Post #2458712

2026-05-11 03:00 UTC

@cabel@social.panic.com I can't imagine "the internet" getting boo'd like that in 2001 Grads would have cheered along for "internet" Or even like bitcoin in say 2010, lots of people were skeptical but would not have just boo'd This is remarkably unpopular.

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@Landa@graz.social 2026-05-11 06:09

@futurebird@sauropods.win Proponents are always comparing it to the industrial revolution, but maybe it's better compared to the likes of leaded gasoline, CFC aerosol cans, or asbestos anything. Maybe some of us have learned to spot a pattern. @cabel@social.panic.com

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@lipow@norden.social 2026-05-11 08:18

@futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com Well, I guess there are quite a few people in the audience who have been told that their just received diplomas may be decorative on their bedroom walls, but will not give them access to rewarding, well-paid jobs like they were promised 4 years ago ... soooooo ...

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@AT1ST@mstdn.ca 2026-05-11 08:39

@futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com Notable too, her next line, "A few years ago, A.I. was not a factor in our lives" *does* get cheered, so they're clearly not out for the speaker themselves, but the specific message. As opposed to people who thought Conservatives were confused when they cheered when one of the Conservative speakers was say "Do you want impeachment?", and was not expecting the cheering then either...and figured they could point out that they were *supposed* to be opposed to another impeachment of Trump this recent year.

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@cinebox@masto.hackers.town 2026-05-19 03:15

@futurebird@sauropods.win @cabel@social.panic.com I don’t think “bitcoin” would get that reaction even now

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