Is there some reason why SA isn't better than Reddit in 2022?

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Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

It's kind of confusing to be a goon in 2022. I thought any given thread here should be A. funnier or B. deeper or C. both than the same conversation on Reddit, but almost every funny thread is shallow and every deep thread is humorless. Reddit sucks but I often go there for comedy and advice I'd prefer to get here, because most goons stopped giving a poo poo about our community being good instead of good enough

edit: solid lesson about emotional posting: don't post

edit edit: SA is special, I love it and legitimately hate Reddit's "community" which is why it hurts when SA feels like it's winding down. This rant is probably fear of aging and losing the kind of motivation I had as a young person and currently see on even the dumbest threads there. Don't even remember the last time Reddit was actually funny, it felt correct emotionally to say that because you can tell they're trying (and failing). Goons *can be* a million times funnier but it's not happening as often as it used to, when every page here was comedy gold. Maybe this is midlife depression and rose tinted nostalgia glasses talking. Obviously my opinion doesn't matter, but better posters aren't posting about their feelings on this and it felt like someone had to broach the subject, which is probably wrong and a reason to stop posting

Analytic Engine fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Nov 27, 2022

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# ¿ Apr 16, 2024 06:54

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

SA is absolutely better for chilling out as a 30 something adult, which is a welcome niche, but I'd prefer to get 100% of valuable internet stuff from here (because I'm lazy and ADHD)

# ¿ Nov 26, 2022 21:29

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

Solid lesson in emotional posting: don't post

# ¿ Nov 27, 2022 03:05

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

Conclusion on 20 years of SA posting:
I hate myself and I want to die

# ¿ Nov 27, 2022 03:17

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

I don't even remember the last time Reddit was actually funny, it felt correct emotionally to say that because you can tell they're trying (and failing). Goons *can be* a million times funnier but it's not happening as often as it used to, when every page here was comedy gold. Maybe this is midlife depression and rose tinted nostalgia glasses talking. Obviously my opinion doesn't matter, but better posters aren't posting about their feelings on this and it felt like someone had to broach the subject, which is probably wrong and a reason to stop posting

Analytic Engine fucked around with this message at 11:42 on Nov 27, 2022

# ¿ Nov 27, 2022 11:40

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

Blow posted:

Well, you just motivated me to drop and get Plat (again).

Cheers mate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YZZiIlJHVA

# ¿ Nov 27, 2022 13:45

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

How do you feel about Elon Musk? Elon is Reddit and Reddit is Elon: smug smart asses who think they're far more clever than they are because they run the "Anne Frankly, I did Nazi it coming" joke into the ground.

SA has problems but it's a far, far better place to post and lurk than almost all of Reddit.

Musk is a tumor on humanity and the worst poster of the 21st century

his father approved when a classmate pushed him down the stairs (when Elon made fun of the kid's dead dad)

hoping he takes a lesson from Lowtax on tastefully ending his tenure in the United States

Analytic Engine fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Nov 28, 2022

# ¿ Nov 28, 2022 01:04