• MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I get how there are people who don’t follow politics, but man… how do you avoid news like this?

    I mean, technically, she’s not in until the convention… but you would think it would be common knowledge unless you’re a recluse or a child who doesn’t know most people by name.

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      Someone more famous than I (Meryl Streep?) once suggested that upon graduation, one should be mandated to drive a taxi for a year, just to see what it’s “really like” out there.
      You’ll have to take my word for it, she’s so right.

      People still talk about litter boxes in schools for the furries - with a phone attached to their palms 24/7 that’ll PROVE to them in seconds that it never happened…and, yet…

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        I just worked customer service for a decade. After awile you just take it in stride when an adult is functionally illiterate. Leaving aside the people who think Democrat and Republican have to do with the dictionary definitions of Democracy and Republic and nothing else.

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        People still talk about litter boxes in schools for the furries - with a phone attached to their palms 24/7 that’ll PROVE to them in seconds that it never happened…and, yet…

        …yet they find that one thread on Nextdoor where one person claimed that it happened in their child’s classroom and a lot of self-righteous pearl clutching. Therefore, that must be the truth.

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        Tell me about it. It’s practically impossible to avoid american news and it’s fucking infuriating. I’m so sick of hearing about trump and biden or democrats and republicans etc yet it’s pretty much impossible to avoid unless you dont use social media at all. I get that a huge chunk of the English speaking internet is made up of Americans but holy fuck shut the fuck up, as a Canadian I’m fucking sick of their brain dead sports team politics, especially cause that bullshit is infecting Canada now. We even have Canadian trumpers ffs.

        Fuck you and your dumbass politics america, hurry up and implode already so I can at least be entertained instead of annoyed.

        To anyone thats gonna reply and tell me how I should care because it’s gonna affect me blah blah blah I dont fucking care. Not even gonna read any replies this comment gets I just wanted to vent. So dont waste your time replying.

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      I think we are all in literal Hell. That’s the only explanation that makes sense that other people are so clueless. We are all dead and in Hell; they are actors put here to torment us.

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        It’s both the best and worst time ever to be alive for someone with a halfway functional brain. Science is making all sorts of incredible advances and we’re learning different things about the universe. Then you turn around and there’s large swaths of the population that are apparently purposefully ignorant about the most basic stuff that is integral to the running of the country, and we’re dependent on these same people to go vote to help save democracy.

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          Except we’re putting all our best minds on hair loss medicine and dick pills. And the number 1 show is “Ow my balls”. I want off this timeline. Brought to you by Carls, Jr.

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      I get how there are people who don’t follow politics, but man… how do you avoid news like this?

      In my experience, with so much option offered by the Internet, an individual could easily curate the type of information they’re consuming and exclude others.

      I’m aware of targeted ads and algorithm having some influence, but overall the internet still offers better freedom of choice than TV, radio and newspaper would have offered. But the problem with this is people curating only what they want to see and making their own personal informational bubble. Seeing what people only want to see, especially ones that comfort them. That’s why too many people are unaware on certain things.