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minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoIt’s the new meta. We stopped clicking “Could X be Y?” and “you won’t believe X” formats. Now they have a new one: it’s all vaguely a conspiracy and they’re coming for YOU! You’re just not paying enough attention! That’s all to say people are fucking stupid and online media is exploitative as fuck.
minus-squareetherphon@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoAhh yeah that’s a good point, it’s the perfect strategy for these times too, I guess. Plus it probably makes people feel smart, “oh I noticed that, no one else did? Morons.”
It’s the new meta.
We stopped clicking “Could X be Y?” and “you won’t believe X” formats.
Now they have a new one: it’s all vaguely a conspiracy and they’re coming for YOU! You’re just not paying enough attention!
That’s all to say people are fucking stupid and online media is exploitative as fuck.
Ahh yeah that’s a good point, it’s the perfect strategy for these times too, I guess. Plus it probably makes people feel smart, “oh I noticed that, no one else did? Morons.”