An update on the OFCOM situation: As you know, censorship around the world has been ramping up at an alarming pace. OFCOM, the UK’s communications regulator, has singled out our community, demanding compliance with their Online Safety Act despite our minimal UK presence. This is a blatant overreach, and they have been sending letters pressuring us to comply with their censorship agenda.
Our platform is already blocked by many UK ISPs, yet they continue their attempts to stifle free speech. Standing up to this kind of regulatory overreach requires lots of resources to maintain our infrastructure and fight back against these unjust demands. If you value our community and want to support us during this time, we would greatly appreciate any and all donations.
That honestly doesn't surprise me. As I said before, Gen Z has the highest suicide rates since the Gen X'ers in the mid 90s.
@Ambivalent1 and I joked about how Gen X'ers were just following Kurt Cobain's suicide and Millennials/Gen Z were following Chester Bennington's death, but jokes aside, I think the quality of life for those time periods were just genuinely bad.
Also I spelled Kurt's name wrong last night, my bad, it was late and I was tired.
That honestly doesn't surprise me. As I said before, Gen Z has the highest suicide rates since the Gen X'ers in the mid 90s.
@Ambivalent1 and I joked about how Gen X'ers were just following Kurt Cobain's suicide and Millennials/Gen Z were following Chester Bennington's death, but jokes aside, I think the quality of life for those time periods were just genuinely bad.
I miss certain parts of the early 2000's - i.e.: entertainment and music - but I do not miss that time period as a whole; there seemed to be so much bloodshed due to terrorism and the serious issues in the Middle East, and the feeling of hysteria where I lived (especially fear) which followed. Plus the constant bad experiences at school which prevented me from enjoying things that others did, it seemed as though I had missed out... but this is more of a personal issue so it is probably not too relevant.
Personally I think that 2010 and the years closely surrounding it were (mostly) very good. I view the time around 2010 as a transition period; seeing the older version of the internet, with its meme communities and cultures, either die out or slowly evolve into what we had in the years to follow (2015) was interesting; plus the advancement in computing technology and video games was also very exciting.
I miss certain parts of the early 2000's - i.e.: entertainment and music - but I do not miss that time period as a whole; there seemed to be so much bloodshed due to terrorism and the serious issues in the Middle East, and the feeling of hysteria where I lived (especially fear) which followed.
You're right about that, the wars going on in the Middle East were awful. And well, not to get too political, but I also am not a fan of Bush as a president, plus there was the recession that happened in 2008... even so, there are a lot of aspects about the 00s I miss for reasons like you said, entertainment and music, but also even in spite of all the horrible things going on, statistically a lot of young people seemed to be happy. People were out socializing more, for example. Social media wasn't a thing, the internet was a better place for the most part in my opinion. And for me personally, it was the only time of my life I felt genuinely happy, or at least content with life.
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