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   LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 23:20:59 JST LisPi

   I often feel bemused and annoyed by little stories presenting technophobic settings as idyllic and preferable.

   Without magic of some sort picking up the slack, it just makes it clear the author is healthy, not disabled in any way and hasn't yet had to deal with their flesh betraying them.

   (Note that it's quite possible to use such a setting explicitly for the purpose of poking at these problems. That is not the presentation I am talking about.)

   Stagnancy with no hope of any help for my issues and less or no escapism doesn't much sound attractive to me. It sounds worse than what I have.

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     zaire arcana (zaire@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 23:24:02 JST zaire arcana

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     @lispi314 sounds like a good time to again bring up the fact “[the internet/social media/whatever modern technology] sucks” usually just means “capitalism sucks” if coming from people who can’t imagine a world without late stage capitalism