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It turned the internet to TV. That's what young generations do now, they spend all day zapping channels, but we think it's cool because it's "on the internetz"

It turned the internet to TV. That's what young generations do now, they spend all day zapping channels, but we think it's cool because it's "on the internetz" and not on a bad unhealthy CRT. Society is sleepwalking to a generation of uninformed media junkies whose technical illiteracy is masked only by their ability to infinite scroll. I hope the end of this era comes soon and the focus stops being how to dumb down everything to a prepackaged and preprocessed feed. As lovely as the screens are, the media ecosystem around them is worse than what we had with good old color tv+radio.

voisin 5y ago
> As lovely as the screens are, the media ecosystem around them is worse than what we had with good old color tv+radio. You realize this is completely subjective right? Perhaps if your interests were completely aligned with the mainstream then that past was preferable, but today anyone can “zap channels” about any niche they are interested in.
- psychedelican 5y ago
  Which for many who were teenagers with internet like myself, lead to hardcore pornography addiction, lasting mental turmoil, and problems processing intimacy correctly. Media isn't just shows and news, kids have access to an ever-expanding pool of pornographic garbage, more damaging than even the most hardcore magazines / dvds of the 80s and 90s.
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  - alisonkisk 5y ago
    People who can't process intimacy with porn can't process intimacy without it either. We also play GTA but somehow manage to drive cars without running over prostitutes.
    - psychedelican 5y ago
      Absolutely false. Access to pornography during early sexual development has an obvious impact on people's ability to process sexual intimacy and intimacy in general. This has been studied and really isn't up for debate at this point. You can let a kid pick up a videogame and let him shoot people in the head all day with probably no major effect on his psyche. What if you showed that same kid a video of someone having their head blown off? There's literally a reason why there are laws against children seeing pornography, and to say it has no effect on the development of the brain is ridiculous.
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TrueGeek 5y ago
https://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg https://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg
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mcphage 5y ago
> the media ecosystem around them is worse than what we had with good old color tv+radio Have you forgotten how vapid TV was in the 80s and 90s? Sure, it's not fantastic now, but it's vastly superior to what it replaced. Before, there were a tiny number of content producers, and what they produced was garbage. We still have the garbage producers with deep pockets, but it's easy to find good, niche content in whatever subjects interest you.
- mikestew 5y ago
  I was discussing with my current spouse about how we spent our time before The Now Times where we now have many more entertainment options, as well as being far more wealthy than we were back then, allowing us to things other than watch TV. :-) My conclusion was that my ex-wife and I watched a lot more TV than I watch now. And I'll bet that Miami Vice (a staple at our house back then) aged just about as well as one might think (was it really just War on Drugs propaganda, as I recall it?). And we watched Moonlighting, which gave Bruce Willis his start, and that's a show I would almost go back and watch. Other than that, I couldn't tell you a thing that was on in the '80s. All I know is that we watched the screen, but only those two shows left enough of an impression to remember 35 years later. Ask me what we watched in this era thirty five years from today, and I'll bet I'll give you a list as long as your arm. The Wire, Battlestar reboot, Game of Thrones...
  - pwinnski 5y ago
    Having gone back and rewatched Moonlighting in recent years, wowsers was that show sexist! How did I not see that at the time? Same with Remington Steele, as well as Scarecrow and Mrs King. Turns out I watched a lot of shows that I would have sworn weren't full of overt sexism but actually very much were.
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    - danbolt 5y ago
      I feel like it goes to show that there can be times when we're really blind to these sorts of things. When I look back and watch older media like that, it helps me be more conscious of the assumptions baked into content today.

voisin 5y ago

> As lovely as the screens are, the media ecosystem around them is worse than what we had with good old color tv+radio. You realize this is completely subjective right? Perhaps if your interests were completely aligned with the mainstream then that past was preferable, but today anyone can “zap channels” about any niche they are interested in.

psychedelican 5y ago
Which for many who were teenagers with internet like myself, lead to hardcore pornography addiction, lasting mental turmoil, and problems processing intimacy correctly. Media isn't just shows and news, kids have access to an ever-expanding pool of pornographic garbage, more damaging than even the most hardcore magazines / dvds of the 80s and 90s.
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- alisonkisk 5y ago
  People who can't process intimacy with porn can't process intimacy without it either. We also play GTA but somehow manage to drive cars without running over prostitutes.
  - psychedelican 5y ago
    Absolutely false. Access to pornography during early sexual development has an obvious impact on people's ability to process sexual intimacy and intimacy in general. This has been studied and really isn't up for debate at this point. You can let a kid pick up a videogame and let him shoot people in the head all day with probably no major effect on his psyche. What if you showed that same kid a video of someone having their head blown off? There's literally a reason why there are laws against children seeing pornography, and to say it has no effect on the development of the brain is ridiculous.
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TrueGeek 5y ago

https://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg https://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg

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mcphage 5y ago

> the media ecosystem around them is worse than what we had with good old color tv+radio Have you forgotten how vapid TV was in the 80s and 90s? Sure, it's not fantastic now, but it's vastly superior to what it replaced. Before, there were a tiny number of content producers, and what they produced was garbage. We still have the garbage producers with deep pockets, but it's easy to find good, niche content in whatever subjects interest you.

mikestew 5y ago
I was discussing with my current spouse about how we spent our time before The Now Times where we now have many more entertainment options, as well as being far more wealthy than we were back then, allowing us to things other than watch TV. :-) My conclusion was that my ex-wife and I watched a lot more TV than I watch now. And I'll bet that Miami Vice (a staple at our house back then) aged just about as well as one might think (was it really just War on Drugs propaganda, as I recall it?). And we watched Moonlighting, which gave Bruce Willis his start, and that's a show I would almost go back and watch. Other than that, I couldn't tell you a thing that was on in the '80s. All I know is that we watched the screen, but only those two shows left enough of an impression to remember 35 years later. Ask me what we watched in this era thirty five years from today, and I'll bet I'll give you a list as long as your arm. The Wire, Battlestar reboot, Game of Thrones...
- pwinnski 5y ago
  Having gone back and rewatched Moonlighting in recent years, wowsers was that show sexist! How did I not see that at the time? Same with Remington Steele, as well as Scarecrow and Mrs King. Turns out I watched a lot of shows that I would have sworn weren't full of overt sexism but actually very much were.
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  - danbolt 5y ago
    I feel like it goes to show that there can be times when we're really blind to these sorts of things. When I look back and watch older media like that, it helps me be more conscious of the assumptions baked into content today.