Gee thanks state department, I totally believe you, you’d never lie to me! janet-wink

      • xijinpingist [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        Wow, people still watch actual television?
        Why? CNN is on pay cable, I haven’t seen cable in ages. Listen to podcasts, you can pause them and resume any time. I listen while doing the dishes or laundry or whatever.

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          Well yeah, if you want a decent size amd quality screen or are watching something with someone else most people are going to stream to a TV. Unless you just mean cable or like… broadcast TV in which case yeah I agree, I haven’t seen that for years because that stuff was enshittified loooong ago.

          Wait a minute, actually no. I can’t be that hard on TV anymore considering how YouTube and Shortform video platforms have become 90% “AI generated baby walks off a cliff” style algo-slop.

          Damn, is there any good media anymore? Is everything just going to be shitty social media slop now? Maybe my algorithm just sucks because that shortform shit is boring to me.

          Maybe I should try getting back into podcasts. I haven’t listened to podcasts in years. Any good recommendations?

          Sorry that turned into a ramble. I’m just getting fed up with the media landscape and you sound like you might know where I can find some stuff that isn’t totally terrible.

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            Creators have to show their faces. Anything that is text and images is AI slop. It gets generated by the thousands every day on every subject and Youtube doesn’t care because it makes money for them.