Social Media

[Grays_1890]

I have been really thinking about Social Media in the last few days and how ingrained it is in peoples lives, myself included and how it impacts mood, especially reflective because of DubaiSpur post on the subject and the more I think about it, the more it really amazes me as a space where I find people lose a massive sense of reality and I can't fathom it out.

The whole IbizaBoss fella thing came up and its just such an example of how the worlds lost sense of itself. How a guy can become famous now for merely having a really crap haircut is astonishing. He will make a fair bit of dosh from short lived fame from it, when you think about it rationally.......you ask yourself why

Then I saw a debate on twitter which fascinated me (as I love the psychology side of life), the debate was about Thomas Skinner where one guy was saying "I think he is an inspiration" where another said "I think he is grifting, he has a record for handling stolen good and he is also a serial company closer", so that got me thinking are we sold by online personas like Skinner and Big John basically because they say stuff like "bosh" rather than being rational and saying maybe I am trusting an online persona far more than I should be............or is that cynical??

Anyway nothing profound, just a brain dump

 

[spurspinter1]

Could you please sum this up in an 8 second reel, and sex it up a bit, maybe wear some provocative clothing amd throw in a dance routine. All those words mate, my attention span is fried

 

[Grays_1890]

Could you please sum this up in an 8 second reel, and sex it up a bit, maybe wear some provocative clothing amd throw in a dance routine. All those words mate, my attention span is fried

Hahaha, noted............like and hit the subscribe button

 

[Baleforce]

It’s pop culture populism.

There really is nothing to most of it.

I binned off all social media other than this place a few years back. I was worried about being less informed, but the right podcasts bridged that gap, now I’m blissfully ignorant of the pile ons and reactive flimflam (mostly).

 

[Mikey10]

Gave it all up (bar here) more than a decade ago. It’s a cancer for mental health.

 

[parklane1]

Idiots posting stuff for other idiots who read it.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Gave it all up (bar here) more than a decade ago. It’s a cancer for mental health.

....and here's just a cancer for productiveness

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

It’s pop culture populism.

There really is nothing to most of it.

I think you're massively underestimating the issues it brings

 

[Baleforce]

I think you're massively underestimating the issues it brings

Not at all, by that I mean there is no substance or truth to it.

Just as with politics and football fandom, people get sucked in by a sound bite, ignoring the complexity of the issues and mistaking not being sated for not being heard.

 

[glasgowspur]

I sat in my parents house a few years ago and all my nieces (late 20s to early 40s) were scrolling on their phones, I asked them if any of them could tell what they had seen three "flicks" ago.
None of them could, not one.
How can you spend so much time on something and pay so little attention?

 

[Muttley]

Can you remember life before computers?

Can you remember life before the internet?

Can you remember life before mobile phones?

Can you remember life before smart phones?

Can you remember life before social media?

Can you remember life before AI?

What's the next 2 or 3 questions in the series?

 

[Rorschach]

Can you remember life before computers?

Can you remember life before the internet?

Can you remember life before mobile phones?

Can you remember life before smart phones?

Can you remember life before social media?

Can you remember life before AI?

What's the next 2 or 3 questions in the series?

Can you remember life before societal collapse?

Anybody got any food?

 

[kb 1984]

Can you remember life before computers?

Can you remember life before the internet?

Can you remember life before mobile phones?

Can you remember life before smart phones?

Can you remember life before social media?

Can you remember life before AI?

What's the next 2 or 3 questions in the series?

Can you remember life before the robots took over