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Eh - anger isn't the same as disgust or confusion. And it's not really pointed at the above poster explicitly, it's pointed at the culture that results from the attitude that human interactions should be prioritized on the scale of "entertain me" by a digital algorithm, and that that's a good thing.

And while you might wish it's fan fiction... it's the very real reason we see things like nation-wide social media bans by age. Calls to reduce or reform social media in general. And a huge number of negative social outcomes since the advent of that style of social media.

It's really, really hard to argue that form of media consumption is healthy. Or appropriate.



>Eh - anger isn't the same as disgust or confusion.

Okay, you're disgusted or confused at the fictional person you created.

>And it's not really pointed at the above poster explicitly,

It certainly seems like it is very explicitly pointed at the poster you replied to considering you directly quote their opinion and then, based on that opinion, say that their life is "utterly dehumanizing".

>attitude that human interactions should be prioritized on the scale of "entertain me"

This is not what the parent poster said.




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