aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoParents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.message-square67fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareParents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAce T'Ken@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCounterpoint: They used to be able to memorise the works of Homer.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoand now they’re able to memorize all the dances/emotes from a specific influencer/streamer. Almost the same, no?
minus-squareaCosmicWave@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·1 year agoCounter counterpoint: my generation had enough memory capacity to be able memorize the works of Homer Simpson and to quote him regularly. Children adapt to whatever is relevant at the time of their upbringing.
minus-squareAce T'Ken@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know. It’s probably apocryphal, but I just stole what he had said in the title.
Counterpoint: They used to be able to memorise the works of Homer.
and now they’re able to memorize all the dances/emotes from a specific influencer/streamer. Almost the same, no?
Counter counterpoint: my generation had enough memory capacity to be able memorize the works of Homer Simpson and to quote him regularly. Children adapt to whatever is relevant at the time of their upbringing.
Who did?
I don’t know. It’s probably apocryphal, but I just stole what he had said in the title.