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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CC27 on July 19, 2022, 09:43:39 AM
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Kaleva (30,835 posts)
Are you angrier now then before being on social media?
A majority of DUers are seniors or near seniors so I'm talking about comparing now to back before tweets, texting, Facebook, internet forums and such.
Some may argue that they are angrier now but it has nothing to do with social media which is a far point but we've all seen posts by fellow members who say they are going to take a break from here for awhile because it's taking a toll on them.
Almost daily immersion in bad news and conflict might have a negative impact on one's emotions.
I'm not saying that being on social media defiantly has an impact on a person's emotions but it would be something to consider if one has noticed a change.
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I'm angrier more often now then before
13 (52%)
I'm about the same.
7 (28%)
I'm happier more often now then before
5 (20%)
0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216943369
You have been pissed off since 2000 when 43 got elected. Spare me.
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Kaleva (30,835 posts)
Are you angrier now then before being on social media?
As Tess would say, :rotf: .
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No duh they're angrier. They've surrounded themselves with people who feed them a steady diet of "NAZIs are everywhere", "racist killer cops are everywhere", "global warming disasters are everywhere", "traitors and seditionists are everywhere", and a healthy dose of hoplophobia, not to mention rhetoric dehumanizing republicans.
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The problem with social media is that it has allowed large groups of deranged individuals, who were once separated by geography, to find each other, and adopt each other psychosis's so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the individuals. Before the internet, it was hard for these nut cases to spread their ideas and find those who agreed with them. Now mass delusion is a Facebook post away. I don't believe there would be this push for wokeness if all the woke individuals didn't have access to all the forms of social media that exists now.
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The problem with social media is that it has allowed large groups of deranged individuals, who were once separated by geography, to find each other, and adopt each other psychosis's so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the individuals. Before the internet, it was hard for these nut cases to spread their ideas and find those who agreed with them. Now mass delusion is a Facebook post away. I don't believe there would be this push for wokeness if all the woke individuals didn't have access to all the forms of social media that exists now.
This is correct. Social media also encourages the delusion that everyone's opinion matters. Everyone's opinion does not matter, and is not relevant to much of the actual world. Public education nowadays plants the idea that no matter what you think, it's true, and social media is the deployment mechanism for that delusion.
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Since anger and hatred having been the defining constant core of DU, how could social media make a difference?
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Liberal controlled social media is the ruination of the country. A few people post lies and untruths that some take as gospel. it's mostly a one sided conversation.
And the ones with low IQ's buy it as the truth.
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And the ones with low IQ's buy it as the truth.
No matter what stupidity I come across, I always roll my eyes and remind myself that half of the country is dumber than average.
You know, statistics don't lie because that's a fact. And as we all know, the low IQ people are mostly Democrats.
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Kaleva (30,835 posts)
Are you angrier now then before being on social media?
A majority of DUers are seniors or near seniors so I'm talking about comparing now to back before tweets, texting, Facebook, internet forums and such.
Some may argue that they are angrier now but it has nothing to do with social media which is a far point but we've all seen posts by fellow members who say they are going to take a break from here for awhile because it's taking a toll on them.
Almost daily immersion in bad news and conflict might have a negative impact on one's emotions.
I'm not saying that being on social media defiantly has an impact on a person's emotions but it would be something to consider if one has noticed a change.
25 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
I'm angrier more often now then before
13 (52%)
I'm about the same.
7 (28%)
I'm happier more often now then before
5 (20%)
0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
Show usernamesDisclaimer: This is an Internet poll
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216943369
You guys are always angry social media or not.
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When all else fails the leftist scum...
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The problem with social media is that it has allowed large groups of deranged individuals, who were once separated by geography, to find each other, and adopt each other psychosis's so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the individuals. Before the internet, it was hard for these nut cases to spread their ideas and find those who agreed with them. Now mass delusion is a Facebook post away. I don't believe there would be this push for wokeness if all the woke individuals didn't have access to all the forms of social media that exists now.
"The problem with social media is that it has allowed large groups of deranged individuals, who were once separated by geography, to find each other, and adopt each other psychosis's so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the individuals."
Wow, FlaGator ... "so that the whole becomes greater than the sum of the individuals."
You are so correct!!! Would gladly award you 1,000 :hi5: s for this if I could! Hugs, ~ ABC
Hell with it, since I tend to always wear my heart on my sleeve in here ... :blowkiss: (blush) :bolt:
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hunter (35,648 posts)
27. I'm less likely to be injured fighting on social media than I am fighting in person.
When I was an angry young man arguments could be bloody. Literally.
I've got some wicked scars and achy bones that remind me to walk away when arguments get too hot.
So I've voted "happier."
Who is this? Hoyt 2.0? :loser:
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:badass:
Who is this? Hoyt 2.0? :loser:
I think that's his/its way of admitting the receipt of some ass kickings.
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The left is never happy. This has happened before with Obama. His first 2 years they held both houses of Congress and they still weren’t happy. Same situation now and they’re angrier than ever. They could have a veto proof Senate and a big majority in the House and still find reasons to be angry. Fear and anger is the food that feeds them. They are the pinnacle of authoritarianism.
So :popcorn: Because what else is there to do with such fools?
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ESAD you ignorant leftist social media scum :-)
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I was 'angry' that Twitter wouldn't allow me to post a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In gif to a question about how I thought the 1/6 committee did last week (everybody dancing & posing).
That's about it for an emotional reaction to social-networking, one direction or another.
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I was 'angry' that Twitter wouldn't allow me to post a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In gif to a question about how I thought the 1/6 committee did last week (everybody dancing & posing).
That's about it for an emotional reaction to social-networking, one direction or another.
This Rowan & Martin set?
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bckpXMFwBqw/Wq4Deml3CTI/AAAAAAAARzc/ckgQNKP0ZnIE4Tmty_cgubNwKB91Jc6RQCLcBGAs/s1600/laugh-in%2Bseason%2Bthree%2Bpic4.jpg)
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I was 'angry' that Twitter wouldn't allow me to post a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In gif to a question about how I thought the 1/6 committee did last week (everybody dancing & posing).
That's about it for an emotional reaction to social-networking, one direction or another.
At least the 1/6 Hollywood production will not be picked up for a second season.
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Are you angrier now then before being on social media?
If not you need to take some anger pills
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If not you need to take some anger pills
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I've got some anger suppositories I can give 'em...
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Who wants to tell the DUmp that message boards are a type of social media? :whistling:
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I've got some anger suppositories I can give 'em...
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:ohmy: Ha! Ha! Ha! :hi5: