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Had to choose between defending a friend online or staying quiet about their old tweets
A buddy from college got called out for some dumb jokes he posted back in 2014. I could have jumped in to explain the context, but I decided to just message him privately instead. It kept the pile-on from getting worse and we actually had a real talk. Anyone else had to make a call like that when someone you know gets dragged?
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the_tyler6mo ago
That point from @thea_mitchell20 about jokes just dying in a group chat back then is so true. It makes me wonder, when we dig this stuff up, are we trying to hold someone accountable or are we just creating noise? Like, what's the actual goal if the person clearly isn't that person anymore?
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lilyr256mo ago
Is digging up decade old jokes even worth the drama? People change so much in ten years.
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thea_mitchell206mo ago
People forget how the internet itself changed in ten years, lilyr25. Back then a bad joke just died in a group chat, now it lives forever on a server. That's the real shift.
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haydenbutler6mo ago
Exactly. I saw a tweet from 2012 resurface last week and the guy had to apologize for a meme format that doesn't even exist anymore. The joke itself was dead on arrival, but the context is completely gone.
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