Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 125 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Friendly reminder that the panopticon we live under today was considered horrifying a hundred years ago

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's still horrifying today. We're just powerless to stop it.

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We didn't start the fire....

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

But we're tryin ta fight it 🎶

[–] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

It was always burning.

[–] kwarg@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Ryan started the fire

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or even 25 years ago! They (and in many cases we) tried to warn them. Turns out the other "they" are happy to give it away for AI slop videos.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

That's not when they gave it away. It was well and truly gone 24 years ago lest terrorists win