It's so funny to live at the end of the "don't read that, it'll rot your brain" era and the beginning of the "don't watch that, it'll rot your brain" era.
Seems like whatever young people are doing in a given moment is wrong
These new 'libraries' that have arisen in recent years to facilitate reading activities are a frightening sight: dozens of young children, normally so vivacious and socially interactive, sitting alone in cubicles, reading silently, oblivious to their peers.
But perhaps the most dangerous property of these books is the fact that they follow a fixed linear path. You can't control their narratives in any fashion - you simply sit back and have the story dictated to you. Why would anyone want to embark on an adventure utterly choreographed by another person? But today's generation embarks on such adventures millions of times a day.
This risks instilling a general passivity in our children, making them feel as though they're powerless to change their circumstances. The book readers of the younger generation are learning to 'follow the plot' instead of learning to lead.
From "Everything Bad Is Good for You" by Steven Johnson
Socrates complained that reading and writing would make the youth dumb because they no longer had to rely on memory alone. Old people railing against any change in tradition is a tale older than time.
I think it's an old trauma inducing video from early Internet days where a man attempts to fit a jar into his butt, only to have it break in the attempt. It's really utterly horrifying, but I'll admit to laughing at the reference here.
55 Comments
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 96 pts · 55d
It's so funny to live at the end of the "don't read that, it'll rot your brain" era and the beginning of the "don't watch that, it'll rot your brain" era.
Seems like whatever young people are doing in a given moment is wrong
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 55d
The point of this post isn't that TV is bad and books are good, the kid is watching 1 guy 1 jar on the TV.
https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/1-guy-1-jar
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 55d
Ah, I'm too old. Only familiar with two girls, one cup.
four@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 55d
I thought you're saying that there was an equivalent of that video in book form back in the day lol
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 55d
I mean, I'm sure there is. Plenty of gross out literature has been published.
baronofclubs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs starts with a man eating shit of a plate.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
The Marquis de Sade says bonjour.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 55d
But are you tubgirl old?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 55d
I'm a registered member of the lemonparty
M137@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 54d
I thought those were from around the same time.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 55d
What if books were invented after video games?
From "Everything Bad Is Good for You" by Steven Johnson
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 55d
A beautiful piece of contrarianism.
Idk if I'd call it convincing, but it's a great illustration of how you can turn all these critiques on their heads and sound just as "concerned".
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
Socrates complained that reading and writing would make the youth dumb because they no longer had to rely on memory alone. Old people railing against any change in tradition is a tale older than time.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 55d
We’ve moved on to the “don’t play that” era
db2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 55d
That's been a thing for decades.
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 55d
Satanic Panic Pokémon clip (YT link; query tracker removed)
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 55d
How dare you love to listen to this wild Rock Music?
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 55d
Be happy that this is what you're getting from the picture.
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 54d
The olds do it too and it's so much worse for them.
owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml · 56 pts · 55d
I'm 14 and this is deep moment.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 55d
It's much worse than that.
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 54d
im 72 and this is todays youth
or something like that, i domt have lead in my paint
Lupo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 55d
I need a doctor at these depths
cosmos8188@leminal.space · 3 pts · 54d
A bit too deep..
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 55d
What's the shadow on the left? It looks like someone shitting a battery.
josephc@lemmy.ml · 50 pts · 55d
I think it's an old trauma inducing video from early Internet days where a man attempts to fit a jar into his butt, only to have it break in the attempt. It's really utterly horrifying, but I'll admit to laughing at the reference here.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 55d
There's blood too. Silent, bloody anus horror.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 55d
Didn't he die too
Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 55d
No he lived
https://web.archive.org/web/20090303191116/https://owmyass.com/1_guy_1_cup.htm
darthsundhaft@piefed.social · 9 pts · 55d
thesdev@feddit.org · 5 pts · 55d
I wonder if they made alternate versions of this. For example with 2 girls.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 55d
You're thinking of Mr. Hands, the guy who got fucked to death by a stallion
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 55d
No, but thanks for bringing that back into my mind....
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 55d
Well I'm glad I asked. I'll scratch "ass trauma glass jar videos" from my to-do list this weekend.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 55d
It's a shock video called 1 guy 1jar.
He sits on it, it goes inside him, then shatters.
He then starts to pick the pieces of glass out of himself, while bleeding everywhere.
Hollow and glass, keep away from your ass.
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 55d
Warm
Lupo@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 55d
Mac@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 55d
Strange light source
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 55d
Seems likely
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 54d
Ok but what if the kid on the left is watching bill nye, the kid on the right looking at porno mags?
Shouldn't the thesis here be message > media not media > message?
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
It's definitely an experiment, but is isn't Bill Nye.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 54d
The old magazines had great articles, and great pictures to break up the reading.
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 55d
Was wondering for too long why the kid on the left was looking at Ozymandias on the tv.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 55d
Missing 2 legs for that cup...
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 55d
No, it's the right amount of legs. Different container.
rethnor@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 54d
Omg, no just fuck no 🦵🥤🦵
That's enough Internet, I'm going to try to forget I ever saw that.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
I think it's pong
dudeface@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 55d
Well I got aphantasia, so I’ll stick with tv and films thanks
Schal330@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 55d
I had to look up the definition of aphantasia as I'd never heard of it before. That is so fascinating!
Do you have an inner monologue? I read that they can sometimes co-occur.
dudeface@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I don’t have that either
It’s a spectrum, but I seem to be on the see nothing in my mind end
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 54d
And your door, as well.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
Jar Jar?
DokPsy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 55d
I can only see one man one jar and that is definitely not age appropriate for that kid
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 10 pts · 55d
That's not age appropriate for anyone.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
Don't be shaming