It's been weird times lately, I can't decide if I'm the one going crazy and not believing what's going on or if the rest of the world is, probably a bit of both. I miss the times when misinformation would quickly get smashed by a small number of onlookers, nowadays it's all endless arguments with unreliable sources being used to back up each claim while everyone knows how to use "the machine" to deceive others that what they're saying is something the majority agree on. The machine, a.k.a. social points behind private databases that are prone to manipulation through clickfarms and socks. When are we going to get a more robust reputation tool? Feels like ever since the Russian social media hacks to manipulate the election everyone has become a little hacker of their own while the centralized platforms have no way of doing anything about it even though it's happening in their own back yard they very well have full control over, but instead they go after people they don't like or are saying things that go against what they stand for or to kill any possible competition that may get in the way of their profits or future control.

Feels a lot more like anything is fair game these days, like the people who'd usually make disinformation or other cyber activity that's harmful go away are years behind and just ignoring the most because they just don't have the manpower. Maybe this was inevitable and the only way to survive now is knowing who to trust and making sure you don't trust the wrong people's opinions as anything you may think you know from certain sources may lead you to believe something else to be false because of the first wrong step you've already taken. Maybe this is the internet age of Darwinism.

Hope your dad's okay and happy belated birthday!

PS! I like the mew/mewtwo looking character on his forehead.