You know, I had other things I wanted to yell about. I have about five essays in my drafts folder about like, deep systemic issues and big bad shadows on the horizon. And I have like three jobs, all of which are screaming for my attention. But I cannot

I recently listened to a “tech” podcast host drone on for 45 minutes about the “Elon vs Zuck” cage match and this piece perfectly captures the frothing, screaming stream-of-conciousness in my brain at the thought of seeing another discussion about Twitter vs Threads/Insta/Face/burning-sh*itpile. I felt some small amount of catharsis just from reading.

  • echo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    yeah, I know about Threads, I just haven’t seen any of this zuck fanboying that she’s talking about

    • snowbell@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I’ve seen a lot of people suggest that Zuck is a more ethical person, which I think is an absolutely ridiculous claim.

      • PostmodernPythia@beehaw.orgEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yep. The difference is emotional, not material. Zuck, like most billionaires, seems happy to sleep on his pile of Scrooge McDuck money and fuck people over. Muskrat does all that, but he asks something more of us than our money and our lives. He wants, maybe even needs, us to love and respect him while he does it. And that sets rage-fires in the brain-parts.

        • qprimedEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          dime store tony stark wannabe.