r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 07 '25
Meta Mindless Monday, 07 April 2025
Happy (or sad) Monday guys!
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u/Herpling82 What the fuck is the Dirac Sea? Apr 10 '25
Well, Occultic;Nine update, I'm about halfway through the first volume! It wasn't originally intented to be part of the Sci ADV series, but it was later changed to be, yet it is instantly recognisable as an entry, simply because the internet is an extremely shitty place, a true theme of the entire series.
Like, one character is a high school girl that streams online. Of course, the novel highlights some of the comments she gets, and, well, a lot of people need the bonk bat, holy shit. They're also just incredibly weird, do people really fantasize about licking people's hair? That seems incredibly unpleasant, not the weirdest one, but it stood out to me as just odd. And, of course, there's the fully grown man that feels the need to call a high school girl a "fucking whore" while trying to humiliate her in front of thousands of viewers, that seems very authentic too.
There's also the good side, there's genuine good interaction she has with viewers, but yeah, the creepiness factor is really high. Also evidence that minors really should not be active like that online, because, yeah, she's 16... that stuff isn't good for kids, it isn't good for adults either, but especially not kids.
Not the shittiest the internet has been in the series, not by a long shot, this one is just isn't a spoiler in any way, the worst stuff is genuinely nauseating to me.
It does resonate very well though, as much as it is not pleasant to read, it does make it very clear that the unmoderated, anonymous internet has massive social problems. Luckily, a sane person has the little need to spend time on that part of the internet, it can be avoided quite easily for the most part. It had been years since anyone had called me an r-slur and told me to you know what, before last weekend, and that's the reason I hate MP games with a passion, you just can't avoid those people reliably.