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the world’s slackening grip on reality

Journal by c0lo

(in the loving memory of Runaway1956, who succumbed after a long battle to gatewaypundits. May his brain rest in peace, squeaky clean and smoothed over)

because "Doing your own research" is far easier nowadays than building the habit of thinking critically.
Add COVID-anxiety, a chaotic narcissistic Orange clown and compound with the lack of survival problems to solve for the everyday life in a westernized society and (where appropriate) a good dose of American exceptionalism.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 11 2020, @07:10PM (16 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday November 11 2020, @07:10PM (#1076271)

    Smart money would be on a problem with the poll.

    Smart money would be on the proposition that nobody would believe that Q-Anon nonsense, and yet here we are.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday November 11 2020, @07:48PM (15 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 11 2020, @07:48PM (#1076280) Journal
    That's one of my points. I think it likely that the Q Anon stuff has been exaggerated.

    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:22PM (12 children)

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday November 11 2020, @08:22PM (#1076290)

      I'm not sure I agree, based on the number of Facebook posts I see about "Covid Camps" and "Child Cannibalism" and other nonsense that have 10's of thousands of likes and comments.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday November 11 2020, @11:03PM (10 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 11 2020, @11:03PM (#1076362) Journal
        Facebooks posts, comments, and likes mean what?

        • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 11 2020, @11:29PM (9 children)

          by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday November 11 2020, @11:29PM (#1076370)

          What do you think they mean?

          It is something people are talking about.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 12 2020, @12:30AM (5 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 12 2020, @12:30AM (#1076387) Journal
            How many people? Why do their opinions count enough for us to care?

            • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday November 12 2020, @12:53AM (4 children)

              by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday November 12 2020, @12:53AM (#1076397)

              Have you not been paying attention?

              Go back to the top of the page and see if you get the point of C0lo's journal entry.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 12 2020, @01:00AM (3 children)

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 12 2020, @01:00AM (#1076399) Journal
                Sorry, I think the point of the journal is misguided with some UK issues group pushing a hysteria-generating narrative.

                • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday November 12 2020, @02:50AM (2 children)

                  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday November 12 2020, @02:50AM (#1076423)

                  You would.

                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 12 2020, @04:52AM (1 child)

                    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 12 2020, @04:52AM (#1076453) Journal
                    Emptily complaining about it isn't going to change my mind. There's plenty of warning signs that this is just another issue group trolling for funding.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 12 2020, @08:41PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 12 2020, @08:41PM (#1076741)

                      Three facebook posts, to one khallow. Hmm, who to believe? Majority rules? This is a democracy, after all.

          • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday November 12 2020, @01:03AM (2 children)

            by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday November 12 2020, @01:03AM (#1076402) Journal

            "People"?

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            La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

            • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 12 2020, @03:17PM (1 child)

              by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 12 2020, @03:17PM (#1076591) Journal
              Excellent point especially when it comes to "likes". Facebook has a notorious problem with bots.

              • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday November 12 2020, @05:08PM

                by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday November 12 2020, @05:08PM (#1076634) Journal

                For facebook, the bots aren't really a problem. Besides all this "troll" stuff, the bots keep ad rates up. Just print the appropriate disclaimers and carry on.

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                La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2020, @09:27AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2020, @09:27AM (#1076972)

        I think the fact that the basement at comet pizza was so well hidden that no-one could find it is proof that there was something evil going on in it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:02PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:02PM (#1076321)

      That's one of my points. I think it likely that the Q Anon stuff has been exaggerated.

      That's what they want you to think! There, see, your mind has been poisoned! By Fox! Or Breitbart! Or NYT! Or something.

      did I get that right? this stuff is getting so twisted and confusing

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:52PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @09:52PM (#1076339)

        That is what khallow wants you to think!! He is one of them! Don't trust him! khallow may even be Q hisself!!