I feel like we're past peak internet.

Sometimes I miss the days when the internet was just for cats, chess, pornography, AIM and AOL chat rooms, StarCraft, Limewire, and LiveJournal. Simpler times that required you to type www for the world wide web.

There's plenty that's improved with age, but it was certainly better than elf on a shelf memes and people being obsessed with hating some rich dude who's not even running for office and anger milling and data collection and incels and reels.

I feel like memes have gotten worse the last couple of years.

Not, like... Worse as in more upsetting or wrong or less convincing or something. Just... Not as entertaining or creative.

And I don't think it's me or my age or changed taste or my imperfect memory clouded by nostalgia. I feel like the content is less compelling.