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minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoYup, and yup. Golden age: “Let’s share ideas freely and argue over semantics” Silver age: “Let’s share everything freely and jerk off to it, ignoring the ads” Bronze age: “Let’s share nothing, stream everything, visit 5 websites, and buy buy buy.”
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days ago“argue” itself lends a negative creedence on what is likely a mild discussion. “Ponder” might be more correct
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoThere was nothing mild about Usenet discussions, but I agree that how one might have conversations about such things can be very broad.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agooh for sure! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_personality
Yup, and yup.
Golden age: “Let’s share ideas freely and argue over semantics”
Silver age: “Let’s share everything freely and jerk off to it, ignoring the ads”
Bronze age: “Let’s share nothing, stream everything, visit 5 websites, and buy buy buy.”
It would be “argue about semantics”.
“argue” itself lends a negative creedence on what is likely a mild discussion. “Ponder” might be more correct
There was nothing mild about Usenet discussions, but I agree that how one might have conversations about such things can be very broad.
oh for sure!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_personality