To clarify here, I don’t feel like I’m significantly smarter than most people, but I feel like people have a hard time doing any sort of thinking about stuff. Especially when it comes to verifying “facts.”

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    I think we live in an age where advertisements are literally gaslighting, and also where large portions of the population are bombarded with advertisements on a daily basis. I’m not surprised if people’s grip on reality gets a little wobbly, resisting all that propaganda is a lot of effort.

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      1 year ago

      I think adblocking is the best thing I’ve done for my children.

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        1 year ago

        Think about all those poor youtubers and the platform itself.

        Lol obvious sarcasm, fuck 'm and the insane amount of ads that are nowadays considered normal.

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      That’s a lot more complex than people are stupid. Occam’s razor.

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        I would like to believe this is sarcasm, but it’s impossible to distinguish fake stupidity from real stupidity; Poe’s law.