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Re:Always go to the funeral (2005) by jacobgkau on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @04:05PM (#42445302)
> I think the hyper-connectivity of always-on internet-based and smartphone-based stuff just overwhelms our capacity to care, but that's purely a theory.

GP stated explicitly they have a theory about something that is causing people to behave differently. You can call that an opinion if you'd like. You can not believe the theory and instead blame that person's "choice," which is also "your opinion man." Your anecdote isn't very relevant to the theory in a thread full of people talking to the contrary.

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Re:Always go to the funeral (2005) by mulmen on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @04:55PM (#42445734)
> GP stated explicitly they have a theory about something that is causing people to behave differently.

Yes and I disagree that connectivity is inherently negative or even overwhelming.

> You can call that an opinion if you'd like.

This “theory” is totally unsubstantiated so is no more than an opinion.

> You can not believe the theory and instead blame that person's "choice," which is also "your opinion man."

Yes. That’s exactly what I did.

> Your anecdote isn't very relevant to the theory in a thread full of people talking to the contrary.

I don’t find the volume of an argument compelling.

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