what year did tech lose what was left of it's soul? I'd say around 2017
>soulbuzzword
>>102439706>another day, another subhuman post
>>102439706during the pandemic. brought a deluge of normies online that would normally just do normal things irl the internet was amazing before it
>>102439814it started way before that. do you remember 2009? a lot of people got a lot of free time suddenly after getting laid off.
>>102439836no anon I was 4
>>102439848then prepare for the next imminent crash. I am sorry.
The world and the internet both went to shit after the first true digital/internet generation (90's) became adults. We enjoyed some happy early days of the internet but we also became bitter because of it.
>>102439836They cracked the code around that time. Hype up something minimally novel, shill it to hipsters, and they push it to critical mass. Reddit started out in 2005 as an online food ordering app but they didn't have this marketing model to get it to work. The problem now is that the early adopter class is too busy with falling for shitcoins to push new startups.
>>102439848out of 10
>>102439706I love these "I was born in <year>-17" threads.
>>102440448same. it's amusing to see the exact same messages each passing year but with a bigger number
>>102439836no anon I was 7
>>102439706Android plateaued around 4.4.4 through 5.1, then went off a cliff. When was that? 2016?
>>102440448I'm 30 bro, wish I was 17 right nowimagine boasting about being old
>>102439963we need more men that look like that and say that
>>102439963Half of picrel is ultra based. Sure hope works in a trade.
>>102441195Nah, you're more like 25.The "year-17" rule is iron at this point.