• bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    And yet none of my friends and family can see this blatantly right in front of them. Have people gotten stupider ? Its as obvious as the sun being hot.

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      4 hours ago

      It’s that whole frog analogy, where you can slowly boil a frog alive by gradually increasing the temperature by small increments.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure that’s a myth, but the analogy is still useful to get the concept across. It simultaneously amuses me and disappoints me that so many humans can be aware of this effect and still not recognise it happening to them, whilst the frogs aren’t actually that stupid and jump out of the water.

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      Hopefully not coming off as too much of an ass, but normies largely won’t care, as it doesn’t immediately affect them. Knowing it’s a bad thing requires a bit of understanding about an operating system that most people just don’t know or care to learn about.

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        51 minutes ago

        Right, it’s of no consequence to people who just browse Facebook and do online banking and candy crush and watch TikTok reels. They’re already perfectly happy giving up everything about themselves.