How have the farms changed you?

[Kylie Raina]

I learned to not sperg on the internet bc the internet gave me way too many chances and im lucky im not a lolcow

 

[mr.moon1488]

Idk, only been here a bit, but apparently this place is an irl waifu factory.

 

[NoFeline]

Thanks to kiwifarms I can now confirm that the communities I despised truly are as degenerate and insidious as I feared, so I don't worry about being crazy anymore.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

Thanks to kiwifarms I can now confirm that the communities I despised truly are as degenerate and insidious as I feared, so I don't worry about being crazy anymore.

This is true, but the real fun is learning that the communities you like are also that degenerate and insidious

 

[PT 522]

I learned that I'm probably actually autistic IRL

 

[2.D.]

-Shit you post online never goes away, and some autist will dig it up if you piss them off enough.
-For every exceptional thing you've done, someone else has taken that and knocked it out of the park.
-null is a faggot.

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

I learned that this place does not bow to the whims of those chasing the "Current Year" clap.
I find it strangely comforting.

 

[Cryptozoology]

It's made me a lot more careful about what I post and where. I was a terrible chronic oversharer online for a very long time because I just flat didn't care, but I gained the ability to care after seeing what kind of trail that shit can leave, as well as seeing how using the internet as your personal journal like that can put you in a situation where you're less likely to get help.

I picked up a lot of random bits of information too. Stuff about law, cooking, medical issues, art.

 

[AF 802]

It's made me analyze people as autistic IRL. Either that, or interests that attract autism.

 

[omori]

I’ve become less tolerant towards autistic people. I don’t particularly like that since I know autistic people.

 

[moocow]

I deleted Facebook and got myself banned from Twitter and my life's been better for it. I know now most hate crimes are faked. I trust absolutely none of the mainstream media outlets, whether in print, on TV or online and hold a dim view even for the alternative outlets. I don't trust anonymous sources or any article or claim based on what they say and I almost reflexively assume the opposite of whatever the big news outlets are saying is closer to the truth now.

I went from being a Google fan to using Bing (I know, from one evil to another, but WTF choice is there now?). I've actively discouraged companies from using cloud computing (and they actually listened) because of who controls most of it and how they allow politics to interfere with ordinary commerce. I've learned never to rely solely on any specific product or service for my livelihood since practically anything can be weaponized and revoked now, from web hosting to banking. I've learned more about redundant and fail-safe computing in the past three years than I ever thought I'd need to know.

I learned to recognize Trump Derangement Syndrome in people very quickly and have spared myself many uncomfortable, unwinnable arguments with people I once considered friends. They predictably ditched me (now I'm a "nazi" or some shit in their social circles), but thanks to the Farms I'm not angry at them. I feel bad for them, and I hope maybe they'll calm down some day and remember me. I miss them.

Best of all, my parents actually love talking politics with me now, and they've even been kind enough not to say "we told you so."

 

[SomeLameFurry]

Kiwifarms taught me to not overshare, its something I'm trying to work on. Also that theres a lot of weird and honestly insane people out there, and learning of a new lolcow I didn't know before is very fun.
The world is full of strange people, kiwifarms is like people watching but on the internet

 

[pozilei]

I had some NEET tendencies (as in: I never was one, but I could have seen myself slipping into that sort of lifestlye if things only went a little bit different) and KF really motivated me to do better. Which is an odd thing to say, I realize that, but watching people like Jake Alley really made me want to try a bit harder so I don't end up like that. It's just so easy to declare that the job market is unfair. Or that nobody recognices your "potential" or whatever. You gotta put the work in before someone can see what you can do.

They've also made me even more paranoid.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Well, before KF I could say that I've never joked at the expense of someone who killed himself. That's changed now, though.

 

[J A N D E K]

I was once a sweet, little pug. Now I’m something completely reprehensible.

 

[wellthathappened]

I didn't really know much about gender dysphoria before joining The Farms.

 

[DatBepisTho]

I have little love for humanity, but the farms tanked it within the first month.

 

[Dual Rectifier]

I used to hate trannies, but never knew how to articulate it. Now I hate trannies, and know exactly why.

 

[lurk_moar]

Chris chan and all of the other autists taught me to hide my fucking power level on the internet and stop acting like a sperg online and in meatspace.

 

[theriddler3]

My autism is now weaponized. Thanks, all!