CottageHore Posted August 28 Author Posted August 28 36 minutes ago, Khal said: I think there are people who genuinely feel passionate about the topics/issues they are discussing, and there are others who have discovered in the age of 'hot takes', that any publicity is good publicity as long as it gets engagement, and are now milking it. It's important to differentiate the two. I don't think it's that black and white though. I think most of these people do truly hold these beliefs they claim to hold but they use the guise of the Internet to bypass basic human decency and hold no space for nuanced discussion with others. It's like the internet has taking all humanity out of conversation 1
Badgalbriel Posted August 28 Posted August 28 We have some members like this here Everything is a moral problem. It's tiring arguing with them
on the line Posted August 28 Posted August 28 12 hours ago, CottageHore said: I'm a progressive gay at heart but some of these chronically online "progressive" ppl on TikTok are so insufferable, specifically the white queer ones. Everything is a trigger, they have no time for nuance and civil conversation. Anyone with a slightly different take than them is "evil". It's like everyone there is offended by everything yet it's so clearly forced and disingenuous. Am I turning into my boomer uncle or do y'all notice this too? Are you sure you're not just reading the Official Presidential thread here? It's what you just described.
Cheers Posted August 28 Posted August 28 Is this about that crying bald woman that says she was trafficked into the US but really she was just adopted and given a life or privilege?
Digitalism Posted August 28 Posted August 28 It's just a special type of personality. They are fueled by ego not values. They exist also in the far right and they actually feed from each other. As they are loud and annoying they get a lot of attention on social networks and it ends up feeling like they are the general opinion of the right or left when that's not true at all. Both sides are a big part of all the hate and radicalization we see today in society. However I think a lot of people like you are starting to realise how disingenuous they are and eventually they will be consumed less and less until they change their strategy to get attention again or dissapear forever.
CottageHore Posted August 28 Author Posted August 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, Chris said: Provide some examples. Well for one… I saw this lesbian woman going viral for attacking another queer creator for referring to Chappell Roan as "queer" instead of a lesbian because he was "intentionally" (of course) erasing her lesbian identity and she made like 10 videos attacking anyone who questioned her Edited August 28 by CottageHore
Relampago. Posted August 28 Posted August 28 (edited) Sometimes yeah, but it's equally as insufferable that people complain about them rather than keeping it moving. In reality, a lot of people are way too sensitive and lack the critical thinking skills to be on social media and probably just shouldn't use it. I don't use TikTok for that reason. It annoys me alot and I can feel myself getting angry watching videos whenever I rarely open the app, even if they're just not a brand of humor I like but is popular (skibidi, mewing, mogging, demure, hawk tuah, etc. for example). I just close the app and ignore it for months cause I know it's not for me. Edited August 28 by Relampago.
LustSpell Posted August 28 Posted August 28 They're annoying as **** here on ATRL too. Usually in some comfortable ass liberal place acting all holier-than-thou looking at everything through a black and white lens. The people they allegedly hate.. they act just like them. It's ironic
Gesamtkunstwerk Posted August 28 Posted August 28 Isn't it just Tumblr all over again ? A lot of users there were genuinely passionate about social issues, but they were drowned out by people who got off the attention and victim mentality they had created by extreme black and white thinking. To me, it came off as these people had other personal problem like many insecurities, low self worth, lack of irl social life and other things, but tried to ease those things by acting like that online. This happens in many online spaces, left wing, right wing, whatever there is.
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