1. I place less value on the internet and more on IRL interactions. Yes, the internet is dead. Artistic crocheting with your buddies still isn't. It is a little more difficult to organize but it's still just as rewarding as always.

2. Even in the dead internet, there are things that aren't being consumed by the machine. I built my own Twitter/Bluesky client with my own recommendation system, and a huge chunk of the content I see is just people dicking around.

3. What's exactly wrong with being racist? I stopped browsing Reddit and talking to AI because, among other things, it cannot handle my racist opinions. My IRL friends don't mind me being racist so I just talk to them instead. My employer doesn't need to know I'm secretly racist. Author gives off vibes like living in 80's and "I want to feel special but I don't want to have gay sex" like pick one bro.

4. If you want to be a part of counter-culture, then fucking make it yourself, unless what you miss is the pre-packaged mass-manufactured counter-culture before you understood how it works. Then I have bad news for you, Santa isn't real.

5. You don't need to be special in all aspects. It's totally okay to enjoy some mainstream AI-generated slop too.