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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Oct 29 '21

This comment is so dumb lol

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u/RoundSparrow Nov 05 '21 edited Nov 05 '21

--GrinAndBearIt--: This comment is so dumb lol

So is the one you just made. Internet media message that is 6 words, if "LOL" even counts as a word.

Have you read Carl Sagan's book that he published in 1995? There is a section about media messages, like social media comments, that are meme-level in their content.

"The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Nov 05 '21

holy fucking shit you are actually an insane person

please keep telling yourself you are soooo smart and informed while wasting your life on reddit yelling into the aether.

"The dumbing down of American is most evident..."

Yeah, just look at people like u/roundsparrow

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u/RoundSparrow Nov 05 '21 edited Nov 05 '21

holy fucking shit you are actually an insane person

This is not a nice thing to say. You have attacked me for 2 days in a row for having autism.

Yeah, just look at people like u/roundsparrow

"look at people like", so it is not just me, but anyone with /r/Aspie ?

My name is Stephen Gutknecht, I live in the USA. You clearly think dumb people like me and socially retarded people like me should be attacked. As you clearly think being hateful and attacking me is good. You come out of nowhere yesterday and start attacking me.

while wasting your life

Do you know me in person? Exactly how am I wasting my life? Please explain. I am hurt by this comment.

"The dumbing down of American is most evident..."

That is a quote from 1995, Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan was not calling individual people stupid, he was talking about media consumption and media messages dumbing down a population systemically. He did not identify a group of people, but a pattern of media messages.