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by vintagedave 162 days ago
I feel this is a slightly cruel comment. It’s a website of creativity, very well executed. Also, if you read the text, it is right.

Some of the presentation (such as the inverted / mirrored square) is pure art. In an admirable sense: art.

While I get the commentary — that bit reminded me of House of Leaves which has been criticized for the same thing — there’s a real human behind this, who obviously cares deeply about the issues they’re communicating about (and has the skill to do so quite incredibly.) Sometimes I wonder, in the ease of critique, what it’s like for the anonymous person on the other end, and I don’t feel good here. I feel like your comment doesn’t quite account for the humanity of someone else, nor of someone doing something with passion.

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> Sometimes I wonder, in the ease of critique, what it’s like for the anonymous person on the other end

Here's a better look at how the "anonymous person on the other end" sees things [1]:

> “i’m always polite to chat gpt so it remembers me later ” you are going to die from water-poison-related typhoid in the Great American Megadesert after a particularly nasty heat surge evaporates the rest of the drinkable rations. you will be buried in the sand.

[1] https://bsky.app/profile/strange.website/post/3m33mnmcyys2t

Yeah they do sound insufferable alright.
>someone doing something with passion.

I'd agree if the site covered some history, shared recipes, or even just ranted about the author's favorite movies. But this guy is just trash-talking the entire internet.

"the website has changed. it twists facts to fiction, reality to rubbish, gold into dirt." ... and so on.

If you're going to be cruel, you might get some cruel feedback.