cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34045251

Morons.

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[–] 56 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Also in the misinformation age

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Of course, it usually takes me a whole 30 seconds to verify news, I guess that's too much to ask of people.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The human attention span has been eroding ever since the invention of the radio.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I bet the ancient Greeks said the same thing about the invention of paper.

    I have no clue how historically accurate that is, but my point is that humans have been stupid with short attention spans for a very long time

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The average person on Lemmy works at a far higher level than the average person in the public. Remember that they have to tell you not to line your baby's crib with plastic film. They have to tell you that the surface of an oven is hot. It's all about statistics. Take 10,000 people and some of them are going to do terribly stupid things.

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