A new game: determine when you meet someone if they use tik-tok or not without asking them.

People's opinions are groomed and programmed. It's pretty hilarious how small minded people are.

AlfredBarnes 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I could very quickly sus out what was on FOX news last night by the conversations my coworkers have.

	▲	baggachipz 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> sus out Intentional typo as a good pun?

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hdhdhsjsbdh 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What are the tells? Since COVID I’ve noticed that every new person I meet seems to harbor at least 1 or 2 oddball opinions. Conversation tends to veer into weirder places than it used to, creating a surreal sort of feeling of being in the world. I’ve felt that this is just a result of everyone being tuned by whatever personalized feed is amplifying or directing their base instincts.

	▲	boelboel an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think what's more interesting is that the odd opinions don't mean anything anymore. Before someone with odd opinions tended to be either really crazy or they were intelligent and thought a long time about something. Nowadays they seem shallow, they saw something on tiktok but don't really know what they're talking about, just totally rehashing whatever they heard. It might partially come from the fact that writing essays isn't deemed important anymore, when you hear people talk about how X or Y is good/bad they can hardly write down why. I've seen articles how we're going from a written culture to an oral culture and the sort of cranks you get with social media certainly fit with the latter.
	▲	coffeefirst 16 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The tell is they don't know it. People who read a lot or get deep into history podcasts and have a hot take on the French Revolution know that this is some whacky shit and if they bring it up explain it first. TikTok people say the crazy thing and they're surprised when everyone gives them the look. Also the thing they bring up is usually provocative, factually ridiculous, and a little unhinged.

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 31 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anti-social take. People are being exploited by some of the smartest people in the world who use natural human desires against people but somehow they are at fault for being small minded?

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supertroop 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You’re just learning how small minded people are? In the US there was an attempted insurrection filmed live. We elected the guy who led it who then pardoned 1600 jailed criminals. Now he is trying to creat a slush fund to give them millions as reparations. 33% of the country is delighted by this. These are Plank sized brains.

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saadn92 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

yep, even people I thought educated voted for this fool. seriously, they have college degrees, but apparently get their news from random social media accounts

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hedora an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

billions; 30%. (His approval rating is finally starting to drop below the historic floor).

	▲	gavin-1 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Where are you seeing 30%? I feel like I keep seeing this claim, month after month, but then I look it up and he's still got around the same ~38% approval. I keep getting my hopes up that people are finally realizing how awful he is, only to be disappointed again. It's depressing.

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nailer 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> In the US there was an attempted insurrection filmed live.

No there wasn't. Did you see something like Prigozhin's line of tanks miving to Moscow? Turkish commanders siezing control of the military and moving men across the Bosphorus towards the capital?

Or did you see protesters entering a building and generally being dickheads?

I don't think they should have entered the building. I think most of them are morons, and lucky to not have been shot, but pretending these people had an organized attempt to take over the government is outlandish.