the rest of the internet is even more shit and boring at least this place knows what it is
(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 22 Apr 2025, 18:33,
archived)
also, and I'm sorry to go on so much (what mongy would call insisting on myself) but because here was pre a lot of the innovations of later sm, it is not so prone to the deeply unhealthy interactive patterns that actually reward insisting on oneself
(
vladimir, Tue 22 Apr 2025, 19:16,
archived)
as a for-example, I vaguely remember horrified outrage when the popular page happened, and it subsequently being used sarcastically forever after (maybe it was always here but I think it might have been bolted onto /talk at some point)
(
vladimir, Tue 22 Apr 2025, 19:18,
archived)