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Fascinating. Can you tell me more?
How about computer-generated teens?
Fascinating. Can you tell me more?
For those interested, it not always roses and tulips for those of us who are physically and mentally perfect. The only advantage I can think of that it might confer is it's so obviously true I have no need to prove it.
It isn’t. I have no need to prove it.Fortunately this shouldn't be a problem for you!![]()
So ask yourself why did I even suggest I am perfect in the first place
Then I will try again with different words:I'm going with delusional.![]()
Then I will try again with different words
You assume I don't know 'for your sake' better than you do.You don't actually HAVE to do this!
(well to be fair maybe you DO but not for my sake!)
You assume I don't know 'for your sake' better than you do.
Mulla Nasrudin used to tell the people in his village that he could see in the dark. One night he was seen busying himself in the middle of the night carrying a torch. When confronted about it he said. I was carry it so the night-blind don't accidentally run into me.
But seriously, what kind of a person would I be if I knew there is nothing you need to be ashamed about, but that you do anyway, and I didn't tell you it was unnecessary? Did you ever sympathize with with the expression, "If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" How about, "Just my luck" when something bad happens. I have no doubt at all as to why you're not seeing all of what I have told you as your lucky day. Knock of wood, anything good will turn out to be a jinx. Nothing good happens to the those who feel worthless.
What you mean to say is that truth that comes from a dimension you can't enter will present a constant surprise. It is easy to maintain consistency if you simply tell the truth. And it also means that knowing the truth means you also instantly and easily recognize what is false.You're like the "Energizer-Bunny" of nonsense!![]()
This article came across my news feed. I think this young lady does a great job shedding some light on how social media can be a very negative influence in our lives. It's become so easy to spread disinformation, propaganda, and FUD that it's doing a real number on society. This is a not-so-political example, but news just the same.
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A woman's side-by-side images show the reality behind the 'perfect' Instagram photo
Sara Puhto shares "Instagram versus Reality" photos to demonstrate how poses can drastically change your appearance in pictures.www.insider.com
Thank you for sharing the article. But I don't agree with all that is written here. I don't understand why but people see only the negative part of Social Media? But why anybody say about the good effects?
Maybe because the negative often out weighs the good. Feel free to provide evidence to the contrary.Thank you for sharing the article. But I don't agree with all that is written here. I don't understand why but people see only the negative part of Social Media? But why anybody say about the good effects?
Is "social media" that much worse than just "mass media" of any kind?
Comparing yourself to unrealistic images (which are not exclusively either visual or of bodies) is surely something that began with mass media?
Once-upon-a-time we only had to compare ourselves with the richest or most athletic or toughest or best-looking person in our village or tribe. Now we are constantly presented with curated and cherry-picked images of the exceptional from across the globe.
I don't understand why so many people are against Social Media. Why do you only look at the negative things from Social media? There is a positive dose of things for Social Media. If Social Media hadn't existed, many people would have been misinformed about everything happening worldwide. Thanks to Social Media, anyone of any age is aware of the news that is happening in the world. Plus, through Social Media, you can learn many interesting things, even a foreign language, with the help of different online courses. And let's not forget that this is an equal opportunity for everyone to make money. That's what I did. I bought Instagram followers from 1394TA, and now Instagram is an additional source of money. I think Social Media has several positive aspects. You have to analyze and understand them.
Social media can be as positive or negative as you want it to be. The problem is the majority of people don't know how to just ignore the negative stuff or get it off their feed. They would rather engage in it and see it than remove it and never see it.
While not endorsing body shaming, why do people that complain about it continue to post their pictures to be scrutinized by the entire world?
Yes. The biggest difference between mass media and social media is the ability to target and surround people with a bubble of ever decreasing diversity.
Imagine growing up liking all sorts of m&m’s, chocolate, peanut butter, peanut, green, yellow, etc. then as you got older the amount of m&m’s you were exposed to started shrinking. Then not only were your interactions with other m&m’s limited, you were then exposed to the idea that only green m&m’s were good until finally you started slowly being bombarded with the idea that all other m&m’s are horrible or deadly even.
Seems silly but that’s the level of programming social media does to people. Ever decreasing bubbles of influence and a magnification of “others are bad”.
That's the salient point. People never change. When I was growing up they came at you IRL, worse by almost every metric than online bullying. I was tall, thin, with freckles; so "bean pole", "when you stand sideways and stick out your tongue you look like a zipper", "Does your mom have to put rocks in your pockets to keep the wind from blowing you away?" and my favorite "You look like you stood behind a screen door and someone threw shit at you" were staples in their arsenal of insults. I don't know how you fail to grow a thick skin after a while. Instead people commit suicide and suffer serious depression over it. Or perhaps it is merely another trigger for an already fragile person that isn't getting the mental health care they need?Get the hell off social media...if not problem "solved"--there are after all real-world bullies and trolls--it's a hell of a lot better.
