+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@qoto.org

just dawned on me that i'm now at an age where i really can say that i used to know someone.

@WALFTEAM we really didn't know how good things were

die marine umfährt das rote meer weil sie die hosen gestrichen voll haben vor den huthis.

@lcamtuf the switch from "don't trust the state" to "YOU FUCKING NAZI THE STATE IS ALWAYS RIGHT AND CORRECT" did go really fast in germany. about 5-10 years. late 2000s still were relatively sane.

doing a new thread for this for being totally OT: i think deep down i just am sad that i don't have close RL friends anymore. i know some new people by now who seem to be nice but i wouldn't call them my friends. maybe it's midlife crisis or something.

or maybe the shitty psyops really did work. the "pandemic" really did make me pretty careful what i say to people i know: i already was in a not ao great place, seeing people i thought i know breaking contact with their parents over vaccination status really fucked me up. i now expect that if some "law" says put people in camps for disagreeing with current thing, 80% of the population will do it happily. even, maybe especially, your own family and friends.

@ullard @SuperDicq ... with shitposting being likely more worthwhile than RL seriousposting where i constantly expect that someone turns crazy, reporting me to some minitru.

@MK2boogaloo i threw them out years ago

@MK2boogaloo i miss my 90s pc speakers

@ullard @SuperDicq i spend 10 years with XMPP in half working state. stuff like file transfers never worked right, the functions that worked were roughly IRC level. i started using matrix in 2017 or 2018 and it just worked ™.

i think IRCv3 looks very promising and they even manage to not fuck up everything existing by it. the only thing they need are clients which look more like messengers.

i actually have set my mind on using IRC more in the lasts months, i just don't know people on there. i use matrix mostly for RL stuff and some select channels. it's the usual problem of people being on different messengers.

maybe i should just use IRC for shitposting or something.

@SuperDicq i'm really pissed about this because things were good and worked well for two or three years.

@SuperDicq really thinking about just abandoning matrix. the amount of bullshit (social and technical) they done in the last two years is amazing.

acquaintances who are inclined to this alternative stuff are falling prey to an essential oils pyramid scheme

and it's not the oils that are bullshit, oils are great for some ailments. i use one essential oil myself, it works very well and i can get it everywhere without joining a club.

it's the fucking obvious pyramid scheme utilizing recruiting techniques of cults. these people talk about the oils of one manufacturer like if they were imbued with the holy spirit or something.