Re: TikTok has 1 billion users worldwide

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, Sn!pe wrote:

Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/12/tiktok-carbon-
footprint
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That's just wild -- And it's all a waste, too;  It's just people
endlessly scrolling useless videos, much like brainwashed zombies.
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It has been asserted that it is the goal of the Chinese government to
turn Western youth into inattentive idiots. They just might be succeeding
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Don't Chinese youth use TikTok?  Perhaps the aim of the CCP is to turn
*all* proles into inattentive idiots thus making them more amenable to
population control.
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How do e.g. Facebook, Instagram, X(Twitter), etc. compare with this?
Is population control the goal of Western governments too?
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Once upon a time, religion was the opium of the masses, then it was TV;
apparently it's now the Internet.

Don't forget comics! Those d*mn colorful images destroyed a generation! And I remember when the phonograph came. I told them what was going to happen, and here we are!