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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 days ago

a) He's right and you know he's right. Doomscrolling is not healthy and tech companies maximize engagement regardless of the addiction and mental health implications.

b) He was talking about the state of journalism and in that specific context what he said makes even more sense.

c) That epic sculpture he's sitting in front of is sick and looks like what a comic book corrupt cardinal would be sitting in front of while threatening batman or something.

d) Fuck the church institutions that cover up decades of abuse and horrible crimes.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 66 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This article is fascinating in its choice of headlines. It briefly mentions the headline quote, and then goes on to primarily talk about the number of journalists who were killed last year. It was just an article about a conference the pope spoke at, but i really thought it'd be about something else before i read it. Successful clickbait, i guess???

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You'd think they'd lead with the journalists. Guess they think cellphones are more important.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

YOU won't BELIEVE what THIS POPE SAID about YOUR PHONE! Click here to find out how!

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your first mistake is writing THIS POPE, when it should've been THE POPE. That will get more people interested, because it's THE pope and not just any regular pope.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] TisI@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We're not in space now, are we?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, we are. Literally. Earth is a space rock.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

You're no fun, are you?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Space and time, but they're sort of the same thing.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm clicking but it won't do anything!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe you need to buy a new mouse.

This post brought to you by Logitech.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

I'm sorry, i didn't have time to go back and forth with you about this. I have to go pick up a new mouse for my pc.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if there are a number of people who will always read an article if the pope is mentioned, so if he's related to a topic even a little bit, he gets to be in the headline.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Oh definitely. My grandmother was exactly like that.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is pretty off topic, but in traditional newspaperology headlines the story writers have no say in the headline. Headline writing is a separate discipline with specialized headline writers, because you have to carefully count the character sizes to fit the headline into the space.

This traditional art changed on its head when headlines online were no longer constrained by the page layout.

[–] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Of course, but it's entirely unrelated to the body of the article.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Idk, Christianity seems like much stronger brain rot.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 days ago

Are scrolls more likely to promote brain rot? Why am I asking this question?!

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

Moreso than unquestioningly believing the ramblings of a bunch of half high goat herders from 2000 years ago?

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He’s totally right. My attention span is shot. Need to take long breaks from scrolling to get it back.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Comments wiil be full of "bUt ChRiStIaNiTy"

Like in every OTHER thread Lemmy wont shut the fuck up about FB/IG/TT/Etc and their engagement algorithms and how they are manipulating society...

Yes, the broken clock is right.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, they're both shit.

Unending scrolling on short attention span websites is obviously bad

Believing in any religion is obviously bad

See? It's not that hard

[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

I find it hard to trust this source. This sounds like ai generated garbage when you listen to the voice in the video.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That man isn't qualified to give medical advice.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I legit had to look up if brain rot was a legit medical term.

I'm legit infected with brain rot where do i seek help

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Since rots are usually fungus seek out veterinary anti fungals

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I chuckle as I keep scrolling

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 4 days ago

Scrolling "of the bible" fixed it for you.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago

Okay, grandpa. Time to take off your pointy hat and lay down for your nap. You’ve had a big day!

[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And excessive blind fanaticism causes kiddie diddlers. Yet here we are.

I think complex developmental factors create kiddy diddlers while heirarchical and "mandated" social structures give them the power and access they're really interested in.

Blind fanaticism is a separate problem.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 3 days ago

I’d typically agree but since I’ve scrolled Lemmy and News (Apple’s news app) rather aimlessly for ~1 year now I notice a lot of people are behind or misled on a lot of topics. They’re usually stuck in an echo chamber but some just generally have lives to live offline.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Is that what's wrong with him? Dude is a nutter

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

This new ALIEN movie looks wild!

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 3 days ago

That's okay, excessive church causes brain ossification.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What the hell is he sitting in front of?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

I haven't seen the article and I'm too lazy to look but if you're referring to the alien vine hellscape of madness looking statue behind him that was donated in the 70s or something. It appeared more recently than that though in a Mandela Effect, about the same time as the changes to the bible.