Free entertainment

To my readers who are flushing money down the drain with their premium subscriptions to all manners of + and minus channels and flix and subprime offerings..

There is a free show in town. It is called Nextdoor. Endless hilarity - all for free.

Some sample threads that I read recently include -

Need newborn photographer.... and people proceeded to provide tips
Man walking on street - detail videos of some random dude walking on the road - reported and commented 45 times by concerned neighbors as it was a rare instance of a man walking on a road - what's the matter with this clown? Why no car?
Excessive and random use of emojis... many people just have a field day posting some random crap and load it with all kinds of emojis like they threw up as they were typing
Weird videos of people stealing in convenience stores and the hilarious name calling among people that post
Rants from people who go to a buffet and create a mini riot because there is no vegetarian items on the menu and the subsequent egg throwing contest that plays out virtually in cyberspace.
Race relations and people calling names and wondering what the purpose of nextdoor is supposed to be.

Social media begat social warfare. I wonder if there are actual comics writing some of the stuff and driving ad revenue to the dude that started this service.

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