#internet thoughts

There's no Dad over there.

The problem is not that we can make anonymous accounts, the problem is that we can make more than one of them.

There are people who cannot conceive of themselves as someone who harm being done to matters.

There is no satire so obviously critical of its subject that someone will not look at the straight reading and say "that's cool, we should do it".

The troll that provokes only flames in response is not the true troll. (James "Kibo" Parry)

The second-best trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince people that marking out is morally and intellectually defensible.

The best trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince people that there is such a thing as Gone Too Far To Change Our Minds Now.

do i like this song or have i just listened to a 20s extract over and over again?

alternatively:

do i hate this song or have i just listened to a 20s extract over and over again?

there is no way to tell. both tend to happen in succession tho.

How will tumblr+ posts even work with reblogging if you have to pay to see them?

It’s honestly surprising.

My interpretation of him is that he’s the ultimate Soft Boi. One who was successfully brainwashed by a father who he wanted—he needed (see Soft Boi status)—to love him. A father, who as we know, never did.

There’s a thread on the pro greyhound group right now about how adoptive owners shouldn’t change a dog’s name after adoption and just stick to their call name instead to make the transition easier.

And, like, I get it. But I also don’t think this is the be all and end all when it comes to helping a greyhound transition to retired life. I think there are more effective things we could do to aid with their transition to retired life. Some greyhounds (like Lio) May not even respond to their call name at all. So changing their name may not actually be a big deal. Dogs don’t feel the same way about names as humans do. It’s a noise to them. For Lio, his name means recall. If we think about a retired greyhound’s new name the same way we do as other commands (like down, leave it, or stay), it’s not unimaginable to think that a retired greyhound could take to their new name as easily as they would other commands as long as you’re consistent with your training.

I said something along these lines in the greyhound group and someone replied with “you have the right to your opinion..”

Which is dismissive and exhausting. Even if unintentional. She then responded to other post more in line with her position with lots of CAPS LOCKS MESSAGES OF AGREEMENT. So it’s obvious to me she’s not interested in actually responding to what I have to say.

I know this is an internet problem and not exclusively a greyhound Facebook problem but I see this issue come up so much more often on Facebook than any other platform. Kesi once said that she thinks it’s because Facebook is generally an older crowd. I think that may be part of it but I think it also has to do with literacy and the scope of digital literacy amongst populations that pretty much only use fb and aren’t fully saturated in diverse online environments.

Anyway,

Cause like with this crippling depression it’s so hard to feel good about stuff and I already have a tendency to self-isolate, and maybe since that’d be harder if I didn’t have the internet to occupy me, it’d be less of an issue, but so much of the dorky, silly, crazy, stuff that you see around on the internet just enhances my quality of life by a large margin because I have these little injections of hilarity and joy all the time.... and I’m just so grateful.  Cause that gets me through the day.