Social media destroys civilization!

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"Sorry, it's just a tool and it's just too bad. At least we recover in 1000 years."
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BS spreads so easily.
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Gen Z boss and a mini.

Another new and really stupid TikTok trend.

I was exposed to it last night, and call me misogynist, but it absolutely IS cringe. BTW, love how the writer calls all criticism of the trend as misogynistic.

Hey, you do you. If this is how you get your jollies, go nuts. However, that doesn't mean the criticism that it's garbage is invalid.

1. It's a workplace. Is filming TikToks the best use of your time? How does it help the company make money? How does it better the employees? Sure, we could discuss morale, but is morale really high when they're all getting murdered on the internet? To be fair, I would accept team building.
2. It's about the women listing two of their characteristics and it's interesting how many of those characteristics are the women objectifying themselves...but I'm sure that's men's fault.
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I saw it several days ago, and I don't get it. But, whatever.
Leisher wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:01 pm It's about the women listing two of their characteristics and it's interesting how many of those characteristics are the women objectifying themselves...but I'm sure that's men's fault.
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I'd just fire them for having poor instincts.

Unless their job had something to do with self promotion, or PR. Then they'd get a raise.
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I'd wait to see what happened to my sales :)
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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We need laws to prevent influencers from being cunts.
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Leisher wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 4:41 pm We need laws to prevent influencers from being cunts.
Yeah, I don;t know what's broken in that dude's brain, but JFC.
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It's football season. On X, for me, under "What's Happening", I get the following categories and topics:
Trending - Pickett
Entertainment Trending - ESPN
Business and Finance - najee (yes, the RB)
Destinations - Big Ben (not the clock)
Trending in the US - Lincoln Riley

Please football, save me from this ridiculous election cycle!!
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What’s happening
Boston College at Florida State - NCAA Football
Trending in United States - Florence Henderson
Entertainment · Trending - Tom Hanks
Trending in United States - Aurora
Trending in United States - John Ritter

We have very different feeds apparently.

Although, if X were real, it'd be:
Boobs
Butts
Abs
Boobs
Other boobs!
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Boobs touching other boobs.
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TheCatt wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:42 am We have very different feeds apparently.
John Ritter is trending on mine too and Aurora was all weekend.

Not that different, except for your old woman fetish.
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Leisher wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:02 am
TheCatt wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:42 am We have very different feeds apparently.
John Ritter is trending on mine too and Aurora was all weekend.

Not that different, except for your old woman fetish.
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Speaking of the end of civilization: Does it go the way of Mad Max and become an apocalyptic waste land, or the way of Idiocracy?
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Clearly Idiocracy.

Combine the two idiots running for president now and you'd get Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
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Idiocracy is certainly in play, but I also see small elements of Mad Max.

It seems local police don't do much traffic control any more.... red light running, and "we won't chase people who run because that's dangerous" is step 1 to the wastelands. And, of course, a philosophy of "Don't snitch" ensures the criminals continue criming, almost forever.

I was reading the post office is looking at changes to save money, which will add a day to most mail deliveries. This is not a good sign when a government takes in more and more money, and can provide fewer and fewer services. Another step away from order, toward chaos.
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GORDON wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:05 pm I was reading the post office is looking at changes to save money, which will add a day to most mail deliveries. This is not a good sign when a government takes in more and more money, and can provide fewer and fewer services. Another step away from order, toward chaos.
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Ok, fine. The price of stamps keeps going up, and the quality of service is going down.
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GORDON wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:13 pm Ok, fine. The price of stamps keeps going up, and the quality of service is going down.
Serious question: How many stamps do you use a month? We use about 1, cuz I have a client who still wants a paper bill despite it being 2024. (We do still send Christmas cards, so we use stamps for that). But otherwise, I don't think we do any more. Almost everything is digital.
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The local post office, for the most part, is the only daily interaction most people have with the federal government. As people are struggling with the cost of everything else in their lives going up, the post office being unable to maintain the current tempo of mail delivery isn't a good look, no matter where their funding is coming from.

The United States Postal Service getting worse is a sign of decay in the psyche, whether fair or not.
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