re: Guy impersonates Target on Facebook, hilarity ensues

And yes, in Texas and Louisiana

You know the poker saying "if you can't spot the sucker in the first 5 minutes, then you are the sucker"?

This is sort of like that.

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You are better than this

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It's doesn't. But this is a prime example of the trite gen x/millennial style of cutting-edge humor that has gotten so tiresome. Draconian thrives on it. It tends to give relatively passive people a way to exert power over others.

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Agreed, I'm in my 20s, but words cannot describe how much I'm troubled by what my generation is collectively. This goes beyond the old typical "Every generation says that about the youth man!" because a) I'm a part of the generation, and b) This time it seems to be different.

This isn't a bunch of troublemakers playing loud, offensive music and smoking weed, or a bunch of lazy punks arguing with their parents about cutting the grass (although that's increasingly a part of it). It's a fundamental difference in the way we communicate. On reddit, it's about who can garner upvotes, which filters out other viewpoints. For Twitter, it's about summing up a movement with a hastag phrase. On other forms of social media, it's about who can come up with a social meme. People who really aren't that smart or informed can cynically frick with older conservatives who can't pick up on their humor and then repost it.

It's sad, because the internet is in many respects replacing the idea of true intellectual discussion for the masses, and it's giving people the illusion that it does a good job of it. And it culminates in people who make fun of Fox News, but are too short-sighted to realize how silly they are for using John Stewart and social media to inform their political views.

I fart in Target's general direction!