Nov 22, 2022·edited Nov 22, 2022Liked by Holly MathNerd
The word conversation means to exchange ideas back and forth. I have been writing about how most of us online don't have conversations any longer. People talk TO people, not WITH them. This may be what Josh (Disaffected Podcast) has said about Twitter making us more narcissistic. It doesn't help that we all have different ideas about what a single word means, let alone all the words that make up a post.
In response to your being "back" on Twitter, this is just a guess, some of those people may realize you're not actually back posting things manually, but they're just happy the account isn't banned and is "back." When you have different meanings behind the word "back" it leads to not understanding each other. They also may be just using it as something to say to respond to the tweet and bring your account to other people's attention knowing full well you won't see it or respond.
People often project through social media. They will "read" something and it triggers a judgement about something they themselves do and then they project it onto the other person. It can happen the same in person, but I think maybe these online social media platforms make it a lot easier.
The person complaining about you being an atheist and believing in the metaphysical may have something in their life where they are being superstitious or faith-based and they don't realize it. They are likely pissed off that they're being irrational in some way in their life but projecting it onto you. You can find a lot out about a person when they project in this way.
I’ve never even been on Twitter and I have noticed my attention span has gotten much shorter over the years. Maybe it’s the memes? Maybe it’s age? But I’m trying to make it a habit to read an actual book (ok, kindle) for at least 20 minutes straight every day in a desperate attempt to exercise my brain. Wish me luck...
I read this in the morning as I was starring my day and I agree. I will fight to regain my focus. Thank you for posting and now I am off to face reality.
I have noticed this. I read more words/day than I ever did in my pre-social media life but when i sit down to read a real text i find myself struggling with comprehension and focus. I often need to re-read paragraphs several times to stop my mind from wandering while my eyes are still "reading".
It’s a bit of a brag I know but I’ve never been on Twitter or Instagram and only briefly on Facebook. That short stint on FB was enough to convince me to ditch social media and keep relations long form and in person when possible. I use LinkedIn only as a deposit for my resume and professional credentials and I subscribe to a few YouTube channels centering on cooking and crafts. The reason is simple. My mental health is infinitely better avoiding the Bullshit that is social media. I have two daughters also not on social media and hope to convince them to remain that way as they enter into adulthood.
People have become addicted to "short form" from the constant use of social media. From 240 characters to 60 second shorts on You Tube, flitting from one blurb to the next, barely comprehending the message, as Holly's examples show. Once in awhile I get caught in a Shorts immersion and before I realize it, I've spent a half hour scrolling scrolling scrolling, the speed increasing the longer I watch. Time wasted. It leaves me feeling irritated and dissatisfied - like junk food.
Long, meaty hour + videos and reads are so much more engaging and worth my time, but I do have the luxury of living a slow life so that does make a difference, no doubt.
My experience working in the service and fast food industry, near a military base of all places, reduced my ability to trust human reading comprehension, literacy, and basic common sense a long time ago.
"Can I get a number 3 but on a biscuit?"
"So a number 4?"
"No a number 3 on a biscuit"
"Sir that's a number 4"
"Why is this more than what's on the menu?"
"Cause you had me add extra meat, and changed the drink to a shake"
*Car tires screech as they pull out of the drive thru at high speed while I'm holding the bag with their order in it*
"Ma'am we change over to lunch menu in 5 minutes so our ability to serve breakfast might be hindered"
*Lady proceeds to order 90 dollars of breakfast items and then complains to manager about how it was rude of me to warn her that breakfast was almost over when that was all she was going to order*
I'm sure Twitter has made things worse, but I am skeptical that it wasn't already getting fairly bad even before that. Though the person who didn't understand your Tarot post was fairly hilarious to me given a previous relationship I was in with a person who did use Tarot a lot so I am well versed in trying to be more interested than I actually was.
I've retweeted this, because every word of it is true.
The word conversation means to exchange ideas back and forth. I have been writing about how most of us online don't have conversations any longer. People talk TO people, not WITH them. This may be what Josh (Disaffected Podcast) has said about Twitter making us more narcissistic. It doesn't help that we all have different ideas about what a single word means, let alone all the words that make up a post.
In response to your being "back" on Twitter, this is just a guess, some of those people may realize you're not actually back posting things manually, but they're just happy the account isn't banned and is "back." When you have different meanings behind the word "back" it leads to not understanding each other. They also may be just using it as something to say to respond to the tweet and bring your account to other people's attention knowing full well you won't see it or respond.
People often project through social media. They will "read" something and it triggers a judgement about something they themselves do and then they project it onto the other person. It can happen the same in person, but I think maybe these online social media platforms make it a lot easier.
The person complaining about you being an atheist and believing in the metaphysical may have something in their life where they are being superstitious or faith-based and they don't realize it. They are likely pissed off that they're being irrational in some way in their life but projecting it onto you. You can find a lot out about a person when they project in this way.
You really do need to come back to Twitter. Conceptual James is back - the whole gang is here.
I’ve never even been on Twitter and I have noticed my attention span has gotten much shorter over the years. Maybe it’s the memes? Maybe it’s age? But I’m trying to make it a habit to read an actual book (ok, kindle) for at least 20 minutes straight every day in a desperate attempt to exercise my brain. Wish me luck...
I read this in the morning as I was starring my day and I agree. I will fight to regain my focus. Thank you for posting and now I am off to face reality.
I have noticed this. I read more words/day than I ever did in my pre-social media life but when i sit down to read a real text i find myself struggling with comprehension and focus. I often need to re-read paragraphs several times to stop my mind from wandering while my eyes are still "reading".
It’s a bit of a brag I know but I’ve never been on Twitter or Instagram and only briefly on Facebook. That short stint on FB was enough to convince me to ditch social media and keep relations long form and in person when possible. I use LinkedIn only as a deposit for my resume and professional credentials and I subscribe to a few YouTube channels centering on cooking and crafts. The reason is simple. My mental health is infinitely better avoiding the Bullshit that is social media. I have two daughters also not on social media and hope to convince them to remain that way as they enter into adulthood.
Why can't you understand that belief in tarot cards is irrational? That guys totally right, how can you be so silly?
So are you back on twitter yet?
What's the TL;DR version of this post?
People have become addicted to "short form" from the constant use of social media. From 240 characters to 60 second shorts on You Tube, flitting from one blurb to the next, barely comprehending the message, as Holly's examples show. Once in awhile I get caught in a Shorts immersion and before I realize it, I've spent a half hour scrolling scrolling scrolling, the speed increasing the longer I watch. Time wasted. It leaves me feeling irritated and dissatisfied - like junk food.
Long, meaty hour + videos and reads are so much more engaging and worth my time, but I do have the luxury of living a slow life so that does make a difference, no doubt.
The only thing harder than reading well is writing well.
My experience working in the service and fast food industry, near a military base of all places, reduced my ability to trust human reading comprehension, literacy, and basic common sense a long time ago.
"Can I get a number 3 but on a biscuit?"
"So a number 4?"
"No a number 3 on a biscuit"
"Sir that's a number 4"
"Why is this more than what's on the menu?"
"Cause you had me add extra meat, and changed the drink to a shake"
*Car tires screech as they pull out of the drive thru at high speed while I'm holding the bag with their order in it*
"Ma'am we change over to lunch menu in 5 minutes so our ability to serve breakfast might be hindered"
*Lady proceeds to order 90 dollars of breakfast items and then complains to manager about how it was rude of me to warn her that breakfast was almost over when that was all she was going to order*
I'm sure Twitter has made things worse, but I am skeptical that it wasn't already getting fairly bad even before that. Though the person who didn't understand your Tarot post was fairly hilarious to me given a previous relationship I was in with a person who did use Tarot a lot so I am well versed in trying to be more interested than I actually was.