Feel free to school me. I'm informed by listening to MATI (plus Null's appearances on Racket's show), reading this thread for a year, and randomly looking at about 5 other threads + I know Kiwi's history.
The go-to Kiwi self-definition is "We're here to laugh at lolcows". Okay, fine. But that's wildly one-dimensional.
Kiwi - or at least this thread - is WAY more than that. On this thread alone, we've had rather deep conversations (I mean, the bar is low on social media) about theology, addiction, and psychology.
@Himedall All-seeing Waifu is singularly ruining Nick's Locals (and she probs knew she would) while tracing his driving to cosmetic surgeons, and
@200MB 's entire (not esp funny) post brilliantly exposed Nick's hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, there is a wealth of historical knowledge here going back to Ralph, Vic, Greer, etc. which approximately ties in with nerdom in the best way (anime, gamers, et al) - and advanced tech knowledge which most OG Farmers seem to have.
You know what all that actually is?
Journalism. As it was meant to be.
The only hypocrisy I see in Kiwi''s 'We're just here to laugh at lolcows' is that around 80% here are ex-fans (change my mind

). There is actual anger underlying the mockery - to varying degrees. I'm guessing
@200MB spent at least 20 hours creating that indicting post. I don't even want to estimate how many hours
@Himedall All-seeing Waifu has put into her "hobby".
Feels like far more than only laughter. And that's FINE. Comedy is often rage infused. (Dick Masterson and about a few dozen other comedians have made careers of it. I don't want to put Chap into the same sphere as Dick ... anyway, you get the point.)
But let's not pretend it's ONLY about comedy. That's merely the veneer and marketing.