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hansolo

@ hansolo @lemmy.today

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  • Fortunately, they were unrelated events

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  • I'm so excited for the person you're telling about this. Imagine seeing that video again for the first time?

    I remember clear as day downloading this video from Limewire and the incredible majesty of understanding that people are, in fact, this stupid.

  • TIL that mainland China has a youth organization called the Young Pioneers of China that promotes the ideology of the Communist Party of China to young students in school.

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  • So is it kind of like state-run Boy Scouts?

    Also, what US highschoers wear ties? I thought that was just private schools.

  • HAWT

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  • We need a Myers-Briggs style 2-axis chart about what additions mean what personality traits.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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    1. When leadership changed hands they had a "yellow alert" over not constantly increasing ad revenue fast enough.

  • What keeps you hopeful?

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  • OK, that's fair. Without info it can be hard to tell what type of "shit is bad and I need help" you're in.

    I was homeless as a kid, and I hear you on that fear. Like you know that at least it's probably survivable, but also total shit and being constantly on edge and miserable. Especially with shit family. I'm sorry there's nothing I can do to help you. I won't try and pump you up unnecessarily, but at least it sounds like you're trying to think through your options rationally. Keep trying your best, it's all any of us can do.

    Feel free to vent or send a DM any time. And hey, at least I just saved you $100 in garbage pretend therapy.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • Facebook actually did start off that way if you'll recall, and you don't have to use your real name on FB still. I was sad when my friend's dog's profile got deleted for very obviously being a dog. I hated FB from the start, and it was around 2010ish is when they started to get too serious about themselves.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • It's really only just a few platforms that are more toxic than average. "Social media" includes things like WhatsApp and Signal, which are functionally similar enough to email threads that they don't compare to Twitter where everything is public-facing.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • No.

    Search engines exist and tell people how to spell things, simple math, and get them to things like recipes and wiki pages.

    Top Google search right now in the US is emmy winners. That's a search for information, not conformation bias.

    People also can't seek confirmation bias of they don't know where to start.

    Why confidently start of a comment with "No" and gamble with absolute when that's a net losing tactic over the long run?

  • What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025?

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  • There's a terminology issue here, feature phones run apps, flip phones and true dumb phones shouldn't run apps or have any data connections. But it seems more common now to draw the line at Smartphone and anything else is "dumb" even if it's basically just a 2008 smartphone.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • Google search is total shit because spammers figured out how to SEO their way into results.

  • What keeps you hopeful?

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  • Hey, talking to a counselor or a therapist can seriously help. Even just having someone to bounce thoughts off of, totally worth it. Please consider it.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • On the whole, I would argue it has been.

    Social media, on the other hand, fuck no. But the internet in general absolutely.

    Knowledge sharing and research are amazingly easy now. Things that would have taken going to a library and possibly ordering 2 or 3 hard to find books, maybe several long distance phone calls, all to get 30 year old info, are now replaced by digitized records and some dude's website.

    Access to scientific research is shockingly easy now. You're seconds away from reading up to the minute research on anything.

    International standards also help. I can use my credit card anywhere on earth. Translate speech and text in real time. Email anyone anywhere. I can learn when the common scams are in a place before I go there. It helps make connecting with people possible anywhere.

  • I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.

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  • But that's on us as people electing leaders. Authoritarians exist with or without the internet, and don't just show up one day with some cheat code to get into power. The internet didn't create any of this from scratch.

  • We've reached the gaslighting stage

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  • Oh no, they'll learn your personality profile and manipulate you, get you on the edge of suicide, only to bring you back of the ledge to sell you the newest AI sunglasses.

  • What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025?

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  • 2FA app. 2FA via SMS is incredibly insecure.

    Map and translation apps a close second.

  • I made a bread

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  • That's a lovely loaf!

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  • I can't image thinking that way. Ugh, sorry to you OP. Good luck with this.

  • Is WhatsApp safe? Not according to its ex-security chief | Proton

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  • Attaullah Baig, who ran WhatsApp’s security team between 2021 and 2025, says the app isn’t nearly as private as Meta claims. In his lawsuit, he alleges that roughly 1,500 employees have access to sensitive user information, including location, profile photos, group memberships, and contact lists.

    Also unaddressed account takeovers.

    Group memberships and contact lists are golden data for both Meta and snoopy governments.

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  • Yes, absolutely. I would worry more about the school trapping her in and endless moving goalposts to graduate situation. Unless they have a quantifiable and confirmed network or some benefit to graduates, it seems like a cash grab.

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  • OK, but so he's basically paying for adult day care if she quits before graduating?