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  • DanTilDawn@lemmy.worldtoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•We don't need all this video online
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    1 year ago

    It might make more sense if you look at it as sharing experience rather than information. Video is a more empathetic medium that people can connect with and understand more complete experiences through. Another thing to consider is the desire for infotainment more than information. People are made to learn things without necessarily understanding why and infotainment shows are a good way to connect with them in that. Like Mr. wizard, Bill Nye or Beakmans world, making information and learning fun, because the core content is itself not sexy or interesting but is still real and qorth informing some people of. I do generally agree with the idea of TMI in the marketplace, though. That’s how we ended up with the alternative facts -> fake news -> alternate reality pipeline for the world’s reactionaries over the last couple decades of social media influence.

  • DanTilDawn@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend
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    1 year ago

    The gravity of mortality though probably didn’t even exist in her brain based on this story. Yeah no shit driving into a brick wall can kill you, she threatened that specifically. I guarantee the discourse here has prevented zero additional death-by-intentionally-driving-into-a-brick-wall murder stories. Nobody is becoming less dumb by pointing out how stupid this girl is, preventing another idiot from intentionally driving into a wall in order to control her codependent relationship. It’s not endemic and pointing out how brains develop and where this girl was at is not going to make it so. You aren’t preventing more death-by-driving-into-a-brick-wall copycat crimes of passion. Raising awareness about mental issues (including developmental stages) can help people prepare for and prevent their own tragedies better. Congrats though, thanks to you I will definitely not drive into a brick wall.

  • DanTilDawn@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend
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    1 year ago

    That’s not really implied by simply acknowledging that their brain isn’t developed yet, not sure why you are defensive about it like giving them keys to a death machine when they also clearly have had mental issues and haven’t gotten far along in their prefrontal cortex is a necessary rite of passage. There are a lot of possible angles to look at situations like this to consider how to fix them and blaming the people involved might be the easy answer but actual justice for society becomes more complicated. Nobody wants to deal with this story, and that’s the bottom line.