Comment on Social nuke

rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• 30p87@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “It’s crazy that 1+1 = 3”
  “No, it isn’t.” “Why are you criticizing the DETAILS? Reply to my point!”

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  • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What do you call somebody who insists upon ignoring the forest, preferring to closely examine the bark on a single tree?

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    • Sal@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Dendrologist?

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Idk.

      If they’re only one who notices they’re all plastic and that the forest is therefore artificial, and hence in no way representative of actual nature…

      A genius?

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    • 30p87@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The LLM-based search result summarizer of my “trust” says the following: Someone who insists on ignoring the forest and closely examining the bark on a single tree might be called detail-oriented, nitpicky, or shortsighted.

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• iglou@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Afraid of what? Replying to what point? Your “shower thought” (lmao) is just a messy thought process of which every single step is based on nothing.

  Why would we waste energy discussing consequences of events that will never happen?

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  • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think it’s quite plausible actually. It’s just a nice hack away.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      IDK about the rest, but I don’t find it threatening specifically because your first assumption was false.

      I don’t shit-talk people, so in your scenario, everyone just gets text about how I talk them up to others?

      Is that the kind of discussion you wanted?

      On a more serious note, if your scenario actually occurred, I think most people would just shrug an move on. If it happened to just one person, they might be ostracized… But if it’s everyone, people are more likely to just forgive and forget because everyone had their “private” thoughts exposed.

      Sure, some relationships might be irreparably destroyed… But others might be stronger than ever. Those kinds of life-shattering social dramas happen all the time. But at the end of the day… Everyone still needs to go to work so they can eat and have a home, and companies will still need employees to get shit done.

      I don’t think it would be too different just because it happened to everyone at the same time.

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      • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yr probably right. Society would go on as usual because the bottom line is, ultimately, unaffected.

        But, squishy moods on a mass scale constitute the weather of politics and commerce. From that angle, big things might happen.

        Consider the general stress of a population : X. When x goes up we vote and shop thusly. That’s a known thing.

        And x would definitely go up here.So such a hackyvirus could be a tool in shifting a close election.

        So that’s one thing to think about.

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    • iglou@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Oh yes, I am so threatened. You got me.

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