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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by uniqueid on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:13PM (#25970808)
I think it's more a function of age. People in highschool or college can stomach more than older adults.

Younger adults don't shock easily because (a) they typically have less and feel less responsibility, (b) the thrill of breaking the rules tempers natural disgust at seeing edgy material, and (c) they have less life experience to have learned empathy for some kinds of people.

Of course, I might be extrapolating foolishly from my own life. I used to have more stomach for cruelty.

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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by dariosalvi78 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:21PM (#25972594)
I remember well the times my friends used to send each other stuff from rotten. Not that I particularly enjoyed that, but I suppose it was part of becoming more mature? I liked the freedom of back then though, I feel like today's internet has become too politically correct
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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by sneak on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:19PM (#25970860)
> natural disgust at seeing edgy material

Disgust is a cultural learning, not a natural response.

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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by zzzmarcus on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:45PM (#25971126)
That's just... false. Disgust is a response we evolved to keep us from eating things that could kill us.
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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by uniqueid on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:00PM (#25971266)
It's probably a mixture, but who knows. Chomsky and Skinner could probably debate it for several lifetimes.
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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by kodah on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:12PM (#25971372)
It's actually both! Freakonomics did a great segment on the difference and the different types of disgust. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/disgust/
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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by uniqueid on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:24PM (#25970914)
Fair enough. The point about aging that I had in mind doesn't change if we redefine 'natural disgust' as 'culturally taught disgust' In general, the older you get, the further you get from mum and dad dictating your behavior, and so the less enjoyable it is to, for example, be rude/crude for its own sake.
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