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posted ago by MakeMyCoffeeLiberal ago by MakeMyCoffeeLiberal +5949 / -2

Get rid of all your accounts. Shop only at local small businesses. Get rid of this poison in your life. Meet people in person. Join community groups and church/synagogue groups.

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Jaqen 20 points ago +21 / -1

Consider this: technology is tools. The first technology was hammers, sticks, rocks, blades.

Never blame the tool, unless the tool is broken. The truth is that the user of the tool is almost always to blame.

Do guns kill people? Or do gun users kill people?

Is tech tool xyz evil? Or is the user, using tech tool xyz a certain (bad) way, evil?

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NYC_4_Trump 10 points ago +10 / -0

The internet was best around 2004. It wasn't in the palm of your hand, which meant it couldn't impact your every waking moment. It was the perfect intersection of utility and fun.

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Jaqen 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yeah agreed. Timeline was sometime after dialup, but before communism.