the social dilemma on netflix

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-16, 02:38

Truly a must watch and hits a lot of the issues we see in our daily life, whether it’s on a message board like the swill or at the dinner table.

Tell your friends, family, anyone to watch.

by **kingstonlake** 2020-09-16, 05:16

Been hearing about this from friends. Will watch.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2020-09-16, 08:50

I don't see anything changing for the good any time soon. Kids today are truly fucked when it comes to social media.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-16, 09:02

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:I don't see anything changing for the good any time soon. Kids today are truly fucked when it comes to social media.

I mean i feel like it’s already “fucked” us but is only probably going to get worse.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2020-09-16, 09:11

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Watch Out Pylon! wrote:I don't see anything changing for the good any time soon. Kids today are truly fucked when it comes to social media.

I mean i feel like it’s already “fucked” us but is only probably going to get worse.

Oh yeah, exactly. I'm freaked out that my kid's self worth will revolve around how many likes a picture gets. I loathe the day she wants to get a smart phone/watch/whatever the fuck kids will be using to connect in 6/7 years.

by **steveschneider** 2020-09-16, 09:33

Solid recommend. Just going off the takes here I recall seeing an article in 60 Minutes with former Silicon Valley employees and they warned of the addictions and the dangers of social media. Fuck computers.

by AvgMSUJoe 2020-09-16, 09:55

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:I don't see anything changing for the good any time soon. Kids today are truly fucked when it comes to social media.

It's not all kids... actually I would venture to say 95% of the red hats are afflicted with these issues.

Kids these days are actually born into this crap... maybe they can put a "like" and "feed" into perspective when old people can't.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2020-09-16, 09:56

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:I don't see anything changing for the good any time soon. Kids today are truly fucked when it comes to social media.

Honestly, I think they’ll be better prepared to handle it given that it’s been a fact of existence their entire lives when compared to the folks who are thrust into a internet world of bullshit after spending their first 50 years not having to wonder if a video they just saw on their phone was edited by a 16 year old in Thailand.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2020-09-16, 09:57

He got me by 1 minute while I was trying to think of which country I wanted to pick on. Fuck.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2020-09-16, 10:03

Maybe. I just don't think getting sucked in to whatever then next big social media platform will be during formative years will be a good thing.

Maybe I'm just an old man yelling at clouds.

by AvgMSUJoe 2020-09-16, 10:04

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:He got me by 1 minute while I was trying to think of which country I wanted to pick on. Fuck.

Canada is closest... default go to. Get ya every time in the message board posting game.

by **Turtleneck** 2020-09-16, 10:08

I tried to watch it, but could not be on Twitter and watch it at the same time. It required too much focus. I need to be distracted from my distractions.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2020-09-16, 10:13

AvgMSUJoe wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:He got me by 1 minute while I was trying to think of which country I wanted to pick on. Fuck.
Canada is closest... default go to. Get ya every time in the message board posting game.

I was trying to be creative. I didn’t want to go with the boring standard boogie men like Russia

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-16, 10:26

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Maybe. I just don't think getting sucked in to whatever then next big social media platform will be during formative years will be a good thing.

Maybe I'm just an old man yelling at clouds.

the documentary kind of addresses the "we will figure it out" crowd.. I mean I get that argument to an extent, but their point is nothing in history has grown this fast so it's really hard to compare

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-16, 10:27

Turtleneck wrote:I tried to watch it, but could not be on Twitter and watch it at the same time. It required too much focus. I need to be distracted from my distractions.

Didn't you suggest a book with a similar message? something with twitter and activism?

by **Turtleneck** 2020-09-16, 11:07

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:I tried to watch it, but could not be on Twitter and watch it at the same time. It required too much focus. I need to be distracted from my distractions.

Didn't you suggest a book with a similar message? something with twitter and activism?

Twitter and Teargas. Good book. It's about the mobilization of social movements and protest via digital technologies, and how tech has reshaped movements and protest. We see a lot of relevance right now to the ongoing protests in the U.S.

by **Cameron** 2020-09-16, 13:07

steveschneider wrote:Solid recommend. Just going off the takes here I recall seeing an article in 60 Minutes with former Silicon Valley employees and they warned of the addictions and the dangers of social media. Fuck computers.

Yeah, like mouthwash chugging failures not being able to peel themselves away from tBin for a single solitary week.

by **steveschneider** 2020-09-17, 22:36

Just finished watching it. Thanks for the suggestion.

One thing I found ironic about the film was how it was on Netflix which is a platform fighting for your attention, has the algorithms and all that and the format of the film was very seductive itself...all the actors were thin body types, great looking people, there was careful editing to hold your attention, a soundtrack that was either relaxing or anxiety inducing and so on. I thought the message over all was powerful and spot on.

Watching the addiction in the dramatic sections of the doc were depressing. I gotta revisit the book at some point but I feel like Infinite Jest touched upon some of the themes in the film (loneliness, addiction, media) way back in the 90's. Thanks again for the recommendation.

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2020-09-18, 01:03

I know this movie is fake because they don't even mention that the lock-down has been to replace batteries in all the "birds"

I also feel like I missed out on pizzagate. Like I vaguely remember some talk on here, but outside of that have no recollection and that looks like some good internet

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-18, 01:22

steveschneider wrote:Just finished watching it. Thanks for the suggestion.

One thing I found ironic about the film was how it was on Netflix which is a platform fighting for your attention, has the algorithms and all that and the format of the film was very seductive itself...all the actors were thin body types, great looking people, there was careful editing to hold your attention, a soundtrack that was either relaxing or anxiety inducing and so on. I thought the message over all was powerful and spot on.

Watching the addiction in the dramatic sections of the doc were depressing. I gotta revisit the book at some point but I feel like Infinite Jest touched upon some of the themes in the film (loneliness, addiction, media) way back in the 90's. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Hope you enjoyed it, Steve. I learned a lot from it.

by **steveschneider** 2020-09-18, 07:03

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
steveschneider wrote:Just finished watching it. Thanks for the suggestion.

One thing I found ironic about the film was how it was on Netflix which is a platform fighting for your attention, has the algorithms and all that and the format of the film was very seductive itself...all the actors were thin body types, great looking people, there was careful editing to hold your attention, a soundtrack that was either relaxing or anxiety inducing and so on. I thought the message over all was powerful and spot on.

Watching the addiction in the dramatic sections of the doc were depressing. I gotta revisit the book at some point but I feel like Infinite Jest touched upon some of the themes in the film (loneliness, addiction, media) way back in the 90's. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Hope you enjoyed it, Steve. I learned a lot from it.

Definitely enjoyed it and I learned a lot as well.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2020-09-18, 07:21

CORNER BLITZ wrote:I know this movie is fake because they don't even mention that the lock-down has been to replace batteries in all the "birds"

I also feel like I missed out on pizzagate. Like I vaguely remember some talk on here, but outside of that have no recollection and that looks like some good internet

It’s really not too late but it’s really not good internet

by **steveschneider** 2020-09-18, 09:35

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
CORNER BLITZ wrote:I know this movie is fake because they don't even mention that the lock-down has been to replace batteries in all the "birds"

I also feel like I missed out on pizzagate. Like I vaguely remember some talk on here, but outside of that have no recollection and that looks like some good internet

It’s really not too late but it’s really not good internet

From pizzagate to Qanon. Both are crazy shit.

by **steveschneider** 2020-09-18, 09:37

Btw I permanently deleted a fb account after that film. They make it hard to find and when you do delete it they make you feel like you are destroying a photo album of family pics. Also, they give you thirty days to log back in if you change your mind. Very manipulative.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2020-09-18, 09:41

steveschneider wrote:Btw I permanently deleted a fb account after that film. They make it hard to find and when you do delete it they make you feel like you are destroying a photo album of family pics. Also, they give you thirty days to log back in if you change your mind. Very manipulative.

"A facebook account"?

by AvgMSUJoe 2020-09-18, 11:47

It's not only right... the echo chamber is on the (actual) far left too... I have a sister who is boycotting Spotify and constantly preaching about everyone being as "anti-racist" as her because her echo chamber serves up these "controversies" she should be outraged over.
It's both the red hats and the cancel culture being amplified with these "social" issues.
(BTW, Im supposed to hate Harry Potter because JK Rowling had the nerve to say people born with a vagina are women, or some shit.)

by **Rocinante** 2020-09-18, 12:52

AvgMSUJoe wrote:It's not only right... the echo chamber is on the (actual) far left too... I have a sister who is boycotting Spotify and constantly preaching about everyone being as "anti-racist" as her because her echo chamber serves up these "controversies" she should be outraged over.
It's both the red hats and the cancel culture being amplified with these "social" issues.
(BTW, Im supposed to hate Harry Potter because JK Rowling had the nerve to say people born with a vagina are women, or some shit.)

What controversies, joe?

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-18, 12:59

AvgMSUJoe wrote:It's not only right... the echo chamber is on the (actual) far left too... I have a sister who is boycotting Spotify and constantly preaching about everyone being as "anti-racist" as her because her echo chamber serves up these "controversies" she should be outraged over.
It's both the red hats and the cancel culture being amplified with these "social" issues.
(BTW, Im supposed to hate Harry Potter because JK Rowling had the nerve to say people born with a vagina are women, or some shit.)

Yep. One big endless poisonous cycle.

by **Cameron** 2020-09-18, 13:04

Rocinante wrote:
AvgMSUJoe wrote:It's not only right... the echo chamber is on the (actual) far left too... I have a sister who is boycotting Spotify and constantly preaching about everyone being as "anti-racist" as her because her echo chamber serves up these "controversies" she should be outraged over.
It's both the red hats and the cancel culture being amplified with these "social" issues.
(BTW, Im supposed to hate Harry Potter because JK Rowling had the nerve to say people born with a vagina are women, or some shit.)

What controversies, joe?

He already gave the JK Rowling example. She's a vile TERF because she calls "people who menstruate" "women" instead.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2020-09-18, 13:14

Cameron wrote:
Rocinante wrote:

What controversies, joe?
He already gave the JK Rowling example. She's a vile TERF because she calls "people who menstruate" "women" instead.

Well there's a new one I hadn't heard before.

by **Rocinante** 2020-09-18, 13:18

What’s a terf

by **Cameron** 2020-09-18, 13:21

Trans exclusionary radical feminist

by **Rocinante** 2020-09-18, 13:30

Whatever that means.

I think it’s possible to be both supportive of the trans community and question the safety of hormone treatments for children, BUT it’s not her place to decide. That would be my only beef with her, and honestly she, like so many others, needs to fucking log off like yesterday. Social media is the devil.

by AvgMSUJoe 2020-09-18, 13:31

I think Spotify is because Joe Rogan is similarly trans "opinionated".

(Don't know the details)

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-18, 13:35

Did joe rogan create spotify

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2020-09-18, 13:41

Lol, I guess I'll throw away my TV because Fox News is one of the channels.

by AvgMSUJoe 2020-09-18, 13:42

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Did joe rogan create spotify

He is Spotify exclusive.

Same with Netflix... that's bad because of a french release that sexualizes girls or something.

& If you aren't similarly outraged you are lacking.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2020-09-18, 13:45

AvgMSUJoe wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Did joe rogan create spotify
He is Spotify exclusive.

Same with Netflix... that's bad because of a french release that sexualizes girls or something.

& If you aren't similarly outraged you are lacking.

Reminds me of people shooting their Yeti coolers or something.

by **Cameron** 2020-09-18, 14:01

AvgMSUJoe wrote:I think Spotify is because Joe Rogan is similarly trans "opinionated".

(Don't know the details)

Joe has expressed some non-PC thoughts when discussing Fallon Fox, a trans MMA fighter.

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2020-09-18, 14:23

Cameron wrote:
AvgMSUJoe wrote:I think Spotify is because Joe Rogan is similarly trans "opinionated".

(Don't know the details)
Joe has expressed some non-PC thoughts when discussing Fallon Fox, a trans MMA fighter.

He also had a lady on that said we shouldn't chop off kids dicks or give them hormones to switch a gender till they're 18

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