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Parents of the social media generation are not OK
It will surprise no-one to hear that there's not much I agree with Sam Harris on, but I have always remembered a thing he said a while ago, namely that Social Media is essentially a gigantic psychology experiment that we've all been entered into, with our consent or not and that we can't get out of.
I'd start looking for real estate around the Shellbrook area; you're into the tree line but still not a long drive (on half-decent roads) from Prince Albert and civilization -- if P.A. can be called "civilization."
As someone with a PhD, and who works with many, many PhDs, a hell of a lot of them are very knowledgeable about their given field and are also dumb as hell in every other part of life.
I've helped people with multiple PhD's that couldn't put a CD in the CD drive (during the height of CD's) nor could they remember MS Word shortcuts without a keyboard template. And of course they blame and yell at you for their short comings
Prederick wrote:Parents of the social media generation are not OK
It will surprise no-one to hear that there's not much I agree with Sam Harris on, but I have always remembered a thing he said a while ago, namely that Social Media is essentially a gigantic psychology experiment that we've all been entered into, with our consent or not and that we can't get out of.
I'd start looking for real estate around the Shellbrook area; you're into the tree line but still not a long drive (on half-decent roads) from Prince Albert and civilization -- if P.A. can be called "civilization."
I read these posts and I know these places, but I still find this post very confusing.
H.P. Lovesauce wrote:Prederick wrote:Parents of the social media generation are not OK
It will surprise no-one to hear that there's not much I agree with Sam Harris on, but I have always remembered a thing he said a while ago, namely that Social Media is essentially a gigantic psychology experiment that we've all been entered into, with our consent or not and that we can't get out of.
I'd start looking for real estate around the Shellbrook area; you're into the tree line but still not a long drive (on half-decent roads) from Prince Albert and civilization -- if P.A. can be called "civilization."
I read these posts and I know these places, but I still find this post very confusing.
Callback to an earlier post in which Prederick said he's almost considering "a cabin in Saskatchewan" as a living situation.
I see a cabin in Saskatchewan does have its perks. Well, if you decide it has come to that and you go through with it, send me a DM and I'll buy you a drink.
Speaking of rural Saskatchewan...does Arborfield mean anything to you?
I see it's a town up Melfort/Tisdale/Nipawin way, but I've never heard of it before. It looks like it's on the road to...errr...nowhere?
Ahh. It is a little 0-stoplight town that my grandparents (and an aunt/uncle) lived in.
I've seen this movie. It...it does not end well.
Also YouTube has "helpfully" forgotten that I watched a lot of videos from years ago.
Good, but missing the part where YouTube is like "You liked this video about any part of military history? How about a video about how the Klan actually are American heroes."
Youtube is so awful.
I started watching YT anonymously on a laptop I had never used before. Within an hour of watching, I started getting recommended videos on: Richard Spencer, Joe Rogan's mysogynist and anti vax bull crap, anti immigration turds, other female ridiculing/hating garbage, Shapiro nonsense, etc.
Nice one Prederick, now put that in a tweet. I DARE YOU!
edit: lame joke aside, I just watched the video and have a much better understanding of the issue now. If anything Lindsay Ellis was being too kind to her bullies.
Becoming popular on the internet is my second biggest fear for my daughters.
WTF
2 hours?! Got a summary?
Not about to watch it either, but I imagine it's something along the lines of "they're not actually worth anything"
2 hours?! Got a summary? :P
Beanie Babies v3.0. Plus you can right-click to make your own copy.
2 hours?! Got a summary? :P
It's all scams built on lies supporting a speculative bubble. The future envisioned is horrendously dystopian.
This megathread covers a lot of it: https://twitter.com/FoldableHuman/st...
2 hours?! Got a summary? :P
Sure! He knows what he's talking about and comes at it from an interesting angle.
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