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ghostrider2112

ghostrider2112@lemmy.world
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For sure! Actually, i’ve been spending more and more time just watching old videos at archive.org. Old government videos, old reel to reel educational films, and on and on…

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I ran into a problem when they stopped recommending videos if you don’t allow them to save your search/viewing history. When I realized the extreme amount of data that this provides them, to the extent that their algorithms can likely identify what mental health issues people have that they may not even be aware of themselves, I tried to give them as little detail as I could.

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Exactly! This book from an ad exec in the 70s opened my eyes to all of this in the early 90s when I first came across it in my late teens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Arguments_for_the_Elimination_of_Television

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I think that has been the case for a longer time than we realize. These are the same people that sat around watching all the same garbage TV shows for decades, the same vanilla movies, and ate at the same chain restaurants. Those of us that have always looked for our own music, our own shows, our own movies, tend to continue to curate our own experiences on the internet rather than accept society’s spoon fed nonsense.

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Yes, and realizing what a large percentage of such people I grew up with in the tail end of gen-X, I shouldn’t have been surprised by the outcome of the election.

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Haha…it probably well could have been their play as I think it was their first year back. also, how dare you question the grilled parking lot shrimp and brats? lol

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The universe appreciates your excitement. My issue ultimately ended up being comfortable to give myself permission to spend time on the things that excited me.

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Also, it’s been days since you picked up a new hobby for your hobby collecting hobby.

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I was thinking anti-christ. But, i wouldn’t rule that one out either lol

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Yep! Glad my state at least finally voted to make me legal lol. I’ll take these homegrown, homemade Aldi fruit loop bars over the domestic violence sauce

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