Clearly you’ve forgotten about those typing classes that everyone had to take, and how many people couldn’t even figure out the right way to load a floppy into a drive without a teacher showing them.

Also, Gen X isn’t the tech generation. Xennials, the microgen between X and Millenials was the first computing generation. PCs weren’t even widely available until most of gen X was already out of k12.

And frankly, most of gen X absolutely sucks at tech. Also, I didn’t call you a nerd, I called anyone who was into computers at the time a nerd, because they were literally considered nerds. You probably were a nerd. I was a nerd. Thus WHY I remember how it was back then, and tech was absolutely not largely adopted by gen X.

They were way too busy getting drunk or stoned and calling anyone who could type a pussy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs

Do you actually think publishers are necessary for music in the age of digital file transfer? Pirates have been managing without them for quite some time. There are artists who publish straight to the internet and do not use publishers. They are an obsolete institution.

My ability to communicate isn’t the issue here. You’re either trolling or in this conversation in a dishonest capacity. The points you are trying to counter are not things I have even put forth.

I am really struggling here to see where I said that I was choosing not to share a song with my neighbors in there. Why pivot to an entirely different point?

This is a societal issue, not an individual one.

Where did I ever say I was choosing to not share a song with my neighbors? Who are you arguing with?

You’re kidding right? Most of Gen X hated tech when it came out. You were a fucking nerd if you were into computers when the PC first came about. Only a small subset of Gen X really grasped tech.

What does social engagement have to do with any of this? We are talking about ownership of culture.

Why are you defending oligarchy of culture? You have made some amazing leaps in logic here that are not even remotely based in the objective.

The US really has a French origin, they provided the materiel support it needed to revolt. The statue of liberty was a French gift. How far the US has fallen to forget all of that.

500 years ago people would get together in the same space and would sing it together. We still have that in pockets, but that isn’t how it is done now.

IP law absolutely does not maintain integrity or cultural significance. You are out of your mind if you think that it is not enabling rampant capitalist exploitation. It has literally given a handful of companies complete power over all of it.

Yeah, so, 50 years later, when you can barely remember the lyrics, you drift from said culture unless you can you know, listen and refresh your memory. That is my entire point. Intellectual property rights paywall culture, and not in a healthy way.

We are currently living in a world with an absolutely fractured culture where very few feel connected to anyone. This is a contributing factor.

I don’t misunderstand what you are saying, but the results are all around us for taking this approach and are only going to get worse as we atomize more.

I knew a bipolar person who made friends by acting the same way, and I think about it every time that this subject comes up. Unfortunately, that behavior, lying for benefit, is something that humans are far too capable of. Conmen abuse it all the time to get their take.

You can have all those things in an online relationship. People in person will also abandon you in a time of need. You are correct about friendships, they are super rare and most people are only in any kind of relationship to serve themselves. People also generally think their acquaintances are friends.

They still have a degree in the end.

Are you aware that early american militias covered all men within a certain age range in an entire population?

Well said. I only take issue with your assertion that it is a useful legal compromise. It being useful is entirely dependent upon who you are.

For someone who partakes in the shared cultural tapestry it could come to be that the legal compromise ends up an oppressive force.

For instance, if you went to clubs in your youth, that music became part of your shared culture. When you are older you will struggle to revisit that same shared culture by those using intellectual property legalities to paywall your soul.

Even if the love is one sided, it can be real. Love is pretty subjective and is essentially just a chemical reaction that someone is having in their brain. They may actually love their chatbot.

I don’t think this is really a healthy thing, I am just trying to point out to those people, it probably is real.

I also don’t think it is as rare as you think. The hype really drove people to that side of things, and there are whole communities that have popped up around the idea of having relationships, both sexual and romantic, with LLMs.

This is a terrible take. You can meet people in social spaces online and make real friendships. People mask as much in what you are calling the real world, of which the internet is a part of, as much as they do online.

I seriously do not understand the cultural reluctance to adopting the bidet. After using one it becomes instantly clear how awful the alternative is.