This is a little known piece of knowledge for the Reels generation, but scenes used to have many other scenes attached to them, and you were required to watch all of them - we called the combination ‘movies,’ and sometimes some scenes were good but more were bad.
Today, some on the Right are getting triggered by the very word of God. They read their political biases into a pastor quoting God’s Holy and inerrant word. It is a damning indictment on those offended and the idols they worship.
@memeticsisyphus Isn’t this a prime case of “Twitter is not real life?”
Does anyone in real life really think this way if confronted with the apparent ridiculousness?
@SandyofCthulhu It’s so bad it must be intentional. The olympics is no place for nationalism. Like “how many SEC championships does Italy have” type of bad.
I'm so frustrated at being a parent in this garbage digital age.
I hate short-form video. TikTok / YouTube trash is just pure brain-rot and I can't stand it. I try to keep my kids away from it.
I gave them access to Spotify b/c I want them to enjoy music and develop their musical tastes and personalities. That was working pretty well. They would go onto Spotify on the XBox and listen to music and explore that space. Good for them.
But what does Spotify do? They put short form videos into their app. Now my kids are watching the videos instead of listening to the music. I have to decide if I have to take Spotify away from them (along with all their playlists) because Spotify pulled this bait-and-switch on me and turned an app that I felt good about giving to my kids into another brain-rotting platform of garbage.
Every month something like this happens. It's impossible to navigate this as a parent, even if you're largely on top of things. It's exhausting and dispiriting.
Olympic athlete: skiing down the slalom with near perfection
Commentator: this is all going wrong for him. Horribly wrong.
Athlete: finishes +1.22 behind the pace.