• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    I have read them. Cigarettes give you cancer and is not a hard drug. But it wasn’t my argument. I would think if they’re arguing it so blatantly they would have even a basic summary of why.

    This is patriot act levels of invasion. I need some damn answers why we’re doing this all again

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      1 day ago

      Social media isn’t even in the same class as smoking in terms of harm. It’s civilization ending. Smoking shortens lives on average. Social media is an existential threat. How do you think Trump got elected?

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        I honestly just think you’re wrong. I can see the point you’d like to make. I can give you the benefit of the doubt that social media as it is isn’t great. But I also think you’re wrong

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          14 hours ago

          Idk if you’ve noticed, but in just 15 years, social media turned half of Americans into Nazis. People like McCain and Romney seem positively centrist.

          the effect of Facebook on Brazil:

          By comparison, smoking shortens people’s lives. Personally, I’d prefer a shorter life than a world where 90% of the most popular podcasts are a bunch of psychopaths.

          As someone steeped in technology, if I had a button that destroys the internet, I’m not sure if I should press it. Probably.