No spoilers. That show is brilliant in every way. the psychology behind why it looks like a sitcom when hes in the room, and not when she is, is a way to express narcissim. They throw an anniversary party and he leaves her in a room by herself, and has a party for himself in the backyard. He does some horrible stuff to her, a lot of it has been going on for long before we come into their lives, and previously we’ve all been trained to look past the things he does with canned laughs, gaslighting us, into believing hes the hero of the story, and stretching our beliefs (in other sitcoms) to excuse hugely selfish behaviour. This show flips everything on its head. She holds hope and takes all the horrible things he throws at her, because she has this dream she’s clinging to, that things will all get better. She’s essentially gaslighting herself. When she starts to get honest about how she’s feeling, and noticing the things hes doing to her, things start to get real. It was designed and written to be 2 seasons, which sounds short, but it packs a huge punch and ties up perfectly, which is sorely rare. It absolutely causes you to question everything. It’s Especially good a second time around, when you know what to look for.

That article was so conflated and entirely waffle, I couldn’t read it. It doesn’t offer science behind brain rot. I think it’s ok for you to have an opinion for yourself on what brain rot is, absolutely, but when you start going warmonger on it, you should really make sure you have more science to give you an understanding and ability to communicate your opinions with more clarity.

There is science out there, but not in the way you might be thinking, based on some of your opinions expressed here. Brain rot isn’t going to be able to be avoided by curating the content, the effect of disassociation is caused by distraction, it could be argued any content caused that disassociative effect, which essentially sends your brain into a form of fight or flight, causing it to feel like it’s not safe to be here,( if I have to disassociate).

I don’t have any great articles to link at this time. But I would suggest it’s a personal balance thing. Taking the time to limit the time you spend on the internet, yourself personally, and just taking a moment to exist, just breathe and be, where you are, right now.

The more engaging and interesting posts will naturally float to the top. Maybe, you need to change your settings, or the app you use to engage if you are getting fed with everything as its first posted. I noticed an entirely different experience going from boost to voyager app.

This place isn’t about one person deciding for everyone, what is and should be, the antithesis of that is why this place exists, and I’m sure you’re noticing, you don’t have many people who agree with you. Maybe Either your delivery needs to change, when discussing your opinion, or your opinion itself, might need some expansion and nuance.

Came here looking for this.

Please ignore the down votes. They don’t count for anything. You could say the most intelligent thing a human has ever said on this earth, and you would still get a couple of downvotes. People are such a beautiful kaleidoscope of differing talents and likes and dislikes, it makes for a beautiful and rich world, full of beautiful art, (and ugly art) and things. But part of that beauty is those vast and many beautiful things mean there’s going to be some people who don’t feel your vibe, which sucks, but theres gotta be that yin and yang balance, little bit of bad in the good. And if the trade off was less expanses of creativity and original thought, for never being disliked, I would not choose that option.

So every time someone dislikes me, or down votes, irl or online, I remember that little bit of bad is part of being able to access so much beauy in expansive thought and creativity, and I look for my people, those down voters, just aren’t my people, no ill will! If I see something down voted that I don’t agree should be down voted, I up vote it. Stick around, keep commenting, give more credence to those who actually give constructive advice, than a button press, that’s super low effort, and might have even been accidental!

I appreciate the people who come in with receipts, it really gives a vibe that critical thinking is worth the effort, which is something that, I feel, is super important in nowadays and times.

I’ve come across one or two grumpy gus’ who seem mostly unhappy with their lives, or incapable of changing their mind, even if all evidence contradicting what their original brain blip stated.

But it’s gunna be a mix like that. Because we are a subset of people, using this site. I tell my kids all the time, people fill the same pie chart of behaviours, regardless of what culture, place they come from or belief’s they have, there’s always a tiny percentage of dickheads, that seem more because they’re very loud or intrusive. That have a very sad life, with no ability to grow wisdom or enjoy things around them, which is sad!

When I first came here from reddit a few years ago (I had to change instances etc, and I’m not as tech savvy as most people here) I was super sensitive and raw, from all the bruising reddit gave out. It’s getting a little salve, being here.

I love the humour here! I’ve been so tempted to tell everyone how much I laughed at their humour! I go and read comments first before articles, for 2 reasons because there’s just comedy gold everywhere. And most of the time the people explain the article better than the article explains the things, the people here are so smart! Theres so many people who explain things like they already know that industry intimately and in great depth. This is such a great place to learn, it’s given me some great inspiration to deep dive into subjects.

The user base here seems rather worldly balanced, too. And they’ll drop their impressions of a thing from the view of their culture, which I could not appreciate more!

This is a brilliant place, with wonderful people who might be having a bad day, here and there, as we all do. I really hope you can find your groove, and not let the turkeys get you down.

Ooh, same. And I can viscerally feel the seats and dash etc. The weight of the wheel when you sit and bounce on the springy seats trying to turn the wheel from side to side, and it’s so heavy. The creaking squeak sound of the windows as you turn the handle. The great thunk of the door, with it’s steel weight and loud creak. My dad owned one of these for a small time when I was a kid, because he’s a car enthusiast. There were no seatbelts in the back, so us 3 kids thought it was hilarious to slide all the way to each side of the car (mostly uncontrollably, but with added emphasis) every time it turned a corner. Dad didn’t own the car long. No idea why. I remember him getting quite frustrated with us, but we were having so much fun we just laughed. I think he gave up on getting through to us. But don’t feel bad for poor Dad, he goes on to invest and enjoy some marvellous cars over the coming decades, including helping his son, the youngest of us all, become a race car driver, coincidentally, of an older car model.

He looks less evil, with those eyes.

Is that only on android?

That does really sound like grooming. Never ignore your instincts, I learned that one the hard way.