Megan West(erby)

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I have tried to talk about this before, and failed. I’ll try again: there is an increasingly prevalent impulse to make the internet the same. This is a very subtle maneuver, and anyone who is guilty of it (including me) would undoubtedly deny it. But I propose one slice of the Gawker Voice (which is extended well beyond Gawker by now) is the primary mover of this trope: identify the fringes and then ridicule them from the center.

I’m as guilty as anyone. It’s part of living in this time.

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Fimoculous - Keep The Internet Weird

I’d never thought of it like this but yes, yes, yes, omg.

ETA: By which I mean - yes, yes, yes, let’s reverse this trend.

18 August 2009 ·