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expand_moreYou know how they say you die twice, once when you physically pass away, and again once your name is spoken for the last time? The Internet is kinda like that, in the sense that it dies multiple times, I'd say it's died 3 times.
The first death of the web was when smart phones were invented. Smart phones made the web no longer a place you went, but a norm in life, they encouraged minimal flat design and killed off small websites where now 5 social media titans take up the majority of the web's "human" traffic.
The second death of the web was when AI LLMs became mainstream. These LLMs taking and gorging off the entire web and spitting it back out, exponentially increasing the size of the web with little substance and human interaction. The majority of the web is now bots, crawling and ingesting information.
The Third and likely final death, the true death of the web was when the EU passed the Online Safety Act. The moment that bill was put into place requiring the collection of user's IDs has spurred governments and private corporations into overdrive for passing bills and enforcing rules to censor the web and invade on your privacy. While true anonymity was never real, these bills have completely stripped away any sense of privacy you had. Big Brother is watching, closer than ever. He wants to know everything you do, he wants to "protect you" from yourself, or getting any radical ideas. This is only the start of a campaign to completely police the web and criminalize basic human privacy. You can't say anything controversial or make negative statements about your governments.
The worst part is, many will grow up in this web. They will think this is the norm, they won't know that the web was once a place of creativity, or privacy, a place where you could be, say, or do almost anything. They will live in a restricted, restrained web that demands obedience. The web is a husk, the people you once knew are gone, the website you once loved are shells of there former selves, and the eyes of the hungry tigers are watching you, waiting for you to make
...fight back as much as possible, the internet has been dead for years, but the memories are still there, but they won't be for much longer if the information is redacted and censored.
The first death of the web was when smart phones were invented. Smart phones made the web no longer a place you went, but a norm in life, they encouraged minimal flat design and killed off small websites where now 5 social media titans take up the majority of the web's "human" traffic.
The second death of the web was when AI LLMs became mainstream. These LLMs taking and gorging off the entire web and spitting it back out, exponentially increasing the size of the web with little substance and human interaction. The majority of the web is now bots, crawling and ingesting information.
The Third and likely final death, the true death of the web was when the EU passed the Online Safety Act. The moment that bill was put into place requiring the collection of user's IDs has spurred governments and private corporations into overdrive for passing bills and enforcing rules to censor the web and invade on your privacy. While true anonymity was never real, these bills have completely stripped away any sense of privacy you had. Big Brother is watching, closer than ever. He wants to know everything you do, he wants to "protect you" from yourself, or getting any radical ideas. This is only the start of a campaign to completely police the web and criminalize basic human privacy. You can't say anything controversial or make negative statements about your governments.
The worst part is, many will grow up in this web. They will think this is the norm, they won't know that the web was once a place of creativity, or privacy, a place where you could be, say, or do almost anything. They will live in a restricted, restrained web that demands obedience. The web is a husk, the people you once knew are gone, the website you once loved are shells of there former selves, and the eyes of the hungry tigers are watching you, waiting for you to make
one.
wrong.
move.
...fight back as much as possible, the internet has been dead for years, but the memories are still there, but they won't be for much longer if the information is redacted and censored.
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Happy Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Day 2025!!!
(I bit of a rushed journal, but I wanted to get this out... even tho it's pretty late...) Today is August 2nd, PMD day, a day to celebrate the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series of games!
PMD is a pokemon rogue like that started on the GBA and had a few entries going to the ds, 3ds, and a remake of the first game for the switch. The gameplay is really fun, maybe not for everyone, but when you get into the flow of running through dungeons, getting items, and battling mons it is really fun. The gameplay is fun, but the story in the games is some of the best of all pokemon games, with joyful moments spent with your partner and towns folk, humorous moments with npcs and antagonist, and tear jerking moments with great climaxes. I don't wanna go into detail with the stories, as I want people that haven't played the games to give them a try, see if they might like it and fall for the series like I have, and while there hasn't been an new entry in years (not counting the remake of the first game) they are still worth playing these old games, especially if you aren't as much of a fan of the mainline games!
As a kid I first got PMD red rescue team and I loved that game, and when PMD Explorers of time (and later on my mother bought explorers of sky) I loved it even more. I've played almost all of the games from then on and became a fan of the series, but those games weren't what made me love the series to this day. You see, I use to use deviantart a lot as a kid, back in the good old days before eclipse, and there were some really talented artist on the site that created art that I still think about to this day. Along with those artist there were deviantart groups for fan made PMD ARPGs with there own lore, storylines, and characters. The first one I heard of was;
PMDUnity
(here is a wayback link to what it use to look like before deviantart ruined groups, PMD-Unity)
and it's group leader and artist
chillysundance
Their art work amazed me back then and inspired me to draw, but I never really participated in PMDU sadly, I lurked as a teen and regret not having tried doing stuff in a group. The group is dead now, but it remains there with member's artwork still there. PMDU wasn't the only group back then and even now there are PMD ARPG groups that exist with amazing artist and fun campaigns with some that are still active to this day! Here a few I know of;
It's a bit sad really, with deviantart being a husk of what it was, groups are smaller than they use to be, not as many people participate in them, and for PMD ARPGs that remains true, but one day, whenever Sheezy gets groups or clubs or whatever, I hope someone makes a PMD ARPG here, or even better the groups on DA come over to sheezy. I want to see more artist using PMD as a vessel to tell stories and make creative designs.
Despite the fact PMD2 managed to be almost as popular as the gen 4 games at the time, the series has fizzled out over the years, with the latest game being the remake of the first game back in 2020, with little a chance for a new title, but even then PMD fans hold strong, they still draw, they interact with the community, hell there's a Rom hacking program called sky temple people use to tell their own stories (or shit post)
It's amazing that a niche sub-community inside of the pokemon fandom could manage to stick around to the present, and it makes me happy seeing people talk about it and draw art, hell, here are a few lovely bits of art from various people over the years;
Oh, also if you like these,
And I have thousands more I could share, but I only have so many words in a journal, so I'll leave it here.
If you're a fan of PMD in any aspect, tell me your story with it in the comments, I love hearing how people found it and what it means to them.
PMD is a pokemon rogue like that started on the GBA and had a few entries going to the ds, 3ds, and a remake of the first game for the switch. The gameplay is really fun, maybe not for everyone, but when you get into the flow of running through dungeons, getting items, and battling mons it is really fun. The gameplay is fun, but the story in the games is some of the best of all pokemon games, with joyful moments spent with your partner and towns folk, humorous moments with npcs and antagonist, and tear jerking moments with great climaxes. I don't wanna go into detail with the stories, as I want people that haven't played the games to give them a try, see if they might like it and fall for the series like I have, and while there hasn't been an new entry in years (not counting the remake of the first game) they are still worth playing these old games, especially if you aren't as much of a fan of the mainline games!
As a kid I first got PMD red rescue team and I loved that game, and when PMD Explorers of time (and later on my mother bought explorers of sky) I loved it even more. I've played almost all of the games from then on and became a fan of the series, but those games weren't what made me love the series to this day. You see, I use to use deviantart a lot as a kid, back in the good old days before eclipse, and there were some really talented artist on the site that created art that I still think about to this day. Along with those artist there were deviantart groups for fan made PMD ARPGs with there own lore, storylines, and characters. The first one I heard of was;
PMDUnity(here is a wayback link to what it use to look like before deviantart ruined groups, PMD-Unity)
and it's group leader and artist
chillysundanceTheir art work amazed me back then and inspired me to draw, but I never really participated in PMDU sadly, I lurked as a teen and regret not having tried doing stuff in a group. The group is dead now, but it remains there with member's artwork still there. PMDU wasn't the only group back then and even now there are PMD ARPG groups that exist with amazing artist and fun campaigns with some that are still active to this day! Here a few I know of;
PMDUnity
As-Told-By-Us
PMDStarfall
PMD-AD
Rival-Gates
PMD-Outlaws
TalesOfTabira
PMD-Explorers
It's a bit sad really, with deviantart being a husk of what it was, groups are smaller than they use to be, not as many people participate in them, and for PMD ARPGs that remains true, but one day, whenever Sheezy gets groups or clubs or whatever, I hope someone makes a PMD ARPG here, or even better the groups on DA come over to sheezy. I want to see more artist using PMD as a vessel to tell stories and make creative designs.
Despite the fact PMD2 managed to be almost as popular as the gen 4 games at the time, the series has fizzled out over the years, with the latest game being the remake of the first game back in 2020, with little a chance for a new title, but even then PMD fans hold strong, they still draw, they interact with the community, hell there's a Rom hacking program called sky temple people use to tell their own stories (or shit post)
It's amazing that a niche sub-community inside of the pokemon fandom could manage to stick around to the present, and it makes me happy seeing people talk about it and draw art, hell, here are a few lovely bits of art from various people over the years;
Oh, also if you like these,
GO LIKE THESE
leave a comment on em, they deserve the attention, and tell em Edael sent 'cha.And I have thousands more I could share, but I only have so many words in a journal, so I'll leave it here.
If you're a fan of PMD in any aspect, tell me your story with it in the comments, I love hearing how people found it and what it means to them.
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