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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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Between irony, sarcasm, Poe's Law, human-made hoaxes, AI generated fakes, the low emotional valence of text, and the absurd pseudo-optimism of tech companies looking for the next big thing, there is no such thing as real or fake on the internet anymore.
Sure, but either this does or does not exist. I get how having to always be on the lookout for what's real and what isnt is exhausting. And all the things you listed have definitely rapidly exacerbated the issue in the last few years, but that doesnt mean that what's real and what's fake suddenly dont matter anymore. At least to me.
It's not that it doesn't matter. Having a sense of reality is incredibly important. It's simply, the further we go, the less access we all have to any sense of reality that can be transmitted by essentially any medium.
Yea that is bleak :/ i usually try to think abt the ppl who do care abt truth, but if the tools themselves are "tainted" idk :(
But i 100% know that this kitty is real :3
I don't have any way to know the kitty is real, but I know it's cute.
I'm the President of the Internet and what you just said is true.