A lot of the breathless excitement people preached about "cyberspace" and "virtual reality" and all that crap was about exactly this That you would finally have the power to only interact with the people you wanted If you want someone to disappear you can just mute them
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And that is appealing -- especially for those of us who've had to deal with harassment, catcalling, stalking, who've ever been afraid to go outside It's also really scary
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Imagine a world where everyone who didn't give a shit really could just say "Mute
#BlackLivesMatter
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Hell, in our atomized society where tons of people live in cloistered suburbs and exurbs we were already halfway there, before COVID-19Show this thread -
It's why you see this escalation, protesters yelling at people dining inside of restaurants not to ignore them This sense that it's getting easier and easier to just ignore people
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