• @SeekPie
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    2310 months ago

    Maybe the internet has shown us people that were already dumb but we just didn’t have a way of knowing they exist?

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      It gave them the means to find each other and also gave them a sort of megaphone to shout and spread their stupidity.

      • @jaybone
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        610 months ago

        And then they voted, and turns out it was like half of the voting population.

    • NegativeLookBehind
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      710 months ago

      Yes, but now stupid people can easily collaborate with other stupid people, amplifying the echo-chamber-circle-jerk on a global, nearly instantaneous level. Furthering the stupid at a never before seen rate.

      • @LemmysMum
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        410 months ago

        Used to be every village had their idiot. Now every idiot has their village.