I was going down memory lane, I graduated in 96. But Internet culture of the mid 2000s to mid 2015. Seemed like there was always some stand out video or event ranging from chocolate rain video, nyan cat, amazing horse, I like turtles, why does the Internet seem so stale lately? I just realized a lot of this fun stuff stopped around 2014 or became less prevalent the closer we get to events that started dividing us, like gamergate, Trump canidancy in 2015. God this last decade has just sucked and it just keeps getting worse. How did we go to so much hope and promise to where we are now? Even reddit sucks now

  • dumbass@piefed.socialEnglish
    17·
    15 hours ago

    YouTube went from cool place to share your videos to a corporate hell hole of cancerous monetized bullshit.

    • chunes@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 hours ago

      I still remember being confused by the concept of people making money on videos. It really wasn’t that long ago…

      • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        11 hours ago

        My dad was pushing me to do it when I was a LEET PRO GAMER but I told him theres no point, nobody can ever make money like that, ill just get a job.

        5 years later, when my skills had faded, apparently what made me a loser back then is actually worth millions.

        Im still fuming.