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The early internet was so human and genuine.

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this is exactly what i said to a friend today
actually, in a few years, maybe the young people won't spend their time on instagram, because it's all bots anyways. maybe then the young people will enjoy living outside of their screen-devices again, and physical life could get a revival.
- When I was a teen, way before the internet, if the outside didn't hold much appeal (usually because it was raining) staying in my room and reading sci-fi and listening to music and stand-up comedy on cassette was a viable option. I'm ok with going back to that. My ebooks directory runneth over.
- I don't think so. We've all been happily having discussions with bots online for a long time now. People just don't notice that the person they are writing to isn't a human.
  We went from talking in person to talking via computer and no talking with a computer. It's not getting better.
  
  My feeling is that genAI and capitalism are destroying themselves. Now, all web content that is scraped to feed genAI is poisoned by other genAI. So the quality will get worse, and then people will find other ways to use teh tubes of noise. And then the funding for shit genAI websites will dry up, and some of the remaining web content will still be there, because the rest of us aren't capitalists.
  
  The problem is that people just accept a continuous drop in quality.
  I once had a conversation with an old woman who told me that it would be unheard off for someone with some level of status or self respect to wear ill-fitting off-the-shelf clothing back in the 50s, and nowadays even TV news anchors are wearing cheap off-the-shelf suits.
  The same thing applies for everything. When I was a kid, the transition from small, independently owned shops with qualified stuff who'd give you proper consultation to chain stores in malls was just under way. Old people would complain all day that the staff in chain stores had no clue about the stuff they were selling. And yet everyone went to the chain stores in the mall because they had a bigger selection and were cheaper.
  And now there's the same thing happening with the chain stores in malls getting replaced by online shopping, and now not only is there no one to consult you on your purchase, you can't even trust the product listings because they are riddled with errors.
  For a while you could trust reviews, but that time is long gone, but still everyone just happily shops and consumes away, because online shopping is cheaper, there's a bigger selection and it's more convenient.
  The same process is happening all the time everywhere. Stuff just gets gradually shittier, but we just accept it, because we get used to it.
- What is there for them to do n outside?
  
  Dodge traffic, get assaulted by constant advertising, get sunburned, encounter the great unwashed masses of humanity. Or get coffee. I dunno.
  
  Bocce Ball. That game is fucking awesome.
  
  Have a conversation? Go for a walk? Play one of many different types of non-sport or sport games? Generally hang out. The possibility are endless.
  
  Sounds expensive.
  
  Being outside should be free?
  
  That's called "loitering".
  
  I feel extremely sorry for you of there's actually zero green space around you other than shopping. Heck, even if you're in NYC you're not that far from a park.
  
  Outside costs me $100+ every time.
  
  Haha, how do you manage to do this?
  
  Maybe once they get to college. They sure aren't doing that in suburban hell
  
  I dunno, I live in suburbia and our kids manage to spend a lot of time outside with neighborhood kids. It's a nice change of pace over the same neighborhood 10 years ago. The neighborhood is starting to turn over generationally and there are a lot more people outside now.
  
  Parks and libraries in the US today are more badass than when I was a kid. My kids love them.

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