What are you watching

[Abstamyous]

My favorite part of Christmas

 

[BeyondShy]

Jimmy Carr is hilarious.

 

[TheSkaFish]

I think I've seen this. I love old black/white movies from the 30's and 40's! I will always pick those over nowadays' filth.

That is one of my most common types. Oki also watches a good number of them.

I admit that most of the movies I watch are modern day, but I've seen a few of the old black and white ones, and I agree - they have a certain charm about them that's been lost in modern times.

 

[okidoke]

Squid Game 2

 

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Squid Game 2

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Please don't publically post anything that could be considered a spoiler (have to finish two other series first)

 

[TheSkaFish]

Ooh, I was just reminded that Twilight Zone is on tonight!

That might be what I'm doing. I don't think any of my friends that are around want to go out.

It's cool. It's raining anyway. It will be a nice, cozy night in

 

[okidoke]

Holy Effing Moley, this is insane.

 

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[Abstamyous]

 

[TropicalStarfish]

Going to give this one a go right now. Might give my thoughts on it when I'm done..



--highlights--

-social media as a cause of lonliness
--lack of action and doing
---lack of genuine real person to person connections
----one sided / one way communication
-----dopaminergenic

-people broadcasting their vulnerability to get noticed and get likes: the new trend to watch out for

-cities
--no '3rd spaces' (perhaps translated to, 'less public spaces')
---no place to sit down anymore
---no places to go that don't cost something

-millenials
--the generation that doesn't want to talk on the phone, or have unannounced visits, complains of lonliness?

-mental health
--the focus on self and therapy language has gone too far

-lonely people will hold their loved ones to a higher standard (?)
--cut them off if they don't meet the standard (?)
--misread social cues
--less sharp [more social awkwardness]
---creates a vicious circle
----can lead to avoidance of social interactions, etc..

--thoughts--

The video says: "...The World Health Organization has identified loneliness as a major global health concern and warns the mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes every day..." I'm already a smoker

My thoughts?

The issue of loneliness becoming more prevalent as technology progress is an issue that has been brought to public attention since the 90's, at the least, perhaps even earlier. So, I wonder if loneliness is more of a cultural side-effect, in one respect. I think it's interesting that one of the interviewers seemed aware of that possibility.

I don't use social media, apart from say youtube, myself. I think they brought up some good points and elucidations, but, I don't really feel like anything was said I wasn't aware of already. And going back to how the media, from time to time, touches on this subject, nothing really seems to change; and if anything, I think loneliness either just gets worse or continues to stay the same.

It's very strange... chronic loneliness...

Seeing as how it gets talked about in this fashion, over and over again, yet, nothing seems to change, makes me tend to think that... It's a function of the culture and the systems within it... perhaps combined with the notion that... it's part of the human condition in some way. Maybe loneliness has always been more or less much the same as it is now, it's just, we are more interconnected in ways we didn't used to be, so we are more aware of it, but, still can't really do much about it.

I think certain types of social people, or people who exude extreme amounts of nurturing behavior and energies are a good antidote to loneliness: these are types of people that... Find it very rewarding to do the things they do; and the things they do tend to promote social connections and well being.

So, I wonder if people of this type, are just in a drought, during these times, because the technology promotes self-enriching, rather than spreading well being (at least for the social types of people). I think extremely, naturally, nurturing types, might just be not as prevalent, in the world, and I can't come to a conclusion or theories as to why. My best guess would be, the western culture makes it hard for these people. Why? They promote novel ideas, new ways of spending time with people, new ideas... here is an example...

These rental sisters, for example. Some one who desires to do that kind of work, would have to be a naturally very nurturing type of person (at least to do well in that profession and find it rewarding), who gets fulfillment in life by connecting and being helpful in this way. But, I think western culture, or many cultures, largely make it very difficult for ideas like this to prosper, or even exist at all: because all the focus of society is either on the drudgery or immediacy of survival itself, or trying to 'level up,' constantly. The drudgery or immediacy of survival can place large limits on us; while a constant drive towards success (thinking that, that's what will make us happy), keeps us self-focused, and singular in our approach and way of seeing the world, which also can limit our ways of thinking and perceiving the world. I will say a genuine and committed effort to improving one's situation _can_ be a good thing. It can also be a necessary thing. But my point is that if twenty people are all trying to climb to the top of the pyramid: only 1 or two are going to have room up there. If they all just decided to chill and hang-out together, and give up the rat race, they might circumvent the need to 'achieve,' and 'succeed,' altogether, by finding what they were looking for was already there, among them: they just couldn't see it, through the tunnel vision of this societies idea of what: 'being a real person / genuine success,' means.

Lastly, they talked about less public spaces, where people can just congregate. I think surveillance and security culture also prevents a lot of the general ease required to facilitate the kind of encounters that promote social encounters. There is less general trust in the atmosphere of the culture; and fear is promoted very heavily in the media.

Anyway, those are my disjointed thoughts on the video. Not so bad reporting coming out from Al Jazeera there, in this case, I think..

It was an interesting video..

 

[Sci-Fi]

Knight Rider

 

[okidoke]

.....and fear is promoted very heavily in the media.

i watched both and don't disagree with anything you've said about them. as for fear, it's a tactical weapon of large entities to keep the masses at bay, pure and simple. it keeps the masses divided and bickering to distract them from the agendas of the aforementioned entities.

 

[TropicalStarfish]

i watched both and don't disagree with anything you've said about them. as for fear, it's a tactical weapon of large entities to keep the masses at bay, pure and simple. it keeps the masses divided and bickering to distract them from the agendas of the aforementioned entities.

Yeahp..

 

[Minus]

I seemed to develop in interest in the experiences of the "Radium Girls" who were
women who painted watch and clock dials with radium-infused paint starting in
the teens and 1920's and developed radiation poisoning after being told that
it was harmless. While there is a 2018 movie on the subject, this is a 1937 movie
working the idea it into the plot.

Walter Connolly and Fredric March

 

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i watched both and don't disagree with anything you've said about them. as for fear, it's a tactical weapon of large entities to keep the masses at bay, pure and simple. it keeps the masses divided and bickering to distract them from the agendas of the aforementioned entities.

Exactly. How refreshing to see someone share that point of view!