Tiago "Salvador" Souza
MostlyHarmlessDo y'all remember, before the Internet, when people thought the cause of stupidity was lack of access to information?
Yeah. It wasn't that.
Yeah. It wasn't that.
2funny@MostlyHarmless
just to lazy, to prove them selve wrong
RejZoR@MostlyHarmless Most people don't really know how to search for info, so they just believe whatever bullshit they see on Facebook or X formerly known as Twatter.
Jason Petersen (he)@MostlyHarmless essentially everyone still believes this
CyYou say that but signal to noise ratio has never been lower.
Some person on the internet@MostlyHarmless It is interesting how far we have come and how far we have fell off.
I remember being on a lot of various boards growing up, and I remember learning about my own bias and confirmation bias issues as I kept using various websites.
I'm thankful for those moments because it helped me question things better. But it is interesting to watch an entire population just accept anything now days.
Zoidberg For President@MostlyHarmless Not everyone has access to the internet nor is it encouraged the same way everywhere...
DoomsdaysCW@MostlyHarmless Lack of critical thinking, imho.
SigmundFreudsBartender@MostlyHarmless That happened in every media revolution, but yes, I do remember.
Seth 🎙️
@MostlyHarmless it sure wasn’t. Maybe the refusal to read said knowledge.
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦
hurt138@MostlyHarmless back when we pictured the knowledge of the internet as a bigger Encarta CD..
To bad we filled the internet with garbage.
mirabilos
Ruben Schade 
🔰 🇦🇺@MostlyHarmless @KingShawn I definitely believed this as a kid growing up in the first Dot Com Boom. I was wrong.
poetaster@MostlyHarmless yeah, fore the net, I spent a lot of time in the library. None of my classmates to be seen.
Christian Lynbech@MostlyHarmless @bsdphk As someone once remarked: “I used to want to be able to read peoples minds, then I got a Facebook account and now I am over it.”
A⍼ex@MostlyHarmless stupid and ignorant are different things.