{"id":1771,"date":"2023-08-28T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ysfaye.wordpress.com\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2023-08-28T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:46:01","slug":"down-memory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ysfaye.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/28\/down-memory-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Down Memory Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to be an avid reader of Xiaxue&#8217;s blog. So, I searched for her blog once more, only to find it removed because of the cancel culture. Cancel culture is sounding more like cancer culture, a disease unleashed on random people OR people asking for it. But, to what degree should freedom of speech be punished?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, Twitter&#8217;s new logomark, X seems to be a joke by appearing to be a symbol of cancel culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ysfaye.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/twitter.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ysfaye.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/twitter.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1774\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in the 1990s, societies were less maddening, or their voices were. They were more accepting and less triggered by any random shit we come across. Even the words &#8216;random shit&#8217; can trigger someone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What changed? Cultures? More idiots in the hoi polloi?<em> Brain cells died?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years ago, before COVID, I heard about cancel culture for the first time. Ironically, it was by some triggered online person whom I&#8217;ve never met who misjudged my comments and stubbornly insisted that I meant it another way. He insisted I was trying to get something canceled. What actually happened was, I asked a question to get an answer. And guess where that mental case came from? Where cancel culture was first heard of. <em>Sheesh, who was he to tell me what I think I&#8217;m actually thinking?<\/em> LMAO. Can&#8217;t even brain this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt it was a waste of time explaining myself, so I eventually deleted that post since I&#8217;d gotten the answer. Thankfully, back then, other people came to my defense from this psycho. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do pity celebrities&#8217; lives. Yes, they have a lavish life, but imagine your life being broadcast everywhere you go. And your life can go down the drain anytime a mob decides to unleash the cancel disease upon you. For example, Kanye&#8217;s suffering from a mental illness. Not only did he not get the treatment he needed, his craziness was paraded on social media and society made a mockery of him. Same with Britney&#8217;s recent divorce from her ex-husband. Sides were taken. One side said her husband got lucky from having to deal with her mental illness. <em>Talk about adding fuel to the fire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did they ask for it? It&#8217;s a grey area with celebrities. I guess it bogs down to whether what they did impacted the lives of others or everyone&#8217;s just being nosy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to be an avid reader of Xiaxue&#8217;s blog. 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