[–] 32 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Every generation thinks they invented dark and surreal humor and without fail people who should know better act likes its some new and unique thing... it's more of an anomaly IMHO if a generation doesn't do this.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    I’ve been making a conscious effort to avoid any videos that have titles like that

    When you watched them did you think you were consuming high quality intellectual rhetoric? The idea that most of the people watching them think they are kinda saddens me.

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    I first noticed it in the Hitchens "Hitchslap" videos in the mid 2000's, but I imagine it started out earlier as that when I started following politics and a lot of the videos and those adjacent to them were reposts of cable news shows.

    Were Socrates and Plato just the 4th century BC equivalent of them? That's depressing if true.

    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Your account will be severely restricted for several weeks, that is if you aren't instantly shadowbanned, and when you are able to post a good percentage of the accounts you'll be talking to will be bots.

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    edit: at the same time, in the same conflict.

    I remember reading a few years ago about a conflict in (I want to say) 1980's Latin America where this occurred; however I can't find anything about this with current online search tools. Did I hallucinate this or did this actually, and if so what groups?

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