From a thread asking opinions about emoji usage.
However it happens and whomever is responsible here we are... and we're losing ground fast. And things like emojis are leading the charge.
Should we tell them @WhyEssEff@hexbear.net is responsible?
Link: https://hexbear.net/comment/4277133
Cultural degeneration theory, huh. Wonder where that worldview leads
Western civilization is about admiration of statues bleached by time and corrosion until the garish paint that was once there is gone. The more admiration of statues bleached by time and corrosion until the garish paint that was once there is gone, the more civilized.
If you look at the history of aesthetics, you will notice that people in nearly all cultures for the most of history, literally except west and westernized ones (and even that just in the last 300 years), simply loved garish colours. Only thing standing between people and having everything in garish colours was poverty.
Techbro minimalism and "prestige city" aesthetics are so fucking bleak. I wish that aberration wasn't so widespread and persistent because I fucking hate it.
Bulldozing the black neighborhood to put in a Whole Foods and painting tacky “neighborhood” murals on the walls to create the illusion of culture
Phonetic writing is the cultural degeneration.