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I noticed that a lot of my friends who are really online think that everyone will always agree with them.
My theory is that this happens because they are used to their algorithm only showing them content/comments of things they agree with and since that makes the bulk of interactions with other people, they think everyone is like that.
Also dehumanizing people who they aren't politically aligned with. I think that people who "touch grass" more often, deal with people all over the political spectrum so they can separate the human side from the politics side.
These are just my theories btw I don't have evidence aside from my anecdotes. A sample pool of like 10 people lol so clearly not enough
Doesn't really matter if there's an algorithm present, Lemmy is pretty unified in their opinions too.
Also dehumanizing people who they aren’t politically aligned with.
My time touring Lemmy has taught me that conservative leaning people are hateful racist tankie nazi fascists who are all brainwashed by Russian propaganda campaigns to want nothing more than to [checks notes] genocide marginalized groups and destroy the ecosystem. Simple as that!
Always - Very Online Guy lyric video "He's a very online guy. He types his cool replies. He's incredibly animal."
Quoting online talking points word-for-word
I once ran out of questions I could answer on OKCupid.
Easier now after they deleted about 95% of them.
They spend so much time on Lemmy that they start replying to their own comments.
I can relate to this one.
They use Lemmy
I'm always online myself and I don't do any of the things typically memed about with people who are "terminally online." Shit might have made sense back when the only way to be online was with a computer that you couldn't just pop out of your pocket while standing in line or taking a shit. With smartphones, though, you can literally be online all day while also living a life.
The good ol’ days where the only people always online with us were other nerds sitting at computers all day. What a different internet.
When they are actively livestreaming themselves.
They keep rambling on about jeans and beans even though you stopped contributing to the conversation several minutes ago...
There can be a lot of reasons for that, but too much internet wouldn't be my first idea. Histrionic tendencies, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, etc.
Take a jet in jeans to get your beans!
I dont know anymore, been here too long.
When they seem to think it's socially acceptable to scroll while hanging out with other people. I usually give the benefit of the doubt--"oh they're responding to a text....... right? oh damn, they are scrolling? and I'm sitting right here with them?"
It isn't?
yea, that's not great
Sometimes I hear a remark during a conversation that just seems out of place, but is said with the air of a proverb, and that's how I know it's a reference to something popular on social media and that for me is too online.
Sending me news links that are social media posts containing a link to a news article. Especially if it's from Xitter: no way I'm logging into that place just to see replies.
It tells me that they didn't read the article and that they expect me to care what the shit posters reacting to the headline think.
When by hearing their opinion on, say, gun-control I can then succesfully predict their stance on 15 other completely unrelated subjects.
That's ridiculous. Acting like partisan issues that have been that way for 50 years are from spending time on the internet is pedantic. My grandparents spent no time on the internet and they still toed the line on partisan issues.
The issue is propaganda, not the injection medium although socials are more effective it seems
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