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I've definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is "smart" nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn't require any of that before.

What's some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How people perceive science and how they behave with scientists. Especially since covid, people see scientists as evil mustache twirling assholes. People are completely lost on the fact that everything good in their lives comes from science. Granted, all bad stuff too, but scientists are not out there to come up with bad things to ruin your lives. That's what we have politicians for.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I'd rather watching some randos 2 hour YouTube video that I won't fact check a single thing in instead of reviewing the standard clinical trial procedure that answers 99% of all the unknowns that YouTubers tell me to question / worry about!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem isn't that they don't review the procedure

The problem is that they can't review the procedure

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Why can’t they?