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minus-squareredjard@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up165·2 days agoI mean this is gotta be obvious bait.
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up77arrow-down2·2 days agoBlue check mark means the user already drank the kool-aid. No reason to assume they wouldn’t go back for a refill.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 days agoIt’s just as likely its an engagement farming account, maybe even a bot.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoTell me there’s a difference (Excepting the existential realization that the stupider a person is, the more easily they’re used as a tool, of course, and keeping them in line and on track is often simpler than tech solutions.)
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down6·2 days agoNowadays it’s hard to be sure. Considering the average American’s education and who they voted for…twice… Why shan’t I believe weird “news” like this…
minus-squareCrimeIsLegalNow@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’ve talked to a real live Midwesterner that thought other countries didn’t exist (as far as I could tell)
minus-squaretottle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoHow would that even work? Did they think the US gov was making up the existence of other countries as some sort of conspiracy?
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoMost people don’t know that. Until they probably reach Kindergarten :)
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSorry you had to endure that. 🤢 I’m guessing Ohio?
I mean this is gotta be obvious bait.
Blue check mark means the user already drank the kool-aid. No reason to assume they wouldn’t go back for a refill.
It’s just as likely its an engagement farming account, maybe even a bot.
Tell me there’s a difference
(Excepting the existential realization that the stupider a person is, the more easily they’re used as a tool, of course, and keeping them in line and on track is often simpler than tech solutions.)
Nowadays it’s hard to be sure. Considering the average American’s education and who they voted for…twice… Why shan’t I believe weird “news” like this…
Poe’s Law in action.
Sadly yes…pretty much :)
I’ve talked to a real live Midwesterner that thought other countries didn’t exist (as far as I could tell)
How would that even work? Did they think the US gov was making up the existence of other countries as some sort of conspiracy?
Most people don’t know that. Until they probably reach Kindergarten :)
Sorry you had to endure that. 🤢
I’m guessing Ohio?