This article is fascinating in its choice of headlines. It briefly mentions the headline quote, and then goes on to primarily talk about the number of journalists who were killed last year. It was just an article about a conference the pope spoke at, but i really thought it'd be about something else before i read it. Successful clickbait, i guess???
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2025
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You'd think they'd lead with the journalists. Guess they think cellphones are more important.
YOU won't BELIEVE what THIS POPE SAID about YOUR PHONE! Click here to find out how!
Your first mistake is writing THIS POPE, when it should've been THE POPE. That will get more people interested, because it's THE pope and not just any regular pope.
What about SPACE POPE?
We're not in space now, are we?
Yes, we are. Literally. Earth is a space rock.
You're no fun, are you?
Space and time, but they're sort of the same thing.
I'm clicking but it won't do anything!
Maybe you need to buy a new mouse.
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I'm sorry, i didn't have time to go back and forth with you about this. I have to go pick up a new mouse for my pc.
I wonder if there are a number of people who will always read an article if the pope is mentioned, so if he's related to a topic even a little bit, he gets to be in the headline.
Oh definitely. My grandmother was exactly like that.
This is pretty off topic, but in traditional newspaperology headlines the story writers have no say in the headline. Headline writing is a separate discipline with specialized headline writers, because you have to carefully count the character sizes to fit the headline into the space.
This traditional art changed on its head when headlines online were no longer constrained by the page layout.
Of course, but it's entirely unrelated to the body of the article.
Idk, Christianity seems like much stronger brain rot.
Dude, that's because it's literally based on scrolls.
Are scrolls more likely to promote brain rot? Why am I asking this question?!
a) He's right and you know he's right. Doomscrolling is not healthy and tech companies maximize engagement regardless of the addiction and mental health implications.
b) He was talking about the state of journalism and in that specific context what he said makes even more sense.
c) That epic sculpture he's sitting in front of is sick and looks like what a comic book corrupt cardinal would be sitting in front of while threatening batman or something.
d) Fuck the church institutions that cover up decades of abuse and horrible crimes.
He’s totally right. My attention span is shot. Need to take long breaks from scrolling to get it back.
Comments wiil be full of "bUt ChRiStIaNiTy"
Like in every OTHER thread Lemmy wont shut the fuck up about FB/IG/TT/Etc and their engagement algorithms and how they are manipulating society...
Yes, the broken clock is right.
Yeah, they're both shit.
Unending scrolling on short attention span websites is obviously bad
Believing in any religion is obviously bad
See? It's not that hard
Moreso than unquestioningly believing the ramblings of a bunch of half high goat herders from 2000 years ago?
Scrolling "of the bible" fixed it for you.
That man isn't qualified to give medical advice.
I legit had to look up if brain rot was a legit medical term.
I'm legit infected with brain rot where do i seek help
Since rots are usually fungus seek out veterinary anti fungals
Okay, grandpa. Time to take off your pointy hat and lay down for your nap. You’ve had a big day!
I chuckle as I keep scrolling
I find it hard to trust this source. This sounds like ai generated garbage when you listen to the voice in the video.
And excessive blind fanaticism causes kiddie diddlers. Yet here we are.
I think complex developmental factors create kiddy diddlers while heirarchical and "mandated" social structures give them the power and access they're really interested in.
Blind fanaticism is a separate problem.
This new ALIEN movie looks wild!
What the hell is he sitting in front of?
I haven't seen the article and I'm too lazy to look but if you're referring to the alien vine hellscape of madness looking statue behind him that was donated in the 70s or something. It appeared more recently than that though in a Mandela Effect, about the same time as the changes to the bible.
I’d typically agree but since I’ve scrolled Lemmy and News (Apple’s news app) rather aimlessly for ~1 year now I notice a lot of people are behind or misled on a lot of topics. They’re usually stuck in an echo chamber but some just generally have lives to live offline.
God bless
That's okay, excessive church causes brain ossification.
Is that what's wrong with him? Dude is a nutter