pattycakes_
Can turn naughty
A post of strung together notes because I can barely be arsed.
Dissensus has become embittered, reflecting the global post COVID malaise. A dark toxic cloud looms above while the inhabitants laugh it up below. Squabbling, contrived and generic banter by numbers, certain jealousies against actual talent, mob rule, listless, artless posting for posting's sake, half hearted attempts at stirring up the embers of yore, general 4chan level bs. All signs that the forum is in it's dying stages. Another sure sign is the meta, hyper self referential type of posting that's been going on the last few pages. Talking about posting. Taking about the forum from the 3rd person. Certain people always thinking they know better and trying to shape everything in their own image instead of just letting it breathe and evolve. There's a lostness to that. Being in a war where you don't even know what side you're on or who or what you're fighting for. The rupture during early COVID did some serious damage to this forum, but it was already pretty toxic before that. It's become more about instant gratification than actually building something. The positivity has been drowned out by toxicity. Petty snark, jealousy and bullying vs actually making an effort. Certain people who don't have much to contribute seem to especially enjoy jumping on the bullying wagon.
There's so many people who could have become bright, shining lights, but in the name of banter and instant gratification, you've basically clipped their wings, all the while justifying it as 'for their own good' or whatever else to lessen the subconscious guilt that comes with that.
Thing is though, who's actually even got the juice anymore? I would guess not many, and so it's easier to just do the schoolyard bullshit. And that shit tends to rear it's head more during these lulls.
It's a shame because this *was* one of the last outposts on the net.
Sometimes the beloved hazing goes too far.
In b4 someone posts 'well why even come here then?! 😤'
Dissensus has become embittered, reflecting the global post COVID malaise. A dark toxic cloud looms above while the inhabitants laugh it up below. Squabbling, contrived and generic banter by numbers, certain jealousies against actual talent, mob rule, listless, artless posting for posting's sake, half hearted attempts at stirring up the embers of yore, general 4chan level bs. All signs that the forum is in it's dying stages. Another sure sign is the meta, hyper self referential type of posting that's been going on the last few pages. Talking about posting. Taking about the forum from the 3rd person. Certain people always thinking they know better and trying to shape everything in their own image instead of just letting it breathe and evolve. There's a lostness to that. Being in a war where you don't even know what side you're on or who or what you're fighting for. The rupture during early COVID did some serious damage to this forum, but it was already pretty toxic before that. It's become more about instant gratification than actually building something. The positivity has been drowned out by toxicity. Petty snark, jealousy and bullying vs actually making an effort. Certain people who don't have much to contribute seem to especially enjoy jumping on the bullying wagon.
There's so many people who could have become bright, shining lights, but in the name of banter and instant gratification, you've basically clipped their wings, all the while justifying it as 'for their own good' or whatever else to lessen the subconscious guilt that comes with that.
Thing is though, who's actually even got the juice anymore? I would guess not many, and so it's easier to just do the schoolyard bullshit. And that shit tends to rear it's head more during these lulls.
It's a shame because this *was* one of the last outposts on the net.
Sometimes the beloved hazing goes too far.
In b4 someone posts 'well why even come here then?! 😤'
