Comment on I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.
iii@mander.xyz 13 hours ago
The weird thing is that that’s always been the case. Only thing that changed last decade is the gullibility of the reader.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
No, it was the widespread adoption of social media. People aren’t more gullible you just started having non-technical in a space they dont understand and cannot behave responsibly
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 9 hours ago
It’s marketed capitalistic abuse and rape of a technology, just like what happened to everything good that humans make.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Bull, people are more gullible. Back when I was a kid, if you hear something on the street, you went and checked it. But on the internet, people accept shit as-is, because they like it and that’s it. Fucking hell.
gdog05@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I grew up pretty certain in the ideas that AIDs was gay cancer, Boy George was straight, Marilyn Manson had a rib removed to perform auto fellatio, Mother Theresa was the very idea of kindness, a girl couldn’t get pregnant if she sucked on you after cumming in her, and that jet fuel could melt steel beams.
(Some of those I only half-believed and maybe not all the best examples)
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 9 hours ago
Ikr… I paid so much to get my ribs removed and it was still just the tip.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Dave Attell Street Smarts. Watch it