100% done with Reddit by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]compultantuser 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The 2016 election ruined it.

We are being DDOSed again, and cloudflare is catching most of it so the site is still usable. We are tweaking the settings of our DDOS protection to make it load faster by magnora7 in SaidIt

[–]compultantuser 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Why do people hate incels so much?

I don't get it. Other than typical bullshit like the condemn all muslims post 9/11.

Why are you here? What do you want this place to have that others don't? by Zombi in AskSaidIt

[–]compultantuser 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Can't deal with how 'mainstream' reddit has become basically a bastion of upper middle class values/desires. I miss diversity and debate and learning things. You can't do that on reddit anymore, there is only one acceptable viewpoint there now. Even without all the sanitation form the admins, the userbase of almost every sub is largely monotone and is dominated by the same awful cultural defaults I have been struggling to avoid from my entire life, especially the compulsion to conformity that fuels so many people.

I like talking about philosophy and literature and ideas and discovering other people's truths, but you can't do that in any of the reddit subs without getting banned because you 'offended' someone who thinks their POV is threatened by the acknowledgement of other POVs or that it's promoting hate. Goes back to college when I took a class on Nietzsche and would bring it up to others and they'd go 'that guy is Nazi, and you are reading him therefore you are a Nazi'. It's not only stupid, it's just plain wrong. Reddit is full of 'that guy is a Nazi' types. Reddit was great in 2010 or so, full of people who were curious and open instead of people who are fueled by pathological need to guilt/shame anything they feel is bad, even by association, regardless of whether it is actually good or bad. Shift seems to have happened around 2014-2016, and now the admins are making 'corporate reddit' the default.

Blizzard's Hong Kong Screw-Up Is Officially an International Incident by magnora7 in WorldNews

[–]compultantuser 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How warped is this world that people who voice an opinion for freedom and democracy are now being forcibly removed from whatever platform they are on?

And these companies expect people not to react to that obvious shitting on basic human rights?

Found this site from certain subs criticizing what Reddit has become. I don't like hate speech but I also don't like people censoring speech because it's contradictory to progress on giving people rights. Thanks for creating Saidit! by NerfThis in SaidIt

[–]compultantuser 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I dunno man, I see lots of crazies on this site who seem to think reddit is a conspiracy or something.

Saidit is expanding from 1 server to 3 servers by magnora7 in SaidIt

[–]compultantuser 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Nice.

"Why are you so quiet?" by MentalHealth in MentalHealth

[–]compultantuser 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm quiet because I don't have anything to say about the bullshit gossipy nonsense most people are talking to me about. I don't give a shit about celebrities or how much Karen pisses you off.

"Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused." - Aaron Swartz by magnora7 in quotes

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

because it is a very different place.

it's not a tiny website for enthusiasts. it's a mega site that is being gamed for profit and marketing.

Why I hate living in my tiny house by Vigte in whatever

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The tiny house thing is akin to the van living thing now, ideas for rich morons who want to prove they can do without or are 'different'. Then they wake the fuck up and you never hear from them again.

The Boomers Ruined Everything | The Atlantic by Entropick in collapse

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They basically decided they didn't want to pay for society anymore because we gave the blacks civil rights in the 60s and the end of school segregation. Hence the tax revolts of the 70s and Reagan in the 80s.

When did all the problems in our infrastructure, education, and health care start becoming noticeable? The 90s...

Even at the local level, you can see how much zoning increase in the same time period as a way to keep the blacks and other undesirables out. It's racism and classism all the way down. Nobody wants a 'great society unless it's exclusively white and wealthy.

Shared letters between Greek, English, and Cyrillic alphabets by magnora7 in Infographics

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Greek from Athens during 3rd/4th century. Aristotle, Plato, Aristophanes, Sophocles, etc.

Bible is in Hellenistic Greek originally, which came after, and is simplified a bit from the attic.

Shared letters between Greek, English, and Cyrillic alphabets by magnora7 in Infographics

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh man I learned attic Greek, it was fun. I want to take Russian to learn Cyrillic

100% done with Reddit by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What good subreddits would you say are left?

Homes Are Unaffordable for Wage Workers in 71% of U.S. Counties by magnora7 in news

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Asset inflation can't go on forever. Home prices are inflated by historically low interest rates.

If we want houses to become more affordable we need somewhere more productive for capital to go, and to raise interest rates.

"Captain Marvel Is Only The Beginning - Kevin Feige Says The Future Is Female" by John Talks (2019-03-11) - MCU will soon have more female heroes than male heroes. by JasonCarswell in Movies

[–]compultantuser 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It would help if they had better writers. Cpt. Marvel was really a let down in terms of writing. They coasted way too on the female/90s stuff instead of writing a more fleshed out character.

Why are you here? What do you want this place to have that others don't? by Zombi in AskSaidIt

[–]compultantuser 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

account is 14 days old or do you have to make 14 days of posts?