Yup!

Thank heavens! Let’s get the ol’ mob to storm the castle/this guy’s comment!

Context and nuance? In a fediverse comment section? Is that even allowed?

Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985) by Neil Postman, The Shallows (2010) by Nicholas Carr.

I think about both a lot, both are terrifyingly prescient and the issues they describe only got worse.

Amusing Ourselves is basically how the television age shapes politics (and all the ideas extend perfectly/terrifyingly into the modern internet era) while the Shallows is about how the internet is literally rewiring our minds.

Both are quite short, easy reads that will stick with you.

And on a lighter palate cleanser sort of note, anything Mary Roach writes is worth reading.

I imagine you’ve seen it but there’s an adorable bbc moment with him and some of the folks he saved:

https://youtu.be/6_nFuJAF5F0

Given that calling Israel a nazi state has become not uncommon, I’d say we’ve pretty much forgotten what Nazis are/were and it’s now just a perjorative for evil people/governments.

I uhhh, just loaded Mint the other week. Any chance someone can English this for me?

My last .ml meme was 2 months ago. I guess I should be proud that it bugged you enough to burn into your memory like that?

But yeah, warning new fediverse users that there are awful places and the whole fediverse ain’t like that, well, that seems a polite way to improve the user experience and help new folks.

I love my city but I also generally warn visitors about our open air shooting gallery a few hundred meters away from the entertainment district for much the same reason.

It’s literally just SMTP/POP — where’s the “value add”?

I’d say to the majority of people, that first part reads like nonsense.

The value add is thus “you don’t have to learn computer stuff.”