What is the point of this reply

Algorithm driven social media is different, it just is. There’s a boy who cried wolf element here which is unfortunate, but that doesn’t mean wolves don’t exist.

Social media’s quality and harm lie on a spectrum, it’s not just black and white. Text discussion on a forum is way different from the average TikTok experience.

The “source” request is also annoying because it’s like, dude we’re just chatting here, no I’m not going to respond like this is some academic debate.

Least sensible discussion I’ve been in in a while

We could do laps on this all day. In the end if a trans person says they’re trans and this is what it means to them, I’ll take them at their word.

Imagine confusing gender and sex in 2025

I had one of his books of short stories when I was a teen (The Cyberiad) and loved it…meaning to read more of his work

Read this many years ago and enjoyed. Great recommendation in the spirit of this thread (for anyone who has not read it)

Like I said, takes that at least aren’t entirely predictable. If you’ve never been in such a discussion forum you should join one, it is refreshing.