh.
How can anybody be so far up their arse to think it’s a good idea to push this nonsense out.
I mean there's a substantial % of the population who will be dabbing away the tears with a Kleenex while watching this, so, er, just don't watch it, I guess?
I'm not much enthused about the royals, or the endless broadcasts of 22 millionaires having a kickabout every Saturday, or 'celebs' trapped in a luxury villa while being pressured to have sex with each other not-quite-on-camera, so I don't watch them.
A melt is someone who melts under emotional or confrontational pressure.
Don't think I've ever heard it in real life though, just on that there telly.
Dumn thise spollingchuckers!
Don't think I've got the head-egg shape quite right.
This guy Forteans.
Fortran Times is less entertaining read than Fortean Times!
I'm not convinced I ever had a bottle to lose.
I hear the Pope smears it on everything, including altar boys.
Kind of my point. We gained ecommerce, streaming services, platforms such as this one, online gaming, mapping services, and others - at the cost of the freedoms for which people are nostalgic. And now we have ads, personalization, tracking, and inevitable enshitification.