You make good points.

Requiring people to use their real name would take out a lot of the noise, the false and misleading info, and the unqualified opinions that people are blasting out into the ether, and then other people who don’t know any better find it and feel with their ape brains that their own malformed opinions and emotions are validated.

I don’t think this country used to be as insane as it is now. And I attribute the insanity to bad faith actors amplifying bad faith messaging on social media.

As to your last point, we are definitely not cognitively equipped for what we have. Can we equip ourselves now, after the fact?

Yes.

Have you seen these giant helium balloons for hiking? They’re maybe four feet in diameter, tie the balloon to your bike or pack, tie the bike or back to your wrist. Let the balloon carry the weight, and you just tow it along.

I don’t know. I’m sure this will be no use to you. I just think it’s cool, I saw yesterday, and I wanted to talk about it.

We have the same tax law in America. Can’t deduct clothing that you could wear for non work.

Nah, the internet has been great. It’s the anonymity that’s the problem. Everyone should just have one account. You could still post anonymously, but you can’t get any clout for it. If you want to have clout, you have to have a name and it has to be your actual one.

Flawed democracy is still democracy.

Being outraged isn’t an excuse to vote against your own interests and the interests of your community.

I wish it was his brain.

Call HR? I’d sue the company. No way they don’t know this guy is weird as fuck. They just don’t care. Let’s see if a jury cares.

See that period after the first sentence with the squiggly line above it?