Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 天前When everything is fake and we continue to believe itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down115
arrow-up1743arrow-down1imageWhen everything is fake and we continue to believe itlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 天前message-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarerozodru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 天前But AEW and WWE are entertaining…there’s nothing really entertaining in current politics or media.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 天前“Entertaining” doesn’t apply exclusively to pleasant things. Politics and media are extremely entertaining right now. They used to be very boring.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 天前Being boring didn’t make them any less harmful to those not of the chosen few.
minus-squaredzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 天前But there is! Infotainment. It’s way more engaging than regular news or just dramas. It’s just not the good touch.
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 天前Anger is worth more than mere entertainment in the attention economy…
But AEW and WWE are entertaining…there’s nothing really entertaining in current politics or media.
“Entertaining” doesn’t apply exclusively to pleasant things. Politics and media are extremely entertaining right now. They used to be very boring.
Being boring didn’t make them any less harmful to those not of the chosen few.
Sure, but we weren’t assessing harm.
But there is! Infotainment. It’s way more engaging than regular news or just dramas. It’s just not the good touch.
Anger is worth more than mere entertainment in the attention economy…