Comment on Another WSJ banger about why the poors aren't doing more

atro_city@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The same way people are still on heroin.

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  • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Xitter is addictive?

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes. Dopamine is a helluva drug.

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      • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Does being called a faggot and communist online really stimulate the dopamine release? I'd be a little worried if that's the case.

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    • Meron35@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes. Social media addiction is comparable to those of illicit drugs, both in terms of actual symptoms, as well how alter dopamine networks in the brain.

      This is just a recent review article that focuses on teens, but similar results hold more broadly as well if you search.

      Social Media Algorithms and Teen Addiction: Neurophysiological Impact and Ethical Considerations - PMC - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11804976/

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  People are fine with nazis as long as it benefits them or they don’t have to change.

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• bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Dude its terrible. I tell my friends they need to get off and theyre like " but why doh? Me like it. " Ugh.

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• simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A chunk of people still use it to provide a counter narrative to the right wing propagandists. Kind of like when Buttigieg or Newsom go on Fox News.

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  • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do we though? It's on a platform owned by an autistic fascist, racist, and supremacist.

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• SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  God dammit, Sarah

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• FridaySteve@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Especially when the entire experience can be recreated in any rudimentary AI chatbot. It’s not like there are any human users left on Twitter anyway.

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