2026-07-31 20:26 UTC
@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz @dalias@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
2 years ago Microsoft increased the price of XBoxx. In retaliation, retailers all over the world discounted their remaining stocks, and discontinued them. They knew Microsoft was getting out of manufacturing, and refused to sell stuff that would no longer be supported with repairs or exchanges if the thing went dead.
As for being on their phones all day, they need to stop wasting their time in Facebook and Instagram and tiktok. It is a proven source of mental problems for people of all ages.
I'm uncomfortable even posting on mistaken because there are scammers, misinformation, and at least one foreign agent who hasn't covered their tracks well enough, and has a following.
I prefer to deal with people in person. Always have. You could delete 99.9% of all social media posts, 99.9% of all tiktok and YouTube videos, and the world would be a better place.
Problem is, people are addicted and wouldn't even know what to do with their free time. It's sad.
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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz 2026-07-31 20:58
@barbra@social.vivaldi.net @dalias@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange there's a lot of irony in telling people on social media to stop spending time on social media. Imagine if you'd be talking about your own posts there, are you going to delete 99.9% of your own posts? Even the conversation we're having right now is entirely pointless to some degree. In fact you could say the same about the entirety of life; we all just exist in a vacuum and nothing we do is of any consequence. Doesn't make it less valid though.