I had a mini-epiphany yesterday.. kinda sad one actually..
I was there when the internet started. I remember the awe and wonder. It soon became a friendly tool. Handy. Relatively trustworthy as long as ya didnt wander off too far.. a good thing.
For me, now, its becone a hostile adversarial thing. A protect yourself thing. A never ending everything connected surveillance and spam thing.
Kinda sad.. like loosing innocence kinda sad..
#internet
#technology
#randomness
Asheville Charlie
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2026-01-21 15:15:15 UTC
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