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It’s funny. I watched the Social Dillemma and thought we were doomed. Maybe the way to fix social media is to just have Twitter die by whatever Musk is doing a

It’s funny. I watched the Social Dillemma and thought we were doomed. Maybe the way to fix social media is to just have Twitter die by whatever Musk is doing and Facebook die from trying to become the metaverse. I hope they pull ads from Facebook and Instagram next. In fact, Im pretty sure the world will be ok if Audi and Genera Mills ceased to exist. Imagine how many fewer kids will get diabetes if Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms blinked out of existence.

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
Maybe it's because I'm Minnesotan (been living here for 20+ years now, time to call myself one), but we'd eat Cinnamon Toasters and Marshmallow Mateys instead. Malt-O-Meal FTW: https://www.maltomeal.com/ https://www.maltomeal.com/
JohnClark1337 4y ago
rob74 4y ago
If Twitter and Facebook went bankrupt tomorrow, other, not necessarily better, social networks would surely step in to take their place. Same goes for car makers or makers of sugary foods.
- prepend 4y ago
  Perhaps, or maybe it was a fad and people will move on to some other vice. Facebook is different than MySpace and Friendster. So it’s not really that easy to just clone an existing service.
foobarian 4y ago
> Imagine how many fewer kids will get diabetes if Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms blinked out of existence. Unscientific gut feeling guess: sugary sodas need to go waaay before the cereals.
- s_dev 4y ago
  The milk consumed with the cereal does provide nutrition. Soda provides nothing substantial.
  - bluedevil2k 4y ago
    Dentists would disagree
  - rufus_foreman 4y ago
    The cereal also provides nutrition. Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, vitamin D, copper, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, diabeetus, vitamin B, vitamin B6, zinc, riboflavin, delicious, thiamin, folic acid, potassium, and dietary fiber. You would only need 13 servings of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to get an entire day's recommended dietary allowance of dietary fiber. That's not even a whole box. Recommended!

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago

Maybe it's because I'm Minnesotan (been living here for 20+ years now, time to call myself one), but we'd eat Cinnamon Toasters and Marshmallow Mateys instead. Malt-O-Meal FTW: https://www.maltomeal.com/ https://www.maltomeal.com/

JohnClark1337 4y ago

rob74 4y ago

If Twitter and Facebook went bankrupt tomorrow, other, not necessarily better, social networks would surely step in to take their place. Same goes for car makers or makers of sugary foods.

prepend 4y ago
Perhaps, or maybe it was a fad and people will move on to some other vice. Facebook is different than MySpace and Friendster. So it’s not really that easy to just clone an existing service.

foobarian 4y ago

> Imagine how many fewer kids will get diabetes if Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms blinked out of existence. Unscientific gut feeling guess: sugary sodas need to go waaay before the cereals.

s_dev 4y ago
The milk consumed with the cereal does provide nutrition. Soda provides nothing substantial.
- bluedevil2k 4y ago
  Dentists would disagree
- rufus_foreman 4y ago
  The cereal also provides nutrition. Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, vitamin D, copper, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, diabeetus, vitamin B, vitamin B6, zinc, riboflavin, delicious, thiamin, folic acid, potassium, and dietary fiber. You would only need 13 servings of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to get an entire day's recommended dietary allowance of dietary fiber. That's not even a whole box. Recommended!