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- Oct 1, 2022
I think a bigger part of the problem is that as time goes on and the internet has expanded, it has become clear that lolcows aren't a unique phenomenon when it comes to internet users the way we used to view it. It is more a result of the internet itself. It reminds me of two twitter posts I have seen over the last couple of days.I'm going to say that a big part of the reason why there aren't lolcows 'like in the good ole days' is because the Internet and lolcow culture have grown so much. Most people with threads here have acknowledged the concept in some capacity so they self police. Only bonafide degenerates produce enough to be considered true lolcows. The self-righteous/sociopath a-log question. All these boxes are open and consequences will never be the same.


While there are people who are naturally severe eccentrics in life, I think a lot more of the population are NPCs who will become whatever society shaped and programmed them to be. Very few people are capable of avoiding the ills, pitfalls and programming forced on them by modern society. Society only follows those who lead it, if you have a healthy and stable pack doing it then you get far more stable human beings. Have a dysfunctional pack leading it and you get far more dysfunctional people following suit.
For the internet, I feel that it has become evident that a lot of normies can't navigate it properly and are cursed to fall down all the bad rabbit holes that cows have always been known to do. While a lot of older cows were natural eccentrics venturing out online, it turns out a lot of people can become eccentric when spending time online.
Being a cow isn't so much about whether or not you're an eccentric person who likes to be online as much as it is if you're a person who has the capability to avoid becoming one when you're online.