Destroit

HEY it worked!

I had to ban like 3/4 of my best friends back in the day idk what you mean but I feel this part might be one of those #notallmods things 🤣

Makes me feel like I'm part of an actual community, not just random goths all floating about. That's kinda what Troy envisioned, it seemed like City Club wasn't really "enough", like sure it's nice to see everyone on the weekends but staying in touch digitally brought so many people together before the time where other social media became the mainstay. Also nostalgia. Also there's a staff chat hot tub in the moderator lounge.

Don't make me change my name again

I'm supposed to pop in and remind people to stay on topic I guess. In any case...I could list a BUNCH of people StormKnight Odims DBK Tszura/Nightgaunt Hunhee Farril Ohster I'm sure I could think of more.

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I actually messaged Eevee earlier trying to get her to come back and I didn't even see this thread first 🤣

Y'all know the best time of year is right around the corner, drop your soup pics (homemade soup, not stock photos or Top Ramen lol) Everything about this chicken, potato, mushroom, garlic soup is homemade down to the broth 🥰

I don't wannaaaaaa

The amount of DINK households is only 25%...now the amount of people who still live with their parents and don't work are another story 🙄

But all of us are old now and the club is REALLY late at night and also too loud, why's it gotta be so loud?

Mo was a close friend of mine and unfortunately she passed away a few years ago, I believe it was in 2020 because it happened during lockdown, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

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We need more, how do we get the others to come back?

Happy birthdayyyy

I told Doug I was going to ALDI for "just oatmeal" and now I'm sitting in my car with 7 bags of groceries that I don't wanna walk up into my own house with

These charts aren't really adjusted for 2023 inflation, $60k between a couple and one child would have been enough to survive five years ago, now it's almost impossible at $60k

$60,000 PEOPLE ARE RICH? OH HOOOOOO WOW maybe in 1972 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also to add, look into the Rohingya Genocide, the entire government for that nation used the algorithm properties of Facebook to demonize the Rohingya people using targeting propaganda that would be shown by Facebooks algorithm to those in the country that were already leaning towards anti-Rohingya sentiment. Lots of women and babies were killed. Because Facebook. Because their country's version of "red vs blue". The real "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" should apply to anyone that doesn't list "purple" as their political stance. If you ARENT on both sides, or automatically decline any ideas from one side of the fence without even at least considering what the viewpoint is, you've most likely fallen victim to propaganda.

Interestingly, the polarization began around the time of broadcast news and escalated more and more as cable networks had 24 hour news channels. At that point news channels began to actively push things that had a sensationalist spin because they found out that's how they'd get more viewers. As an evolutionary development, we tend to think in terms of "us vs them". In tribal days it SAVED our lives because if you weren't weary of outsider tribes, that was how your own village could end up pillaged. It's best to see EVERY other tribe as "them", regardless if the tribe is friendly or not, because if you engaged with another tribe assuming they were friendly and they WEREN'T...boom...you and YOUR whole tribe would end up dead. We still have this leaning towards polarization and seeing things that aren't "us" as "them". Awareness of this truth about human sociology is the actual way to fix it. So how does Facebook play into this? Much like news broadcast channels in the 90s and 2000s, Facebook makes money by keeping people tuned in and scrolling. In order to do this Facebooks algorithm is programed to feed YOU (all of our feeds are different due to the algorithm, you are fed an entirely different Facebook than I am based on your scrolling activity) exactly what you want to see. And because we are human, we want to see people who agree with us on a personal, political, and religious level. So what's the problem? Facebook ALSO shows you EXTREME opposite viewpoints, but why? So you fight. So your tribe fights with the other tribe. So Facebook keeps making money off your blind hate towards the other "tribe". There's a reason why this post in 2010 started out VERY balanced, people mostly saying "I can see both sides" and now it's all "OMG I'M ON THIS TEAM AND THE OTHER TEAM IS THE BAD GUY" Facebook is to thank for that and some people swallow what the algorithm wants hook, line, and sinker. Hell I saw posts in here demonizing dems for things that conservatives do and then other recent posts villifying conservatives for issues that I actually see dems perpetuate (i.e. if you aren't like us and don't think like we do we'll cancel you, I ONLY see liberals do this irl, hell I was canceled by a liberal for watching Rick and Morty and liberals contacted my headquarters to get me fired and called CPS on me to have my daughter, an innocent child, TAKEN AWAY because watching R&M makes someone a "pedophile". Sounds like something conservatives would say, just sayin 🤷🏼‍♀️)

Winning is legit, just take it, like you won without trying which is a legitimate win, not a win where you over inflates your post count making vapid posts like I'm doing right now, so just take it bro

Who else is into the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format?

This is my secret superpower none of you knew about until now, it's puzzling how fast I am at putting them together.

I miss being skinnyyyyyy and feeling attractive