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A guy at a bar in Seattle told me 'some people just need to be erased from the internet' and I can't stop thinking about it.
He was talking about a comedian who made a bad joke five years ago, and said it with this total finality that made the whole 'cancel culture' debate feel really dark and personal.
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quinn_wood1mo ago
Honestly, that reminds me of a piece I read about how this kind of talk makes accountability feel like a life sentence. @gavinw45 is right to ask where it stops.
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grantschmidt24d ago
Noticed this same pattern creeping into regular life too. People acting like one mistake means you're permanently broken, like there's no room for anyone to learn or change. It's like we've forgotten most people aren't either saints or monsters.
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gavinw451mo ago
That "total finality" you mentioned is the scary part. It's not about calling someone out anymore, it's about declaring them permanently gone. Where does that stop? Do we dig up every bad tweet from 2012? Is the goal to fix behavior or just to delete people?
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