Yeah it's odd. I follow a lot of these guys on twitter, and I can read between the lines and see that they're purposely crafting a tweet in the hopes that they'll get likes. Maybe it will go viral and the world will see what a good person they are. It seems insignificant and I definitely waste too much of my time and energy analyzing and eye-rolling, but I think the whole "pretending to be someone else on twitter for likes" thing is one of the sadder phenomenons of the world today.
Yeah I commend you for that. Being beholden to no one is a great thing. I don't think most people understand the value of that position or outlook.
Without naming names, I think a couple of them deep down have realized the err of their ways over the last year or so, at least as it pertained to the authoritarian covid shit. They would never outwardly say it, but listening to some of them on podcasts, or tweets that they've deleted (also truly sad), or tweets that begin to push back on the mainstream stuff just a tad, leads me to believe that, at least for a couple of them, that their views are changing in some capacity. Yet they still cling to the woke, approved, narrative. They appear caught in this purgatory in social media.
It's funny because I am not sure what the goal is... do they think that by some miracle as a DFS tout, they're going to get hired by ESPN (because DEI)? Maybe you would have a better take on it, having worked with many of them in the past.
I guess some of it is a follow the crowd thing as well. Like if in the past, if I thought like my 5 closest friends, I'd probably still outwardly act like I agree with them, despite whatever epiphany I may have had. It could also just be that they're young and on some level more vulnerable to the dopamine rush of "likes". I remember in my twenties, posting things on Facebook and being excited by the number of likes I would receive. I still haven't deleted the stupid app yet, so occasionally I'll be notified of a post I made from like 15 years ago or whatever and it truly grosses me out what I put on there, for eternity. My excuse is back in the late 2000s, we didn't have as strong of an understanding about these sorts of things, but still, I wonder what I would be like on social media today if I were 15 years younger.
On a related note, I despise helicopter parents and my wife and I try and raise our son as best as we can without being like that, but I will not let him on that shit(social media). As of now he still doesn't have a phone, and it will stay that way at a minimum until he's 13. Luckily he hasn't asked for one yet, but one of his friends already has one (who buys their kid a phone at the age of 9??) I think when the time comes, I might get him the light phone (or something similar) to keep him off of social media and the other apps. Any takes on this?
Thank God I didn't have social media when I was a kid. The shit we would have posted would have gotten us arrested today. We liked to be bad, just to be bad, just because our obviously hypocritical parents and teachers were full of shit, and we all knew it. It was New York in the '80s. No one gave a shit, least of all us.
I won't give Sasha a phone until she's 16. She's almost 12 now, and so far, it's been okay, but I expect the next four years will be tough.
The key IMO is to give them a LOT of freedom within the best walls you can set up. So no phone, no social media, etc. But I'll give her 20 euros and let her go out to lunch in the neighborhood by herself with a friend. Or let her go to a friend's house after school and just say be home by 6.
No one knows anything for sure, but firm rules, lots of space is what I think works best, though I struggle with her having access to netflix (on our TV) or Spotify (which she also has.)
Yeah I agree with giving them a lot of freedom within the walls you set up. Similarly, I struggle with Anthony (my son), and his youtube access. He watches on the TV, which is nice because we get to hear what he's watching, and so far it's mostly benign, although the ads are awful and targeted.
I do on occasion though, catch some of the "influencers" pushing shit that I do not want him to hear. The most egregious one was Mark Rober, who purports to have worked for JPL and in fairness often does fun experiments He had an entire episode on plant-based meat that was clearly a native ad. He even interviewed Bill Gates, not making that up. I told him to turn it off and he couldn't watch that anymore... told him that we've been eating meat for millions of years, never trust anyone trying to turn a profit and that nothing artificial will ever compete with the natural version.
It's ridiculous in this day and age trying to tow the line on letting him figure things out, but also trying to prevent bad ideas from getting into his head. I try never to discuss politics with him, but at the same time, some shit has to be nuked immediately.
right, the ideal parenting is to let them just do their thing, figure it out, be there when they need you, but now it's a jungle out there in the information realm the way it is in the food realm with food scientists figuring how to addict them to junk. Same with social media, influencers, etc. So you have to get involved even though that in itself has effects.
Almost impossible to find the balance while living among normies.
I think the reason why the twitter midwits love going after him is because of who his Dad is. It's low-hanging twitter fruit, virtue signaling currency, of sorts, and it's always the same touts trying to cash in. I do agree with you though, that how he acted after the game was absurd. Probably an indicator that he truly is just a silver-spooned asshole, so the midwits are correct in the end.
sometimes I find myself fading those midwits (and betting on the Arthur Smiths) when instead I should be ignoring them. They hate him for the wrong reason, but yes, they were correct he isn't a good coach.
Yeah it's odd. I follow a lot of these guys on twitter, and I can read between the lines and see that they're purposely crafting a tweet in the hopes that they'll get likes. Maybe it will go viral and the world will see what a good person they are. It seems insignificant and I definitely waste too much of my time and energy analyzing and eye-rolling, but I think the whole "pretending to be someone else on twitter for likes" thing is one of the sadder phenomenons of the world today.
Thank God I was able to extricate myself from dependence on any of those people.
Yeah I commend you for that. Being beholden to no one is a great thing. I don't think most people understand the value of that position or outlook.
Without naming names, I think a couple of them deep down have realized the err of their ways over the last year or so, at least as it pertained to the authoritarian covid shit. They would never outwardly say it, but listening to some of them on podcasts, or tweets that they've deleted (also truly sad), or tweets that begin to push back on the mainstream stuff just a tad, leads me to believe that, at least for a couple of them, that their views are changing in some capacity. Yet they still cling to the woke, approved, narrative. They appear caught in this purgatory in social media.
It's funny because I am not sure what the goal is... do they think that by some miracle as a DFS tout, they're going to get hired by ESPN (because DEI)? Maybe you would have a better take on it, having worked with many of them in the past.
I guess some of it is a follow the crowd thing as well. Like if in the past, if I thought like my 5 closest friends, I'd probably still outwardly act like I agree with them, despite whatever epiphany I may have had. It could also just be that they're young and on some level more vulnerable to the dopamine rush of "likes". I remember in my twenties, posting things on Facebook and being excited by the number of likes I would receive. I still haven't deleted the stupid app yet, so occasionally I'll be notified of a post I made from like 15 years ago or whatever and it truly grosses me out what I put on there, for eternity. My excuse is back in the late 2000s, we didn't have as strong of an understanding about these sorts of things, but still, I wonder what I would be like on social media today if I were 15 years younger.
On a related note, I despise helicopter parents and my wife and I try and raise our son as best as we can without being like that, but I will not let him on that shit(social media). As of now he still doesn't have a phone, and it will stay that way at a minimum until he's 13. Luckily he hasn't asked for one yet, but one of his friends already has one (who buys their kid a phone at the age of 9??) I think when the time comes, I might get him the light phone (or something similar) to keep him off of social media and the other apps. Any takes on this?
Thank God I didn't have social media when I was a kid. The shit we would have posted would have gotten us arrested today. We liked to be bad, just to be bad, just because our obviously hypocritical parents and teachers were full of shit, and we all knew it. It was New York in the '80s. No one gave a shit, least of all us.
I won't give Sasha a phone until she's 16. She's almost 12 now, and so far, it's been okay, but I expect the next four years will be tough.
The key IMO is to give them a LOT of freedom within the best walls you can set up. So no phone, no social media, etc. But I'll give her 20 euros and let her go out to lunch in the neighborhood by herself with a friend. Or let her go to a friend's house after school and just say be home by 6.
No one knows anything for sure, but firm rules, lots of space is what I think works best, though I struggle with her having access to netflix (on our TV) or Spotify (which she also has.)
Yeah I agree with giving them a lot of freedom within the walls you set up. Similarly, I struggle with Anthony (my son), and his youtube access. He watches on the TV, which is nice because we get to hear what he's watching, and so far it's mostly benign, although the ads are awful and targeted.
I do on occasion though, catch some of the "influencers" pushing shit that I do not want him to hear. The most egregious one was Mark Rober, who purports to have worked for JPL and in fairness often does fun experiments He had an entire episode on plant-based meat that was clearly a native ad. He even interviewed Bill Gates, not making that up. I told him to turn it off and he couldn't watch that anymore... told him that we've been eating meat for millions of years, never trust anyone trying to turn a profit and that nothing artificial will ever compete with the natural version.
It's ridiculous in this day and age trying to tow the line on letting him figure things out, but also trying to prevent bad ideas from getting into his head. I try never to discuss politics with him, but at the same time, some shit has to be nuked immediately.
right, the ideal parenting is to let them just do their thing, figure it out, be there when they need you, but now it's a jungle out there in the information realm the way it is in the food realm with food scientists figuring how to addict them to junk. Same with social media, influencers, etc. So you have to get involved even though that in itself has effects.
Almost impossible to find the balance while living among normies.
I think the reason why the twitter midwits love going after him is because of who his Dad is. It's low-hanging twitter fruit, virtue signaling currency, of sorts, and it's always the same touts trying to cash in. I do agree with you though, that how he acted after the game was absurd. Probably an indicator that he truly is just a silver-spooned asshole, so the midwits are correct in the end.
sometimes I find myself fading those midwits (and betting on the Arthur Smiths) when instead I should be ignoring them. They hate him for the wrong reason, but yes, they were correct he isn't a good coach.