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Social media makes folks lose perspective and become too despondent.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:00 pm
In 1968 we had the Vietnam War ongoing including the Tet Offensive.
A flu pandemic that killed over 100,000 Americans.
Civil rights protests and War protests.
The assassinations of RFK and MLK. With riots following the MLK death that took over 40 lives.
France got the bomb.
The bad guys invaded Czechoslovakia,
60 minutes began airing.....
And somehow life went on and we are still here today.
A flu pandemic that killed over 100,000 Americans.
Civil rights protests and War protests.
The assassinations of RFK and MLK. With riots following the MLK death that took over 40 lives.
France got the bomb.
The bad guys invaded Czechoslovakia,
60 minutes began airing.....
And somehow life went on and we are still here today.
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:01 pm to Anaximander
The end is nigh
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:03 pm to themasterpater
I think a big part of what we're seeing is the lack of sex a lot of people have had during the quarantine.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:04 pm to Anaximander
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In 1968 we had the Vietnam War ongoing including the Tet Offensive.
A flu pandemic that killed over 100,000 Americans.
Civil rights protests and War protests.
The assassinations of RFK and MLK. With riots following the MLK death that took over 40 lives.
France got the bomb.
The bad guys invaded Czechoslovakia,
60 minutes began airing.....
And somehow life went on and we are still here today.
Sounds like 1968 was just as shitty as 2020 and they didn't even have social media.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:06 pm to Anaximander
Social media is becoming a scourge. Thought diversity is at an all-time low. There are less real conversations, just online transactions of virtual currency (upvotes, likes, retweets).
Congrats Big Tech - you've enslaved us all.
Congrats Big Tech - you've enslaved us all.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:06 pm to Anaximander
I deactivated mine last night. Feel a million times more positive today without seeing all the bullshite and bitching.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:08 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Sounds like 1968 was just as shitty as 2020 and they didn't even have social media.
It was but outside of special reports the news was on for a half hour and only when you were in front of the tv. It permeates now and the competition makes the media stress the worst case scenario more and more to keep you connected.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:13 pm to CockHolliday
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I think a big part of what we're seeing is the lack of sex a lot of people have had during the quarantine.
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CockHolliday
User name checks out.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:15 pm to Billy Mays
Have an online transaction of virtual currency, mate!
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:17 pm to Anaximander
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It was but outside of special reports the news was on for a half hour and only when you were in front of the tv. It permeates now and the competition makes the media stress the worst case scenario more and more to keep you connected.
When does the Unabomber's Manifesto become required reading for the OT/PT?
Edit to add: I am in no way advocating violence, bombing, or anything else he said/did with that post, just pointing out that a lot of what he was against was technology and whatnot.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:24 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Have an online transaction of virtual currency, mate!
You too!
frick it. Everyone ITT gets one!
See Twitter activists - this is what the internet is meant for - frick off with your angry sad sack divisive horseshite! You're ruining the fun for all of us
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:30 pm to Anaximander
Carefully craft your social media echo chamber, only allowing articles and data that support your narrative.
Visit said echo chamber on a daily basis for years and continue to inject that confirmation bias into your veins.
Eventually, you will have convinced yourself there is no longer a debate. You KNOW you're right and anyone who disagrees with you is not just wrong, but evil.
Then strike a match:
Visit said echo chamber on a daily basis for years and continue to inject that confirmation bias into your veins.
Eventually, you will have convinced yourself there is no longer a debate. You KNOW you're right and anyone who disagrees with you is not just wrong, but evil.
Then strike a match:
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:32 pm to Sponge
Aldous Huxley was more prescient than Orwell. Orwell said the truth would be kept from us. Huxley said there will be so much noise you won't be able to find the truth.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:34 pm to Billy Mays
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Social media is becoming a scourge. Thought diversity is at an all-time low. There are less real conversations, just online transactions of virtual currency (upvotes, likes, retweets).
Congrats Big Tech - you've enslaved us all.
24 hour cable news isn't so great either. During the 60s many people would read the morning paper and watch maybe an hour long news program at the end of the day. There are millions of people sitting around watching hour after hour after hour of riot coverage today.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:39 pm to mattfromnj
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24 hour cable news isn't so great either. During the 60s many people would read the morning paper and watch maybe an hour long news program at the end of the day. There are millions of people sitting around watching hour after hour after hour of riot coverage today.
Absolutely. There's a reason why Portnoy and Rogan have been seeing massive gains. People are tired of the constant bullshite divisive groupthink with cable news.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:02 pm to Anaximander
If only COVID-19 had been as bad as predicted. That might have woken a few people up.
Oh, what could have been.
Oh, what could have been.
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