yep. Forums used to be a thing but they have faded a long while ago for things like reddit and discord. Real websites are usually garbage designed to trip search engine results and now it’s a ton of AI slop too.

So people started including reddit in their search to get the info they wanted. And now reddit has noticed and is leaning into that

Some of the big ones to me are

CPR/AED use, tourniquet application, burn treatment, how to deal with drunk people and hangovers, recognizing signs of stroke and drug overdose etc.

This doesn’t really relate to flash cards but learn how to make calls to 911/your equivalent emergency number. An emergency should not be the first time you run through making a call like that. If someone drops to the floor right where you are, what is the location you’d give to an operator?

Trying to redirect revenue streams they are not in to the ones that they are in. Or are trying to make things more advertiser friendly aka nobody want to talk about supporting the NSFW games in meetings with their bosses

I think the older we get, and the more we know how things “are supposed to go” we notice more when things don’t go that way. I usually try to chalk it up to people that are inexperienced, elderly or not local. But there will always be people that are dicks because they can

Yes, and?

Right now using AI is being marketed as this flashy futuristic technology that can be used for EVERYTHING.

In reality it’s like using a helicopter to cross the street. Sure it will get you there quickly, and it looks and sounds all futuristic and cutting edge. But really it’s incredibly expensive, wasteful and unecessary for many many things. And now the street below has more wind, dust, noise, dangers and chaos than ever before. But invest! Helicopters are the future! Why even learn to walk?

AI has uses, but for most it is seen as an immature technology that never met the marketing hype. Precious resources are going into data centers few want, to power AI that few want to pay to use, to abuse and pollute things they use and care about.

Bonus round, reverse the party and do the same with Trump and see how it compares

I use libby to read a bunch these days thanks to my local library. It’s crazy how much time I’ll dump into social media nonsense if I allow myself to.

I see reading as a more productive waste of time if that makes semse

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell ya!

I think it’s a lack of consequences. If you stood in your town center and said something dumb, people would call you out and shame you for it. It would change your reputation too, at least for a while. If it was really that off the rails you could get arrested or beat up, and you may never want to show your face there again.

Having a global communication system is amazing. Some guy I never met can show me how to fix my house or see things from a different point of view.

BUT there are way more people that are willing to say something dumb, not only in their local chats and posts, but everyone else’s. There can be public ridicule, but there is little chance that someone will find you and kick your ass. Not only that there isn’t really a way for victims to walk away either, which makes cyberbullying so unrelenting.

Ah yes the two industies that can sign their suicide pacts together

You’re going to argue against an armed citizenry with a stright face. With everything that is going on? No thanks.

I’d love to see better mental health for kids, because by the time they even considered using a gun we’ve already failed them

Good! It’s always nice to see people get more freedom, not less

thanks, happy belated cake day to you!

One person shits their pants, everyone has to wear diapers

Group punishments are bullshit

A part of the viewer knows that they’re not really in the world of a movie, that it’s all intentional storytelling. But making it seem like what you are seeing was recorded by a normal person and plays into your current situation, watching a film in front of a screen as a third party

Think of finding a diary or old photos. You the viewer weren’t there at the time, but someone else was and this is their “eyewitness account” that you are viewing at a later date

It’s to aid in suspension of disbelief and make it seem like someone actually filmed it in the moment, not a movie camera crew

A movie premise where someone finds a lost camera or footage and you get to see what happened to the original owner

Cloverfield and Apollo 18 are good examples of this

It’s nice to have an option that isn’t one of the corporate overlords. I want it to be successful, but I also don’t want it to be mainstream, because that brings mainstream level problems too.

Nice thanks for the explanation!