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on Youtube:

some comedy courtesy of Billy Connolly and Benny Hill.

[Jerome]

The Social Dilemma on Netflix - well worth a look. We are basically at the mercy of the social media companies.

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^^
i saw that a while ago,
thought i had posted it as a recommendation to y'all, but i could be wrong...
definately food for thought...
that was the start of the catalyst for me to get rid of social media.

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Netflix 6 part doco series 

Wiki:  The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez - Wikipedia

Gabriel's Wiki:  Murder of Gabriel Fernandez - Wikipedia

about an eight year old boy who was tortured and abused by his mom and step father in LA over a six month period and his ultimate death.

now,
i have a cast-iron stomach for anything horrific whether fiction or non fiction
i can watch it all, no problems.
Christ, i have even been in the room when an autopsy has been performed,
i watched my wife undergo a C-Section, literally, head over the curtain watching and asking questions LOL..

but i switched this off after about fifteen minutes,
the horrific details of the injuries on the child relayed from a Nurse who was in the operating theater helping to save his life.
the description, her emotion and tears just turned my stomach.

i would love to finish the doco but i cant.

[Jerome]

Just read a summary of the movie on Wiki - this poor kid was put through hell. The social workers were informed about him but put him on the back burner. After his death they tried to falsify documents to make it appear that they did not know the extent of the problem. 

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Child abuse is far more common than people realise. Seems to me the more 'advanced' our species becomes the less empathy and concern there is for others. We are becoming a very insular species and a lot of this is down to technology turning us into unfeeling and uncaring beings. A detached, mindless mob only concerned with self-advancement and to hell with everyone and everything else. (YouTube 'influencers' come to mind). There's going to be a heavy price to pay for all this. The chicken always comes home to roost in the end. Sure as eggs are eggs. 

One thing that struck me about the Capitol building fiasco is that obviously social media is playing a big part in organizing all these type of events, but it's almost as if people think if they can get a crowd together and do whatever they want then the rules and laws do not apply to them. The very fabric of society is coming apart at the seams and the people appointed to uphold law and order are now made out to be the villains. It's nuts.

We've already had trial by television - next - trial by YouTube. Imagine a world where your fate can be decided on popularity instead of proof. It's coming to a theatre near you soon...

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^^
George Orwell's 1984 rings closer to the truth than ever before
"we are at war with Eurasia, we have always been at war with Eurasia, we are friends with Eastasia, we have always been friends with Eastasia"
then later in the book, "Eurasia are the friends as theyve always been at war with Eastasia"... and society accept and believe it! Hmmm, sounds like social media platforms to me!

doublethink, thoughtcrime, newspeak,.....lets just call it "fake news", we are there Jerome (or should i call you Winston?)

[Jerome]

This says it all for me - Winston is mentioned in the dialogue at the start -

https://youtu.be/xqVEe5mcmbc

All persons whom we bring to this place are washed clean Winston. The execution of their sentences is relatively unimportant. By the time we have finished with them there is nothing left in them but sorrow for what they have done and love for Big Brother. It is touching to see how they love Big Brother."

"In 1924 the Communist Party published a book by Bogdanov, 'A Short Course in Economic Science', in which he stated that socialism was the highest possible height in human development..."

"Russian demand that British troops be be withdrawn from Greece is only a move in the propaganda campaign against the
British, which the Russians were conducting all through..."

"Paris: Diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin are very, very bad. They will get very, very much worse."

Here comes the candle to light you to bed
Here comes the chopper to chop of your head...

[Jerome]

Just had to watch this video - with the sound off naturally - must get one of these exercise bikes. Really nice handlebars...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/toyah-willcox-...01488.html

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you might like Toyah's pom-poms in her cover of who cares LOL for this sunday lunch session!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HovYmVNIhhQ

[Jerome]

And the YT 'Influencer' bullshit brigade just keeps on rolling - https://uk.yahoo.com/style/covid-uk-infl...31132.html

These clowns have never worked, aren't working now and probably never will. They're too busy getting another tattoo.