Dead internet

Look, maybe the internet is dead.

Maybe one of the big tech companies won and became the company. Maybe they perfected user profiling based on digital and sensor based surveillance. Created a perfect dossier on me.

Putting all that knowledge to use, they took advantage of some exclusively patented completely next level large knowledge level to create lifeless content tailored to capture my attention. Including Robb Knight's blog.

Because they know I'm a sucker for "real people", right?

And what better way to disguise slop as not slop than to generate a weeknote? And within that totally not slop weeknote you spring the trap. A carefully placed link to a youtube video showing the longest tyre roll in the world. Supposedly!

I'm in it now. They got me, and they got me good.

Maybe it's just all AI generated slop to capture my attention. To what end? Who knows. But they got me and I've watched this video at least five times.

They even know that "comments wit" is my favourite type of humour. So they spruced up the comments section with token-light one liners designed to get me chuklin' out loud like:

Imagine being lost in the desert and suddenly you get hit by a loose tyre

and:

this is good attempt but when I drop a coin from my pocket it usually rolls from 4 to 5 thousand miles before it stops

and:

Not a dry eye in the house when that soldier finally fell.

and:

2:22 wtf I’ve never even heard this far in the song before lol

Speaking of, maybe Enya is generated slop, too. All part of the ruse.

Yes, maybe the internet is dead. Perfectly designed to capture the attention of each and every one of us.

Or maybe, just maybe, despite everything going on, the internet is still fucking great.