623
The Internet is Forever
(lemmy.nz)
In link rot we trust.
The decline and data loss of MySpace was helpful for people in this regard.
Interesting timing for that ill fated migration. Just everything prior to GDPR regulations was lost.
Honesty we need to be more forgiving of people's pasts. It's not like people before phone cameras never got drunk at parties, it just didn't get recorded and every employer thinks their employees are especially tight laced.
I think it’ll happen eventually, we’re just living in the unfortunate period where culture hasn’t evolved to the new environment yet.
I struggle with the concept of forgiveness and consequences. There isn't an objective good. Someone who reforms can repeat the same mistake. There is no single state of existence that makes someone right or wrong at any given point. Sometimes, the difference isn't in the person but the environment. Things like the golden rule seem flawed and overly simplistic.
I think there is an objective good. That goodness is Life itself. So long as we treat all Life with respect and try to live a life of balance, that makes us good. You are right though that this is still a very simplified view, and what it means to "live in balance" can depend on the situation or environment. But it's a starting point at least.
As for forgiveness, it's a choice. If someone makes an honest mistake, it should be easy to forgive them, as whatever harm they caused was not intentional. But if someone makes a wilful mistake, it will be harder to forgive them. And yet, because forgiveness is a choice, we can look at the reasons why someone acted in a manner that was harmful, and still decide to forgive them, especially if they repent.
As for consequences, those are results of our actions, whether intentional or unintentional. They are not strictly related to the concept of forgiveness, but generally speaking, we find it easy to forgive someone if their actions are harmless, or if the consequences don't affect us personally. But if someone's actions do affect us, we find it harder to forgive, regardless of whether something was an honest mistake or not. But the key to forgiveness, in my opinion, is that we need to look beyond the consequences and look beyond how we were personally affected. Forgiveness is a choice, and that choice is easier to make if our emotion is not muddied by consequence.
"So, you said on social media that you hate this group of people..."
"Woah, that was like, 10 years ago."
"Oh, so I take it those aren't representative of your current views then?"
"... Lets not be too hasty."
The opposite is true if you're a nepo baby. See the entire GOP.
fake: there's in-person job interviews (/s)
People are so lucky for all the great knowledge that was lost when altavista bought dejanews and Google bought altavista. I saw stuff on early 90s usenet that was way way way worse than anything you can see on the modern internet.
I miss the old internet. Even the dirty underside.
When you have a medium of free expression full of weird people who don’t give a shit what the others think, you get the full spectrum of genius from the most horribly grotesque to the most inspiring beauty.
But when you start filling that space with people who think they should conform to what everyone else thinks, and worse, think that everyone else should conform to some behavior, you lose both ends of the spectrum and are left with relatively homogeneous monotony.
Reddit in a nutshell.
Sadly it's people's need for validation that drives them to interact here and platforms just reflect that. Up/downmodding, persistent identity, profiles, logins, none of that was ever necessary for us to have conversations in the beginning.
People look at places like this as platforms that encourage discussion, but the incentive is always to post and comment in the way most people will agree with. That doesn't encourage discussion, it streamlines and simplifies it, removes nuance. And disagreement? Your comment is forced to the bottom of the page and ultimately collapsed / hidden. On reddit it can even be removed by automod to stop you from leaking all that precious karma.
And don't get me started on the profit motive. In the 90s we were just happy a business came on here and interacted with us. There just wasn't any way to make money here when it was nerds talking to other nerds. Now the motivation for being present on the internet is to go viral so you can get money and attention.
I don't care what it takes to get all these newcomers off here but it can't happen soon enough.
Ha the account avatar pic is exactly the same as the actual guy in the last panel.
Not sure if this is a reference to one of her songs or just an example of intrusive thoughts that people feel compelled to share on the internet.
Will my comment on this post also be on the internet forever? In that case, I plead the fifth.
Saved
Dammit
Meanwhile, everybody wanting to be an amateur porn star on ph:
If showing your tits on the internet is going to stop those folks from being able to get jobs in their 30s, what are we going to do with them all? There's a LOT of porn on the internet, like TONS.
some ukrainian companies used to pull shit like that and it got to a point when other companies started openly saying they don't that to entice more candidates.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2025
623 points (98.9% liked)
Comic Strips
25177 readers
2983 users here now
Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
Rules
-
😇 Be Nice!
- Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.
-
🏘️ Community Standards
- Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
- Posts should be safe and enjoyable by the majority of community members, both here on lemmy.world and other instances.
- Any comic that would qualify as raunchy, lewd, or otherwise draw unwanted attention by nosy coworkers, spouses, or family members should be tagged as NSFW.
- Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
-
🧬 Keep it Real
- Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.
-
📽️ Credit Where Credit is Due
- Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
- Attributions include, but are not limited to, watermarks, links, or other text or imagery that artists add to their comics to use for identification purposes. If you find a comic without any such markings, it would be a good idea to see if you can find an original version. If one cannot be found, say so and ask the community for help!
-
📋 Post Formatting
- Post an image, gallery, or link to a specific comic hosted on another site; e.g., the author's website.
- Meta posts about the community should be tagged with [Meta] either at the beginning or the end of the post title.
- When linking to a comic hosted on another site, ensure the link is to the comic itself and not just to the website; e.g.,
✅ Correct: https://xkcd.com/386/
❌ Incorrect: https://xkcd.com/
-
📬 Post Frequency/SPAM
- Each user (regardless of instance) may post up to five (5 🖐) comics a day. This can be any combination of personal comics you have written yourself, or other author's comics. Any comics exceeding five (5 🖐) will be removed.
-
🏴☠️ Internationalization (i18n)
- Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
Sí, por favor [Spanish/Español]
- Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
-
🍿 Moderation
- We are human, just like most everybody else on Lemmy. If you feel a moderation decision was made in error, you are welcome to reach out to anybody on the moderation team for clarification. Keep in mind that moderation decisions may be final.
- When reporting posts and/or comments, quote which rule is being broken, and why you feel it broke the rules.
Banned Artists
The following artists are banned from the community.
- Jago
- Stonetoss
- GPrime85
It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.
Web Accessibility
Note: This is not a rule, but a helpful suggestion.
When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:
Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)
Web of Links
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world: "I use Arch btw"
- !memes@lemmy.world: memes (you don't say!)
Other Comic Communities of Interest
- !bloomcounty@sopuli.xyz
- !calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world
- !cyanideandhappiness@discuss.online
- !exo@discuss.online
- !foxtrot@slrpnk.net
- !garfield@lemmy.world
- !moomin@sopuli.xyz
- !oglaf@discuss.online (NSFW)
- !outland@slrpnk.net
- !pbf@discuss.online
- !peanuts@discuss.online
- !smbc@discuss.online
- !theboondocks@slrpnk.net
- !thefarside@sh.itjust.works
- !xkcd@lemmy.world
- !NoseEars@lemy.lol
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS