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Veggie tales really predicted the future when they said, back in 2003 "In the future entertainment will be randomly generated."

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Woah, really? Haha. Veggie Tales always felt a bit dystopian to me. Haven’t watched much of it, but from what I’ve seen.

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The bit that became a meme about meme

https://youtu.be/j4Ph02gzqmY?si=214LOrrs5oLenM81

If we all recoils into private space, internet will ressemble it’s early days with private chat rooms. But we will lack in discoverability of new voices.

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Haha thanks for this link! And I agree. Will also be harder for advertisers to reach people, which is probably a good thing.

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Discord influencer era gonna be crazy

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Very true, though I find Discord to be a very male space. I don’t think that many women use the platform.

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No it’s group tchat I would say

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I hadn't heard of this theory named as such but it's something I've been considering and didn't have the language for. Thanks for enlightening me.

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Thanks! Were you pondering it in general, or actively moving to private spaces?

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Sort of both. Or more like not being online at all (that's not going to happen) 😅

I've tried Discord and didn't gel with it.

I suppose I'm aware of the public aspect of these spaces. So my IRL life has become way more private. In a way, I see the IRL as private and the online life as public. I'd rather retreat to reality, then another online space that says it's private, y'know?

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