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> Professors like me have to fill articles like this with yoga photos to keep people’s attention. And it’s only going to get worse. Our politicians are going to
by aliqot 4y ago
> Professors like me have to fill articles like this with yoga photos to keep people’s attention. And it’s only going to get worse. Our politicians are going to get dumber. Our youth are going to get more restless and desperate. Misinformation is going to get more outlandish. That’s our future, as predicted by the movie Idiocracy.
- OJFord 4y agoDoes that make sense to you? You read that and think Oh yes obviously, brilliant, why not adorn the article with images of 'girls in yoga pants' given fake names and paper thin characters to explain something completely unrelated to girls (specifically) or yoga 'pants', yes, you have my attention, that makes perfect sense?
- lapinot 4y agoIt's irony and self-derision. Obviously (to me at least) using/making these kind of images are something that OP is fighting against.
- lamontcg 4y ago> Just take it from Naomi. She wants to be a fitness influencer: > That’s according to Olivia, who dropped out of college to make fitness videos on TikTok > To quote the lovely Amelia, pictured below: You get what you pay for. I think some people in here have busted irony/sarcasm meters, those are clearly ironic sentiments. And another connection point the rest of the text is this: > The current trend is pointing toward something darker, a large mass of under-educated, undertrained youth chasing easy money, not because they’re immature, but because other paths have shut down. We're more and more turning into a culture of chasing easy money and the rise of everything from the "influencer" to meme stocks to phone scams.