these are the stupidest people to ever live

I don't think this is true. The level and method of taxation matter as do the regulations.

We should hand him over to the ICC

And abortion was constitutionally protected for decades yet still was a salient political issue.

Sorry but you are way too humanities brained if you think space colonization is problematic because earth colonization was often accompanied by bad stuff. There are no people on the moon. The bad things involving colonization were the things they did to people living there. There are no people there

Yeah I think he’s a loser and made the site significantly worse.

There were almost 40 replies and a bunch of QTs before I disabled them. “Minor pushback” is what I got on this tweet from random people like you.

You’re honestly the most pleasant person I’ve interacted with on here in a while lol

don’t see the “good stuff“ on here like I mostly do on Twitter.

I mean, what I normally see isn’t the same as whatever I happened to most recently respond to. Most of what I see is academic econ, random normal people from Chicago, politics, randos I’ve found over the years. And we agree that the garbage is available on both sites. I’m not blind to it. I just

It’s weird to not use it with how useful and accessible it is. I wouldn’t use it to help with prose outside of maybe highlighting specific errors I can then personally correct.

Just sharing my personal experience as someone who hates Elon Musk. Yours may differ.

No

Yeah, goes for both of us. I’m going to respond to people who respond to me. You decided to actively engage with me in a way that’s made my experience on this site worse. I don’t think you should necessarily care about that but it illustrates why I try this site then leave it shortly after.

I’d rather you not do that because I’m against both of those things. But keep engaging with the caricature you’ve imagined in your head.

No

You didn’t have to interact at all. there’s a reason you chose to and are mocking me now.

I didn’t get many replies at first then got over 30 and muted the thread.

You and the guy above first chose to respond to me. Not the other way around.

I never described it as abuse. I described it as hostile. I have normal interactions with normal people on the left of the political spectrum on Twitter. This site primarily self-selects for staying by those who want to engage anti-socially.

Look at the replies to this. That NEVER happens to me on Twitter, as crappy as the site is. For whatever reason there is a culture of pile-ons that’s just gross and dispiriting. I’m not even right-wing, though that’s what makes me an easier target.

Well you’re 31 and hide behind anonymity for reasons that are probably obvious to you. So good luck with that, hope you continue being happy online.

Maybe you’re not used to more normal and less hostile interactions with people on social media but I am.

Parties should be stronger than they even are now.

It seemed more about undue deference to seniority.

I’m wearing traditional black tie for my wedding. And I’m a dem-voter who hates republicans. So your judgment is poorly calibrated.

I see the same on both sites sure. But I see this sort of thing dominate the content I come across here more.

It’s like you’re trying to be a caricature of an annoying Bluesky user. This guilt by association crap is so stupid. There’s plenty of garbage on Twitter that I just avoid. Way more activity there makes it easier.

Yet another positive interaction with someone on this site, so fun!