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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

So, I was watching happily for a while, until the video started playing news clips... from GB News.

For those who don't know, GB News is essentially the British equivalent of Fox News. Far-right, low-quality, and the reporting is rarely factual.

Anyway, I decided to look at the channel itself, and...

CW: Misogyny

So, you can fuck right off and take your incel vtuber with you.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Thanks for warning me, so I didn't soil my YouTube recommendations with alt-right slop!

[–] november@lemmy.vg 28 points 6 days ago

Nice ragebait channel, is it yours?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 21 points 6 days ago

Even if this claim was true, which is dubious (presumably Guterres goes on to explain what global action he's calling for, yet there's no mention of that in the video), there must've been a better source than rightwing bigots.

[–] SW42@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I miss the 2000s era internet. We just got a 1 MBit connection. It was glorious. Chatting over IRC, participating in forums for special interests, no social media, no smartphone, just joy.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I've maintained for years that Web 2.0 has done more harm to humanity than any other single human invention.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

lol I grew up with a 2400bps modem connecting to BBS. 1mbit sounded dreamy for years and years.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

2400bps modem

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