canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?message-squaremessage-square266fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down110
arrow-up1340arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square266fedilink
minus-squareRedditgee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoI thought that, too, but it turns out they have nothing to worry about. I think putting smartphones in everyone’s face bought them a hundred years.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think the opposite. I think they’re the only reason why everyone isn’t in the neoliberal cope cage of the past fifty years.
minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agothere’s a very real possibility both are happening. for some, it’s a distraction from the hellscape. for others, it’s an avenue to a wider community of ideas.
I thought that, too, but it turns out they have nothing to worry about. I think putting smartphones in everyone’s face bought them a hundred years.
I think the opposite. I think they’re the only reason why everyone isn’t in the neoliberal cope cage of the past fifty years.
there’s a very real possibility both are happening. for some, it’s a distraction from the hellscape. for others, it’s an avenue to a wider community of ideas.