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Remember the kids who weren't allowed to watch television in the 80s and 90s? It's them all over again.
by llm_trw 2y ago
Remember the kids who weren't allowed to watch television in the 80s and 90s?
It's them all over again.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoTiktok is a different kind of emotional brainrot.
- pier25 2y agoAbsolutely. Plus there's content available 24/7 and it's a lot more addictive than anything on television. I was a kid in the 80s and there wasn't that much content for kids back then. At least in my country.
- GeoAtreides 2y agooh my god, it's always the same thing Socrate-the-youths this, television that No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago. Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again
- llm_trw 2y agoWe could, but you're just repeating what everyone from a previous generation said about the next generations preferred entertainment medium. Also Socrates wasn't the one complaining, he was the one killed by those doing the complaining. A simple mistake to make when one is looking for reasons to do the same.
- whythre 2y agoAmerican TikTok is literally a hyper addictive platform purpose built by the CCP to devour attention, waste time and sow division. It is not the same as television. Its widespread influence is a complete disaster for a healthy republic.
- luckman212 2y agoNo, what happened to them?