I Cracked the Case of the Dead Internet.

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  @UnnameBird · 1 month ago

  The last time I was this early the internet was still alive

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• EA

  @EagleM16 · 1 month ago

  This was a cool sneaky way to demonstrate dialectical materialism. Practical applications are the best way for some people (like me, I'm some people) to learn.

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• EM

  @emmas1366 · 1 month ago

  I like how this has basically become the best channel for applying dialectics to modern discussions.

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• AN

  @AnonymousAnarchist2 · 1 month ago

  I am begining to think this Kapital stuff might be bad for humans and human creations.

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  @georgekostaras · 1 month ago

  As Stephanie sterling once said, the internet used to be pretty good until corporations carved it up into private fiefdoms

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  @1May1312 · 1 month ago

  In the late 90s, my dad bought me a computer so I could write my papers in the safety of my apartment if I felt like pulling an all-nighter. He was like, "It has a 4 GB hard drive, so you'll never run out of space!" Later that semester, I made an interesting discovery -- a music file called an MP3 that I could download in about 30 minutes over my 56 kb/s dial-up connection. Pretty soon, Dad's prediction about never running out of space fell flat.

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  @MadeInMichigan · 1 month ago

  I knew the internet would turn into a slopfest all the way back in the 90s when I heard Pepsi set up a website. Why would Pepsi need a website? What would even be on it? Pictures of people drinking cans of Pepsi? What kind of person wants to stay on top of whatever Pepsi has been up to lately?<br><br>While I did predict the slopification, nothing prepared me for the absolute level of degradation all of humanity would suffer because of it. Every day, it seems, a new horror unfolds. And everybody just kind of shrugs and goes back to fingerblasting facebook or whatever it is they do on their phones all day. <br><br>The whole arrangement is bizarre.

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  @artpan4376 · 1 month ago

  Used to be...&quot;Bread and games&quot;...and now, &quot;Bread, games and total surveillance&quot;.

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  @TheKnightguard1 · 1 month ago

  Genuinely my new favorite video on the internet as someone who uses it too much and also interacts with a lot of media from these political alignments. It was engaging, thoughtful and injected a hefty sum of hope into a topic that is usually brought up amongst doomers with no plan to take that issue and make an impact irl. By contrast, I am filled with hope at three in the morning and my gears are turning about who I&apos;m going to conversate with at work about this (especially more tech savvy folks) and begin to imagine how to move to the next stage of development. Thank you guys.<br><br>PS I am tremendously enjoying the physical version of Luna&apos;s translated work. Please keep going. You both are doing a huge service to workers here in the English-speaking west. My nearest thing to a complaint is that this surge of excitement in the wee hours of the morning has had a negative dialectical impact upon my sleep.

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  @52flyingbicycles · 1 month ago

  Finally, an end of video appeal to internet privacy that isn’t a segue into a VPN ad

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  @nextabe1 · 1 month ago

  This is brilliant, especially since I&apos;ve been reading Volume I. Seeing application of dialectical materialism is really helpful. Thank you!

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  @billmozart7288 · 1 month ago

  &quot;Huh, they have the internet on computers now&quot; - Homer Simpson<br><br>Anybody remember playing Starcraft over dial up and losing to people with better internet connections?

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