Look around you. No, not the window. I’m talking about social media. And all those apps which are too innovative to categorize — working with the considerably dubious premises that the internet has created, and taking advantage of toxic cultures everywhere they can market their product. Are you interested in society? Too bad: if you protest against the state of human rights in America, you can go to prison, from your educational institution. Are you engaged in political discourse? Good luck, they’re all competing to see who has more cruelty, instead of improving quality of life for the population and the planet’s sake. Do you just wanna get entertained? Shame, you must know that getting a job is why we’re here for, so just in case you wanna play a game or watch something on stream, know that there’s a price for that. Wait, you just wanna talk to people? Oh, somehow we didn’t see that coming. Sorry, we don’t currently offer this experience on the web. But you can talk to AI, is that alright? You’re gonna have to opt out, actually, if you’re not comfortable with it. But we’re sure you’ll open your mind!

What’s happened to the internet is absolutely fucking disconcerting. Once a promise of fertility of creativity and cooperation, new connections and a broader sense of how the world works and how people live, it’s now provenly an arena where the machinery of political marketing targets whoever doesn’t obey or viciously promote their established agenda, while you try to escape in whatever way you can, but even discussions about “what is democracy” are tracked and you’re likely to be on a list for wanting to get informed about what’s actually going on. To them, democratic values are defined by PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures, a financial term), and as long as the citizen, who must be a legal resident with all the documents up to date and in check, has the capacity to use his or her spending power, that’s the true indicator that democracy is working. Shoutout to the American Democratic Party, who’s done a great job in standing up for their values and protecting them. In a weird twist, the notion of individual freedom is now the State’s biggest threat. Everything must be monitored — that’s what national security is all about. Thinking about saying hello to someone new and starting a conversation with them? That’s a matter of national security. It always has been, and if you think that’s a little paranoid, you haven’t been paying attention. The pleasure of the reader is also measured. If you show signs of dissatisfaction with this model, you might be listed as a radical.

But it seems that a certain group of people don’t ever worry about the realm of private communications and whether or not there’s something they can do to have a better experience — on or offline. Who are they? One might assume: the middle class? Maybe not. The rich? Well, they get into scandals. The super rich? Um, let’s keep talking about them until they ban the term. I bring facts: dating website Plenty of Fish asks how much you make a year in order to create your user experience. Recently, I came across a young lady on an app who said she liked people who had a good job. Imagine if this were an argumentative essay class. The teacher wouldn’t be allowed to say: “honey, that’s discrimination”. Too woke, they’d be fired immediately. Instead, they’d be prompted to tailor the class to the student’s needs, explicitly put: “meeting rich people and fucking them so I can settle”. But I don’t think it’s fair to say that this is a trend. Look at all the independent women out there. Praise them.

At the risk of being called a misogynist, I would tentatively propose an exercise on the experience that women have on the web. Certainly, I’d have to funnel it down to categories. Young or old? Black or white? And the rest of the categories, well, I’m sure that someone very responsible in AI is taking a look at that. Assuming that the first mentioned were tackled with a sound code of ethics. Because you know that the last thing we want here is that DEI crap, right? But everyone wants cock. So that they can ruin someone’s life, of course. It’s a fun little past time. If Plenty of Fish has created the “no eggplant” label, imagine what Microsoft could do, you know? While, of course, monitoring your entire activity. The alternative? Being born in a crib of gold.

Until people can talk freely about topics of their choosing and are still leaning towards resolving conflicts through conversation instead of the block button, we’ll be walking on the path of social instability, to put it lightly. This has been a crescent problem. Sarcasm aside, we all want good conversations, and in case nobody noticed, this little “business” has used the following slogan: “have better conversations with a solid preparation”. I can only guess what the competition thinks about the solid part. Ask your kids if they’re having fun talking to their friends. Then make a deal with them: you’ll watch them for 10 minutes on their laptop or phone, reading all the conversations they have. If you notice that you seem to have different ideas of what “fun” is, you’ll finally understand why the GOP’s favorite target is education. If you’re a piece of shit, you can have a lot of fun, and your parents won’t ever know about it. Maybe they’ll be happy and proud. But if you’re a good person who is inevitably moved by the critical situations our world is facing, the least I can say is this: get used to being monitored.