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> else having doubts that with all the apocalyptic things going on around the world people will keep their appetite for mindless distraction and will still be a
by warning26 4y ago
> else having doubts that with all the apocalyptic things going on around the world people will keep their appetite for mindless distraction and will still be able/willing to one-click buy random stuff on a whim
Wouldn't people in the described apocalyptic scenario want mindless distraction? Anything to keep their minds off the, well, apocalyptic things going on.
- k0k0r0 4y agoThat's true until people are suddenly hungry odr thirsty. Hunger or thrist will force them to act. And not necesserily nicely.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoExactly, mindless distraction is only an option when you are comfortable. Try not eating for a day + turning off your heating/cooling and see how interesting Twitter is then.
- m3talsmith 4y agoMindless distraction is exactly what you turn to when your efforts to better your life become too monumental to bear: lifespans shorten because destitution drives people to apathy or an open desire for suicide.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoSounds like we're talking about two different things.
- jpindar 4y agoBoth movies and cheap novels have historicaly been popular during wartime.
- avgcorrection 4y agoI can’t even go and browse message boards as a distraction any more, sigh.