• EstraDoll [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    it’s nauseating how much human rights rhetoric is used to prop up the violence of capitalism. I know this is an absolutely tepid point to make on hexbear.net but like… fuck, it’s just gross

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      No you’re 100% the naked hipocrisy and selfish cruelty of it never stops being revolting. I think half the reason we all shitpost so much is we’re essentially hiding in absurdity because trying to raw-dog this society after you’ve seen the rot behind the mask is too maddening.

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        7 months ago

        I think half the reason we all shitpost so much is we’re essentially hiding in absurdity because trying to raw-dog this society after you’ve seen the rot behind the mask is too maddening.

        you hit the nail on the head. i have to engage with the global news through shitposting because i don’t have the emotional fortitude to take it head on. Frankly, I’d be concerned if someone did have the emotional strength to take it all at face value

        • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
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          7 months ago

          There is an entire thesis to be written on the parallels between internet memes, particularly since 2008, and the Dadaist and Surrealist movements that sprang from WWI.