Menstruating Bats is the name of my new emo band. Oddly enough, Emo Philips was my first choice for singer, but all he’d sing about was cole slaw so I had to fire him.
If you haven’t read Cory Doctorow on “ensh*ttification,” you should. (With a fresh, cool Mug root beer on hand, of course.) https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
This is my life on Facebook. I had a few friends, people I knew or had met, but then one of them must have friended someone who was really into social media.
Instantly, I got hit with hundreds of friend requests from total strangers. Since I research people before I accept their requests, most got ignored, but I still have hundreds of new friends I’ve never met in person.
It was years ago I recognized that Twatter only raises blood pressure [possibly a function of whom I follow, such as antifascist and irreligious activism-types]… and haven’t been back. Can’t excuse TWO victory parties for Drumpf at the SF headquarters, and I’m saving my big goodbye for the day they permit the Orange Baboon to post again
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Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 1 year ago
We have Meta the enemy and he is us.
Dr. Quatermass over 1 year ago
Menstruating Bats is the name of my new emo band. Oddly enough, Emo Philips was my first choice for singer, but all he’d sing about was cole slaw so I had to fire him.
Broacher over 1 year ago
I wonder how many comments this one will get. Better get another rootbeer ready.
(Are there any more peanuts?)
danketaz Premium Member over 1 year ago
No peanuts? Try the cookies.
Stopthespendingnow over 1 year ago
And the sheep will blindly follow…
Decepticomic over 1 year ago
The horror… The horror…
evsxrk over 1 year ago
The history of Twitter in a nutshell. The place with free pretzels must be that Threads thing.
Christopher Shea over 1 year ago
If you haven’t read Cory Doctorow on “ensh*ttification,” you should. (With a fresh, cool Mug root beer on hand, of course.) https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
bbenoit over 1 year ago
So glad I never went down the social media vortex. Email, texts and a phone are as connected as I need to be, and GoComics comments, of course.
notmoving Premium Member over 1 year ago
Peanuts? Pretzels? Psaw!! I get free shelled pistachios for writing this comment! Score!!!
kaffekup over 1 year ago
This is my life on Facebook. I had a few friends, people I knew or had met, but then one of them must have friended someone who was really into social media.
Instantly, I got hit with hundreds of friend requests from total strangers. Since I research people before I accept their requests, most got ignored, but I still have hundreds of new friends I’ve never met in person.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
You have to learn how to scroll past stuff.
jpozenel over 1 year ago
Wow! Gene Simmons in panel four!
cherns Premium Member over 1 year ago
I used to spend a lot of time on Compuserve fora back in the day, but now it’s only GoComics. I wonder if this counts as “social media.”
banjoAhhh! over 1 year ago
In the 4th panel they got the guy that won the Nobel Prize in Economics. He’s easy to spot, got that big red nose.
eddi-TBH over 1 year ago
Best analogy of social computing ever.
JohnTheFoole over 1 year ago
But do they have Bud Light…?
fitzmagnus over 1 year ago
It was years ago I recognized that Twatter only raises blood pressure [possibly a function of whom I follow, such as antifascist and irreligious activism-types]… and haven’t been back. Can’t excuse TWO victory parties for Drumpf at the SF headquarters, and I’m saving my big goodbye for the day they permit the Orange Baboon to post again