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Posted by ybceo 12/20/2025

Privacy doesn't mean anything anymore, anonymity does(servury.com)
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udev4096 12/20/2025|
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123sereusername 12/20/2025||
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mnw21cam 12/20/2025||
Apparently neither does spelling. "anymore" -> "any more"
hilbert42 12/20/2025||
I didn't think anyone [not any one] could be more pedantic than I am. Damn it.
jaclaz 12/20/2025||
D@mn, I believed you were thinking that no one (not noone) could be more pedantic than you.
kleiba 12/20/2025|||
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anymore
IanCal 12/20/2025||
Anymore is a word though.
timbit42 12/21/2025||
It isn't used the same as "any more" though.
anal_reactor 12/20/2025|
The battle on privacy/anonymity/whatever is lost. Get over it. What we need is a new social paradigm where everyone is happy despite the lack of privacy.
duskdozer 12/20/2025||
Please provide your full legal name (include any other names you go by), occupation and place of employment, phone number[s], email address[es], usernames on other social media accounts, eye color, height, weight, list of any health conditions. That's just to start, then we can start going over more info.
anal_reactor 12/20/2025||
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titzer 12/20/2025|||
> The battle on X is lost. Get over it. What we need is a new social paradigm where everyone is happy despite the lack of X.

Where have I heard this before?

mixmastamyk 12/20/2025|||
Sounds like Scott McNealy in 1999. At the time I hated the idea, but have to admit now his viewpoint is winning and on the way to won.
anal_reactor 12/20/2025|||
Betamax is obviously the better standard.
specialist 12/20/2025|||
What's your definition of privacy?
pooper 12/20/2025||
Everybody says I should be ok having no privacy and yet frown upon me posting photos of the poop I take on Instagram.
anal_reactor 12/20/2025||
Yes, exactly, that's what I'm talking about. Imagine a world where it's completely acceptable to post poop on Instagram, and people who don't want to look at it simply tick "don't display poop". The thing is, the "if you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear" argument IS true, under assumption that others would be understanding and compassionate to your intentions. Which is exactly the opposite of the legal/societal system we currently have.

What I'm trying to say is that the core issue is "people aren't trustworthy" and "we need privacy" is a bandaid on the former problem. If we manage to create a society where people are trustworthy, the need of privacy will disappear.

iamnothere 12/20/2025|||
The core problem is that people have (and will always have) divergent goals, and a large subset of people see no problem in using coercive and even violent means to ensure that their own “team” wins. This is human nature and cannot be remedied.
anal_reactor 12/20/2025||
The thing is, same logic applies to other entities that form groups, like cells in an organism, or ants in a colony.
WesolyKubeczek 12/20/2025|||
Then the government is overturned by a totalitarian clique that declares displaying poop punishable by death, and this includes any past display of poop. Suddenly you find yourself here

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