• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    It was the peak of civilization

    • no internet (or at least popular, easy access internet)
    • no social media
    • no streaming content
    • no online distractions

    Which meant

    • you spent more time talking to people
    • you just spent more time with people
    • you read more to ease the boredom
    • you used a library more
    • you read actual newspapers written by journalists more
    • you questioned the government more
    • you had to pay to use an inconvenient landline all the time which meant you called less and wanted to just see people more

    Now with a high speed internet connection, we’re disconnected from one another and we believe in every hair brained idea we find online.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      YOU HAD PEACE!!!

      Peace of mind.

      Peace that everyone wasn’t trying to force you to believe their opinions or be judged as evil.

      I love the internet, but it desperately eroded the barrier that stood between our internal self-image and literally everyone else in the world.