if you'd step off your social media feed for 5 seconds and maybe read a couple of books or even watch a damn documentary if your attention span is that bad, you'd realize that you're not only participating in a game of blame shifting but contributing to the reason the issues continue to exist.
it's easy to sit back and blame social media for all the world's ills. i'm not saying social media hasn't contributed to some problems and perhaps put a spotlight on others but it's not this monolithic failing of civilization.
at least not anymore so than anything else that's been blamed in the past for "humanity failing" such as video games, tv, rock music, or D&D. it's just another scapegoat.
also are you seriously going to sit there and try to say that modern social media is the main reason for school shootings??? what the fuck is wrong with you?? this kind of stupid shit is why we don't have the damn gun control we should have. because idiots like you blame it on social media, or video games, or tv, and not the fact that assault rifles shouldn't be sold to the public.
modern social media has only been a thing since the late 00s/early 10s, and that's being generous. many of the largest school shootings happened way before modern social media began being commercialized the way it is now and they all had absolutely no connection to social media. like go read a damn book before you say stupid shit like this.
Are you not aware of the plethora of online circles that literally encourage people to become mass shooters? Do you know how many school shooter based fucking Spotify playlists I've reported (just for them not to be taken down, of course. And yes, kids commit school shootings because they feel alienated AND PART OF WHY THEY ARE ALIENATED IS BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THE INTERNET IS DOING TO THEM. Do you think people get the idea to shoot up the school out of the blue? Do you think mere access to a gun is what causes school shootings? Or do you think there's a mental factor there, like being exposed to hateful rhetoric BEING PERPETUATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Guess what, if someone handed me a gun, I wouldn't just go "gee gosh golly, guess I'm gonna go shoot some people!" There's a motivation for these actions, and a lot of these motivations are coming FROM THE INTERNET.
So you don't think the recent outburst of mass shootings within the past 10 years has ANYTHING to do with the current social environment, which in and of itself, has gotten to the way is in largely in part thanks to corporations like Facebook and Twitter? Twitter, a massively used site that is literally a Nazi haven now?
i think it could be a minor factor but no i don't think it's as big a factor as people are being led to believe.
because it wasn't the case when it was video games.
or television.
or Catcher in the Eye.
i think any recent outbursts (and i'd appreciate somebody defining "recent" for me because the goal posts keep changing) can be mainly attributed to the things that continue to be constant causes.
easier gun access and a lack of access to mental health and general health resources.
And "mmm ohhh hateful stuff's always been on the internet mmm ohhh" You CANNOT deny that it has become SIGNIFICANTLY more mainstream. You cannot deny that access to this kind of content is easier than ever, and is ACTIVELY BEING PROMOTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS, because it makes money.
The shit TikTok tries to feed my brother because it's figured out he's a teenage boy is fucking nuts, dude. He's told me about it firsthand. Tech CEOs ain't doing fuckall about it though, because it makes them dough!
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(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)if you'd step off your social media feed for 5 seconds and maybe read a couple of books or even watch a damn documentary if your attention span is that bad, you'd realize that you're not only participating in a game of blame shifting but contributing to the reason the issues continue to exist.
it's easy to sit back and blame social media for all the world's ills. i'm not saying social media hasn't contributed to some problems and perhaps put a spotlight on others but it's not this monolithic failing of civilization.
at least not anymore so than anything else that's been blamed in the past for "humanity failing" such as video games, tv, rock music, or D&D. it's just another scapegoat.
also are you seriously going to sit there and try to say that modern social media is the main reason for school shootings??? what the fuck is wrong with you?? this kind of stupid shit is why we don't have the damn gun control we should have. because idiots like you blame it on social media, or video games, or tv, and not the fact that assault rifles shouldn't be sold to the public.
modern social media has only been a thing since the late 00s/early 10s, and that's being generous. many of the largest school shootings happened way before modern social media began being commercialized the way it is now and they all had absolutely no connection to social media. like go read a damn book before you say stupid shit like this.
(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)And yes, kids commit school shootings because they feel alienated AND PART OF WHY THEY ARE ALIENATED IS BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THE INTERNET IS DOING TO THEM. Do you think people get the idea to shoot up the school out of the blue? Do you think mere access to a gun is what causes school shootings? Or do you think there's a mental factor there, like being exposed to hateful rhetoric BEING PERPETUATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Guess what, if someone handed me a gun, I wouldn't just go "gee gosh golly, guess I'm gonna go shoot some people!" There's a motivation for these actions, and a lot of these motivations are coming FROM THE INTERNET.
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(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)and the scapegoats people found for those shootings?
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(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)because it wasn't the case when it was video games.
or television.
or Catcher in the Eye.
i think any recent outbursts (and i'd appreciate somebody defining "recent" for me because the goal posts keep changing) can be mainly attributed to the things that continue to be constant causes.
easier gun access and a lack of access to mental health and general health resources.
(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-10-30 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)You CANNOT deny that it has become SIGNIFICANTLY more mainstream. You cannot deny that access to this kind of content is easier than ever, and is ACTIVELY BEING PROMOTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS, because it makes money.
The shit TikTok tries to feed my brother because it's figured out he's a teenage boy is fucking nuts, dude. He's told me about it firsthand. Tech CEOs ain't doing fuckall about it though, because it makes them dough!
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(Anonymous) 2025-10-31 12:13 am (UTC)(link)