• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 days ago

    We’re done. Everyone is addicted to it.

    I can’t even teach my family how to use a browser, or the concept of a website vs. an app.

    A small nugget: I just did a Google search on a history of Trump’s antisemitism, and got bombarded with government pages on his current executive orders and other stuff debunking it. Tried it in DuckDuckGo, got a pile of articles on historical/associate antisemitism.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      2 days ago

      Everyone is addicted to it.

      If you’ve ever had to deal with an addict long term, you’ll notice the initial euphoria wears off and the allure of the next high dissolves into desperation and despair.

      A small nugget: I just did a Google search on a history of Trump’s antisemitism, and got bombarded with government pages on his current executive orders and other stuff debunking it. Tried it in DuckDuckGo, got a pile of articles on historical/associate antisemitism.

      I’ve actually started going to Yandex, of all places, to do my searching simply because the English language version isn’t optimized to filter out older sources and jam my first few pages full of US-endorsed promoted content.

      • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        1 day ago

        Yeah. I had to put ChatGPT on my home screen because browser search engines are worthless now.

          • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.eeEnglish
            13·
            1 day ago

            The biggest advantage I have found with ChatGPT is that I can train it to give me answers in a form I like. It sources links are familiar to me and summarises and uses language on my level instead of rambling on forever.

            I’ve tried the different ones on DuckDuckGo but that requires me to open a window and a browser and that’s just a lot more work, especially ChatGPT is now integrated into Siri and I don’t have to do anything to ask it a question

        • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
          9·
          2 days ago

          Well, that’s true. That was before Reagan tho. I mean it completed in 1982 but was started in 1974.

          Hell we had clean Air & Water laws then.

          But then Reagan allowed media conglomerates to suck up properties in all cities and kicked off the modern media oligopolies.

          Then they let Microsoft just - flaunt that they were powerless. Then the Googles and so on.

  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    210·
    1 day ago

    Please everyone, get your asses on rednote. It’s not perfect but it’s not (currently) under control by the US oligarchy.

    ETA: Are the downvotes racism or what? OP’s message that the US is controlling your media has 600+ upvotes. I offer an alternative source and people don’t want it? I’m genuinely confused.

      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        46·
        1 day ago

        Nope, but it’s a good supplement to the fediverse. The rules are different over there. Some better, some worse. By getting your information through multiple diverse sources you’ll have a better understanding of what’s going on in the world.

        Or you can be like this when shit starts effecting you personally,

  • glimse@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 days ago

    Hey man, don’t just freely associate Luigi’s image with some other cause. Don’t put words in his mouth