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- Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:12 am
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
I always see this kind of thread everywhere in other forums. This doomer mentality that the "old web" was so much better and that the modern web has gone to shit. Not that that's entirely wrong but I feel this point has been obnoxious to the alt web, atleast to me. We need to move on at some point ...
- Thu Dec 18, 2025 2:42 am
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
iirc all the advertising about that Plants Vs. Zombies "remaster" was nothing but nostalgia bait about 2009.
REMEMBER THAT GAME YOU PLAYED AS A KID????? HERE'S THE SAME THING BUT CRAPPY, EASIER AND WATERED DOWN!!!!!!!!
[2009]
REMEMBER THAT GAME YOU PLAYED AS A KID????? HERE'S THE SAME THING BUT CRAPPY, EASIER AND WATERED DOWN!!!!!!!!
[2009]
- Thu Dec 18, 2025 1:39 pm
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
I always see this kind of thread everywhere in other forums. This doomer mentality that the "old web" was so much better and that the modern web has gone to shit. Not that that's entirely wrong but I feel this point has been obnoxious to the alt web, atleast to me. We need to move on at some point ...
- Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:04 pm
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
At the risk of getting too close to violating the same rule, I don't think that people stating a simple fact (that the internet and the quality of posts/content made on it, even by humans, have degraded, and that new technology has largely lost its luster for people) has that much to do with trends ...
- Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:56 pm
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Re: Do you agree that we came in at the end, and the best is over?
i don’t really know what you mean. if you meant “the end of the ‘fun technology’ era”, than maybe. but with all due respect, this doomer mentality of “everything sucks now” is getting tiresome. you know why? because while everything made by massive tech corporations does indeed suck now, it’s the ...
- Sat Dec 20, 2025 8:21 pm
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Re: Do you agree that we came in at the end, and the best is over?
i do not agree in the slightest
the future may look grim now but god DAMN i will hold onto even the shortest thread of hope if it's the last thing i do. i WILL die a hopeful little sucker even if it's stupid
the future may look grim now but god DAMN i will hold onto even the shortest thread of hope if it's the last thing i do. i WILL die a hopeful little sucker even if it's stupid
- Sat Dec 20, 2025 10:30 pm
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Re: Do you agree that we came in at the end, and the best is over?
Sorry for being late I got hit by a horse buggy.
In some ways yesn't Lots of the best have ended but then you look back to the 20th centaury and your like damn, I'm glad I wasn't there for that sh*t. Now obvisouly Im generalizing a whole ahh centaury. But in some ways the best is over but as some ...
In some ways yesn't Lots of the best have ended but then you look back to the 20th centaury and your like damn, I'm glad I wasn't there for that sh*t. Now obvisouly Im generalizing a whole ahh centaury. But in some ways the best is over but as some ...
- Sun Dec 21, 2025 1:01 am
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
So this is something I've been thinking about for a while is how nostalgia seems to weaponized online. For a lot of us, perhaps with some rose tinted glasses, have positive memories with older tech, and the old web and I think there are things we can learn from it (aka, offline as an option, RSS ...
- Sun Dec 21, 2025 1:28 am
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
Frutiger Aero I think has gotten a bit too political for it's own good with titles like "The Future We Were Promised" where they use this neat aesthetic to be like "And that's them rubbing in why today sucks and you should feel bad!" Ain't nothing to get upset over, people! It's just a design ...
- Sun Dec 21, 2025 1:57 am
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Re: The fear of Nostalgia Weaponization
Frutiger Aero I think has gotten a bit too political for it's own good with titles like "The Future We Were Promised" where they use this neat aesthetic to be like "And that's them rubbing in why today sucks and you should feel bad!" Ain't nothing to get upset over, people! It's just a design ...