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Re:Is this the end of social networking? by thundergolfer on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:52PM (#32433250)
Also Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. The addictive quality of entertainment is a central theme, and the book contains the memorable Samizdat videotape that’s so entertaining you watch it immobilised until you die. The Samizdat is the reduction ad absurdim of TikTok era social media addiction.
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Re:Is this the end of social networking? by coffee_beqn on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:06PM (#32433355)
I guess it’s not a new idea but it is a more potent version of the same. DFW himself had a serious TV addiction which is where that idea comes from.
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