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Jun 16, 2024 at 8:09pmWeb
Show threadThe Mad CodgerJun 16, 2024
@trueslicky What's that from?
Show threadTrue SlickyJun 16, 2024

@madcodger

Original source:

https://pleated-jeans.com/2024/06/16/reddit-anticonsumption/

40 Memes That Show How Late-Stage Capitalism Is Destroying The Planet From 'Anticonsumption'

These would be funny if they weren't so sad.

Pleated Jeans
Show threadThe Mad CodgerJun 16, 2024
@trueslicky God that was a depressing read. Nothing I wasn't already aware of, but still…
Show threadAgnesJun 16, 2024
@madcodger The actual original source is this article by Paul Ford, but I don't think he's on Mastodon (yet?): https://www.wired.com/story/god-did-us-a-favor-by-destroying-twitter/
God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter

Remember what happened with the Tower of Babel? Same type of deal.

WIRED
Show threadCyJun 17, 2024
@trueslicky what are you reading?
Show threadTrue SlickyJun 18, 2024

@cy Original source:

https://pleated-jeans.com/2024/06/16/reddit-anticonsumption/

40 Memes That Show How Late-Stage Capitalism Is Destroying The Planet From 'Anticonsumption'

These would be funny if they weren't so sad.

Pleated Jeans
Show threadCyJun 18, 2024

@trueslicky Huh. It strikes me as odd because it's printed medium, but it's talking about the Fediverse aka "Mastodon."

"It accepts that as we centralize and debate we melt down, and so it comes with a giant sticker that reads BABEL BUILT IN!"

In that sense, the author is pretending to be a billonaire, saying "Happy people are boring." They're glad it's a tough question for billionaires, very sarcastically.

Billionaires don't call themselves billionaires.