Like most people I have friends on either side of the political spectrum who fall for the odd bit of fault logic or conspiracy thinking, I have my crazy uncle moments as well, buts it’s really weird seeing someone get sucked down the rabbit hole of Qanon adjacent crazy.
In the last few months an acquaintance has started to drop some of th…
Like most people I have friends on either side of the political spectrum who fall for the odd bit of fault logic or conspiracy thinking, I have my crazy uncle moments as well, buts it’s really weird seeing someone get sucked down the rabbit hole of Qanon adjacent crazy.
In the last few months an acquaintance has started to drop some of the cliche wacky comments which boarder on a departure from reality. Not long ago this was a normal person with some small c conservative leanings. now during our brief interactions I don’t even know how to reply because it’s clear I won’t change their mind. This person has not quite crossed the line into bigotry, homophobia or racism where I would typically tell them to F off, but it’s clear where their line of thinking is going and I am not sure they are at fault. much like you don’t blame an addict for being and addict. maybe I am wrong and calling their BS is exactly what needs to happen?
How much damage will be done to society before we develop or regulate (I see the flaws) socially responsible social media? I quit most social media because it was just waisting too much of my time and often just making me angry, sad and anxious.
*yes I recognize that Substack is social media, but it is much easier to control the content you consume on this platform, for now. I find it ironic that as soon as the exodus from twitter started last year, Substack added twitter like features. but i digress.
Like most people I have friends on either side of the political spectrum who fall for the odd bit of fault logic or conspiracy thinking, I have my crazy uncle moments as well, buts it’s really weird seeing someone get sucked down the rabbit hole of Qanon adjacent crazy.
In the last few months an acquaintance has started to drop some of the cliche wacky comments which boarder on a departure from reality. Not long ago this was a normal person with some small c conservative leanings. now during our brief interactions I don’t even know how to reply because it’s clear I won’t change their mind. This person has not quite crossed the line into bigotry, homophobia or racism where I would typically tell them to F off, but it’s clear where their line of thinking is going and I am not sure they are at fault. much like you don’t blame an addict for being and addict. maybe I am wrong and calling their BS is exactly what needs to happen?
How much damage will be done to society before we develop or regulate (I see the flaws) socially responsible social media? I quit most social media because it was just waisting too much of my time and often just making me angry, sad and anxious.
*yes I recognize that Substack is social media, but it is much easier to control the content you consume on this platform, for now. I find it ironic that as soon as the exodus from twitter started last year, Substack added twitter like features. but i digress.