I agree - and they're not unconnected. People end up in weird terrible information bubbles because they didn't have the instinct that something seemed off

(cont) how to tell truth from fiction. They have to learn, and if they are not taught, they create a mosaic of truth and lies that is almost impossible to disentangle.

The situation is complicated and has plenty else going on. But whatever solution we find must address this basic problem imo. /Fin

When we get almost all information through reading or videos, not understanding media is a great way to create a confused, misinformed, conspiracy-prone populace.

I really think this is an important aspect of what's happening across the world right now. People don't automatically know (cont)

As far as I can tell, the median American is absolutely terrible at reading comprehension, evaluating truth claims, and even just having a basic bullshit meter. Turns out that meter relies on knowing, fully, basic facts about the world, which you don't probably know if you don't read well. (cont)

(cont) Media literacy is not just reading, but understanding what you read, understanding the context and how people might be lying to or influencing you. It means being able to identify common rhetorical tricks. (Cont)

(cont) that we receive almost all news and sources of facts through media. For the last handful of decades, education has progressively put more and more emphasis on STEM skills rather than liberal arts like Reading Good. Gen Z and younger, studies show, struggle to read well or deeply. (Cont)

I'm not sure what this means for my morals, but could be worse!

My grand scheme was that if you own a property and it's not inhabited at least 50% of the year, the government takes it and gives it to someone who needs it. i am generously allowing one (1) vacation house per large family, if they can keep it occupied 50% of the year

extremely close to my top five, only difference is adding "this action movie is high camp"

fully agree! especially borders. what do you mean i can't go there? let me go there!

probably we can solve seasonal depression with fairy lights, I say, covering my walls with miles of tiny lights as I cry

Your work is much needed in the space imo! Not only because you highlight games other people don't, but you're helping actual play expand as a medium rather than stagnate into a set of expectations

Precisely my reaction!

I've found that they also mysteriously ignore the benefits they do receive, putting them in a different category of things they get because they deserve it.

Oh you've started my biography, I see! 😂

A very fair response!

I'm finding myself unsure if there's a reality/metafiction thing happening, or if the author is just deeply, deeply online. That said I am a locked tomb hater so clearly I am missing some of it