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That week in 2019 when the 'birds aren't real' thing went mainstream
I remember it clearly, it was late October and the joke about drones replacing birds was everywhere online. My friends in Denver were all sharing the memes and laughing, but I kept saying it was a bad idea to make fun of people who worry about real surveillance. The whole thing made it harder to talk about actual stuff, like how many cameras are in a city like Chicago now. Has anyone else felt like a silly joke made a real topic seem dumb?
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drew_reed621d ago
Totally get that. It's like the perfect way to make sure no one takes a real problem seriously (by turning it into a meme).
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logan_ellis17h ago
Yeah, it flattens everything. A serious issue gets boiled down to a reaction image or a catchphrase, and then the actual conversation just stops. You can't really dig into the details once it's a joke everyone's seen a hundred times.
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