JA Westenberg
All you need to know about the tech industry is that the people building tools to "connect humanity" haven't spoken to their neighbours in 6 years
Mar 3 at 9:34pmTypefully
Show threadKenneth BousquetMar 3

@Daojoan If this is the case, It would be for good reasons.

1-To keep the focus on what really matters.

2-Respect for the work that has already been done and keeping track of results.

Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMar 6
@KennethBousquet @Daojoan wow, these replies are a ready-made blocklst, awesome!
Show threadMattJohnsMar 3
@Daojoan They didn't even used to speak to people in the next cubicle. That was a clue...
Show threadGreen ex LibrisMar 3

@Daojoan Do you mean that in a good way? Like yeah, they kinda do build tools which connect humanity. Imagine any big tech... Tools might not be good, but they are still useful.

At the same time this sounds negative like "why don't they try to talk to people themselves first".

Show threadGreen ex LibrisMar 3
@Daojoan It's not like those people in particular don't talk to their neighbors, it's more like for all of us it became much easier to talk to someone on the other side of the globe (like you quite literally might be from me). Than it is to talk to someone who lives right next to you for 15 years...
Show threadGreen ex LibrisMar 3

@Daojoan It is much easier to open up to someone on the internet. If they don't like you, you can forget about it and never talk to that person again. You might even block each other. So the price of misunderstanding is extremely low.

Real life is not like that. In real life we have "small talk" to fill the awkward silence. Notice there is no small talk on the internet? That's the goal in life too: talking about something meaningful with strangers... But damn it's hard...

Show threadDaniel LatzMar 3
@Daojoan You can’t choose your family, or your neighbours
Show threadohirMar 4

@Daojoan @KennethBousquet

> haven't spoken to their neighbours in 6 years "keeping focus on what really matters".

then after all those years they get sold on a "publish under MIT" hype "to let some big corpo pay you for maintenance"...
An icon or possibly two.
#nerdkarma

Show threadFelis_Catus_DomesticusMar 4
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Show threadJL Johnson Mar 4
@Daojoan @arthur I’m still waiting for all of the BS they promised with the introduction of 5G. All I got was shittier service and a retirement of the 3G failover from when LTE sucked
Show threadArthur RosaMar 4
@User47 don’t worry. 6G is already coming for you
Show threadPatrickMar 4
@User47 @Daojoan @arthur I'm still waiting for 5G to kill all the conspiracy theorists. It disappoints on all fronts
Show threadPhil WolffMar 4
@Daojoan the neighbors are hoping for six more
Show threadides.devMar 4
@Daojoan they’ll even go as far as purchasing all the surrounding properties so they don’t have to have neighbours! Goes to show how “social” they are.
Show threadiamdtmsMar 4
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Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMar 6
@Daojoan You reminded me of this photo I took the other day, these antisocial techbro losers are all waiting for *the same* bus into Seattle, I mean, just look at these sociopathic fuckers, it’s like an Abbey Road of making the world worse.