I find it interesting that despite everything being all skewed and disconnected, yet there is not one single piece (except the artist name that doesn't count) that is separated from the whole. We are all in this together, whether we want to be or not.
(the only exception seems to be a single arm bulge/shadow thing, but I hope you get what I mean overall)
N-n-no, you got it all wrong, see, I was looking for work, y-y-yeah that's it!
I have seen social media described as "microblogging", but I don't think that's true. Or rather, actual blogs like on WordPress are one thing, but the more "conversation" style is something else entirely. Phrases such as "^This", "I also choose this guy's wife", "and my axe" reveal that the true purpose of social media is emotional venting, rather than conveyance of information. For some people at least - and depending on moderation practices and abilities, and on communities setting up expectations, the level of discourse may be either higher or lower, but even so, foundationally, isn't that what this place is for?
After all, Wikipedia articles are one thing, essays and poetry are another, blogs are still another (with the level of effort being put into their crafting), and finally at the lowest end, social media is found where we just blurt out whatever we are thinking about at any given moment.
Mind you, it can be done well - I have had people convince me of my privilege status & thus shepherd me into wokeness even on Facebook, which is not known for such - but even so, isn't the true purpose of a thing what it mostly does? Like a vehicle isn't a coffee holder, despite it being capable of that, as well as many other things.
Some people's thoughts are just more worth listening to than others. Hence why microblogging e.g. Twitter/X & Mastodon can aim at a higher end, as too can Reddit & Lemmy/K/Mbin (+ soon: Sublinks), but it seems rarely used for its maximum purpose and far more often for its emotive vomit aka "share every single one of our uncurated thoughts". Case in point: my message right here, which unlike a "blog post" took me <5 minutes to create.:-P
Btw, check out https://medium.com/@max.p.schlienger/the-cargo-cult-of-the-ennui-engine-890c541cebcb for an example of what I would consider a more worthwhile post. Sometimes, imho, it is okay to aim for more quality than quantity of posts, even if that seems antithetical to the goal of "social media" that aims instead to connect people together to just shoot the shit amongst ourselves.
Instructions unclear, now have Pope following me around the woods trying to poop on me - help!?
It is, but presumably phrasing it as a question increases engagement (or was thought to) hence furthers the OP's goal, in spite of the factual nature.
i.e. the same reason that Trump was allowed to walk all over the "moderators" at the recent Presidential ~~advertisement~~ "debate".
You know, "journalism" as it seems to always be practiced these days. As in, chase the profits to the exclusion of all other considerations.
Hrm, I wonder if my time spent on social media has made me more hostile to such predatory practices overall...
And since this is Chidi:
Imma ultimately decide:
Long-term: facing them and dealing with the source. e.g. I would get nervous about job interviews, but like... as I should, right!? Bc it means that I care about the outcome. Nothing will ever reduce that, except experience doing it over and over, but in the meantime that fight or flight response "helps" to go over everything, e.g. to practice and prepare in all the various ways needed.
Short-term: reading a new/old 400pg tome for an introduction to some random topic... 😜
Why u gonna out your neighbors like that?
(Bc if they aren't "in" either, then they are likely...:-P)
This joke brought to you by my brain. Are you sure you wouldn't rather have the AI now? 😜
One is The Reverse Gish Gallop and another is The Card Says Moops, though the latter is a significantly longer journey.
If you haven't watched (or its been a minute since), I would start from the first one in the series bc it builds so nicely and foundationally:-).
Ooh I've never heard of it. netcat I mean, cause I've heard of Linux 😆.
The File Transfer Protocol is just very antiquated, while scp is simple. Possibly netcat is too:-).
As someone who might be targeted and killed as this drags on, I'm not really worrying about it much. Control whatever you can, be aware obviously, but what more could you possibly do? Monday's ruling is already in the past - I mean to say that we've already made our choices, long ago (some people have seen this coming for nearly a decade now), and all that is left is to live (or whatever) with them. It "helps" that climate change awaits to kill us all regardless of who wins the next election. To be clear, no I do not say that lightly.
Hypothetical illustration: let's say that you are a deer caught in the headlights of a car. Do you jump forward? Backwards? Remain still? Duck? Jump straight up vertically into the air as high as you can? Once in this position, no matter what you do there are risks, and your choices are limited, with the outcome of your decisions mostly not up to you. Side-note: you could maybe not have jumped out straight in front of a speeding car... but that choice is behind you now, and you can only deal with what is, not what you wish had been.
So don't panic unduly - that isn't helpful - just focus on doing the next correct thing, and the rest... well, isn't up to you.