Random thoughts (*rises from the dead*)
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It is a stunning realization that smartphones, social media and dating apps are a strong contributor to many of our profound social problems: youth anxiety, particularly in girls; political polarization; now widespread conspirational thinking; behavioral addictions including porn, gambling and shopping; the fertility crisis; the commodification of intimate relationships; decrease of in person social contacts, loneliness, the gig economy that many say is exploitative, etc, etc.
They sold us something that would make us closer, amd it ended up making us sadder and more isolated. I hope most of this is not news to anyone. It is technically possible, but very difficult, to reject all of this technology, especially since there are some genuinely useful and non harmful aspects.
By the way @Halloween Mike did you end up getting a data plan?
They sold us something that would make us closer, amd it ended up making us sadder and more isolated. I hope most of this is not news to anyone. It is technically possible, but very difficult, to reject all of this technology, especially since there are some genuinely useful and non harmful aspects.
By the way @Halloween Mike did you end up getting a data plan?
Nope lolBy the way @Halloween Mike did you end up getting a data plan?
I bet he has an identical twin named Juan. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal.
me: "It's FINALLY summer!"
also me: "omg it's so hot and the sun is trying to kill me!"
also me: "omg it's so hot and the sun is trying to kill me!"
That's why I keep saying that we should make it socially acceptable to say "I don't like Summer". It's not the Summers we grew up with, folks.
Not to brag about my ability to sense the zeitgeist, but you saw it on merb in my threads before the media talked about it:
Nostalgia for the 90's (see my nostalgia thread):
Controversial sexy marketing by Garage (Thread now deleted, posted earlier this year)
Nostalgia for the 90's (see my nostalgia thread):
Controversial sexy marketing by Garage (Thread now deleted, posted earlier this year)
"Sur Reddit, un père déplore la manière dont sont parfois présentées les collections sur les sites des chaînes Garage et Urban Planet. "
Maybe you are the father in question!
It started with 80's nostalgia via Stranger Things and Cobra Kai. We're witnessing the dawn of 90's nostalgia. The world is healing.
