PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was
astoundingly non-social, the other people were
focussed on their mobile phones. So I did likewise.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro:
Grant Taylor:
Usenet is not social media.
Which of those words do you think does not apply?
The noun should be singular, for Usenet is a medium. As for
the adjective, `social' has grown so inflated, discredited,
and besmirched by its use in "social network" and "social
platform" as actually to accrue negative connotations on its
own. It is for the lack of the vicious features of social
media that I love Usenet, so how can I call it that? No,
Usenet is a medium for public discussions.
Kerr-Mudd, John:
PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was
astoundingly non-social, the other people were
focussed on their mobile phones. So I did likewise.
So that club is no longer a sutiable "medium for public
discussions." Smartphones are joykillers, and social
networks, ironically, great disuniters of people.
Kerr-Mudd, John:
PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was
astoundingly non-social, the other people were
focussed on their mobile phones. So I did likewise.
So that club is no longer a sutiable "medium for public
discussions." Smartphones are joykillers, and social
networks, ironically, great disuniters of people.
I feel like I am a very strange person sometimes. ;)
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
[...]
I feel like I am a very strange person sometimes. ;)
On anonymity:
"Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away..."
--Hughes Mearns
(nothing personal meant)
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
I feel like I am a very strange person sometimes. ;)
Being normal may be nice for a vector.
I'm not a vector.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2024, yeti wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
I feel like I am a very strange person sometimes. ;)
Being normal may be nice for a vector.
I'm not a vector.
I often find people at the edges of the overton window way more
interesting than normal peolpe. That is why I don't vote. The
discussions are so trivial and well within the window that they bore
me to tears.
Kerr-Mudd, John:
PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was
astoundingly non-social, the other people were
focussed on their mobile phones. So I did likewise.
So that club is no longer a sutiable "medium for public
discussions." Smartphones are joykillers, and social
networks, ironically, great disuniters of people.
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2024, yeti wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> writes:
I feel like I am a very strange person sometimes. ;)
Being normal may be nice for a vector.
I'm not a vector.
I often find people at the edges of the overton window way more
interesting than normal peolpe. That is why I don't vote. The
discussions are so trivial and well within the window that they bore
me to tears.
A man after my own heart.
Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> writes:
Kerr-Mudd, John:
PS &OT, today I went for a drink in a Social Club; it was
astoundingly non-social, the other people were
focussed on their mobile phones. So I did likewise.
So that club is no longer a sutiable "medium for public
discussions." Smartphones are joykillers, and social
networks, ironically, great disuniters of people.
Totally true.
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