• Diplomjodler
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    16 days ago

    “You now have access to the collective knowledge of the entire world.”

    “Nah, let me see the boobies!”

    • @PunnyName
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      6116 days ago

      That’s where it starts. Then once they find Wikipedia, it’ll be a game changer.

      • @shneancy
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        4916 days ago

        it might be the pessimist in me, or it might be the reality we’re living in

        but if sheer access to Wikipedia cured you out of being a cultist- i don’t think there’d be that many trump supporters

        • @[email protected]
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          3816 days ago

          My mom believes that Wikipedia is “influenced and censored.” She didn’t like Fargo when my uncle tricked her into watching it, so claimed that the Wikipedia article describing its awards (7 Oscar noms, 2 wins, etc.) were part of the demon-influenced liberal agenda.

          So no, Wikipedia doesn’t cure cultism.

        • @PunnyName
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          915 days ago

          There’s a difference between a cultist living thru the growth of the Internet and social media. It’s another when you have people completely cut off from the vast majority of the world and information for the last few decades.

          • @shneancy
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            312 days ago

            arguably that could even be more difficult. I’m pretty sure in South Korea they have to keep North Korean escapees separated from everyone else for a few months as they introduce them to technology, re-reeducate them, and teach them how to live in a regular society.

            The culture shock and sudden information overflow can easily cause someone to shut off and refuse to take anything new in

    • @T156
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      15 days ago

      A surprising amount of technological development is for pornography. Video-casettes won out because pornography used them over laserdisc or betamax.

      • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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        1615 days ago

        I think you meant VHS won out. Betamax was also a video cassette format.

        And yes, porn had a lot to do with why VHS won!

        • @gerbler
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          315 days ago

          VHS beat betamax because porn, dvd beat laserdisc because porn, streaming beat physical because porn.

      • @shalafi
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        615 days ago

        And secure online payments.

    • @ThePyroPython
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      1616 days ago

      As is tradition dating back to cave paintings.

      • @[email protected]
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        715 days ago

        Well with ai your choice is deeply flawed knowledge from a system that can’t recognise it’s own mistakes or semi-convincing generated pictures. It does one of these significantly better.