Before you put a minus, read carefully, don’t be an asshole because it’s easier that way…
– I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but because of memes, people relax and, so to speak, forget about their worries, and some degrade almost to the level of monkeys. You can, of course, downvote the post as much as you want if you’re offended, I don’t care if you don’t believe me. Honestly, I’ve noticed this degradation in myself and this oblivion, like everything is fine, so I know what I’m talking about. It’s like memes act on the mind like TikTok, and if you consume them too often, you can notice this effect, I guess I’ll call it “voluntary distraction.”
– In short, I’m currently taking a course of anti-memes and anti-short videos, or just stupid videos. So to speak, I’m self-medicating since psychologists are no use and I feel sorry for the money, damn it. Because I became too absent-minded.
Memes don’t harvest my data and hand it over to the CCP.
So to speak, I’m self-medicating since psychologists are no use
I have never seen a more clear need for help with ones mental health than the claim that getting help with your mental health is no use.
The well-documented symptoms of various mental illnesses are a clear sign for needing help. Believing that psychologists, or at least those psychologists one has access to, don’t have the competence to help is no such symptom.
Before you put a minus
This made me consider putting a minus.
You can, of course, downvote the post as much as you want if you’re offended, I don’t care if you don’t believe me.
This made me put a minus.
Nothing makes me downvote something more than the poster either complaining about downvotes or trying to prevent downvotes
I actually agree that they have similar effects if consumed similarly. Avoiding the mass consumption of short-form, attention-grabbing content is a great choice when you notice a decline in your ability to focus. I’ve occasionally done the same thing in my life, sometimes even cutting internet usage more radically than that, and it always created strongly noticeable improvements (or rather noticeable returns to my more natural state of mind).
That being said, I still browse lemmy memes and think it’s somewhat different from similar media for several reasons (these are broad generalizations, of course there are exceptions):
- Memes are more honest as they’re mainly aimed at making you laugh, and you can easily verify yourself whether you found them funny or not. Short-form videos will often contain stories, advice, or information, the value or danger of which you cannot verify so easily.
- At least if you’re looking in the right communities, memes are from the community members itself, not some slop by some influencer trying to get clicks at any price.
- I can browse through top of the day of my lemmy meme communities in a relatively short amount of time, get some enjoyment out of it, and then just move on with my life. I don’t think there is an equivalent platform for short videos. They want to keep you scrolling endlessly.
The first ones are trying to make money off of us, and the second ones are trying to make us stupid and easily manipulated by imposing clip thinking.
I wish I could downvote as much as I want. Unfortunately I only get one.
Our generations Nathan Hale.
For that i can only say: Unga Bunga Sgibidiiiiiiiii
Serious:
I can imagine that, especially memes that have no tasking meaning behind them like “shit stinky”
I personally like !historymemes@lemmy.world because they often give context in the comments and are not only Caesar turning into a salad (which is fake news?)Exactly! Caesar actually turned into gourmet dog food served in tiny portions made for small yappy type dogs. All this salad nonsense misses the real issue!
No, that’s the wrong Caesar. Caesar became a dog behaviourist on TV
So, this is a shitpost right?
It’s a shitpost because it’s presenting the idea that non-stop consumption of entertainment media might be bad as if it’s a revelation.
Life requires and allows for some levity. 🤷
In essence, yes, but if you get too used to excesses and comfort, you can end up in collapse, as is happening with capitalism and our civilization.
100% agree! Although I’d say it’s less ‘used to’ and more ‘have it as your main/only want in life’… but that’s just semantics, I guess. I know what you’re saying and I feel the same way. 👍
These gramaphone records may be worse for you than the wax cylinder!
Relax, guy!
Why would they be? lol
At the very least, you still have to read a lot of them so you’re still using some of your brain. 🤷♂️
