I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned.
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A growing constellation of groups, mostly led by young people, are advocating for reduced reliance on technology. I went to a rally to learn more.
  • jve@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    It wouldn’t cost you anything not to bother others,

    Also doesn’t cost anything to bring some joy, or if not joy, at least novelty, into people’s lives.

    I’m sure your intentions are good but you will be making a lot of people uncomfortable in your attempt to connect with them.

    I think you dramatically overestimate how many people are made uncomfortable due to your own anxieties about it. I also think you’re missing out on little opportunities for joy in your life.

    I can keep posting links, but it’s pretty clear you’re not reading them. (ETA: they might have been in other threads)

    There’s better places for that than public transit or a plane.

    There are also plenty of worse ones.

    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      But you won’t know if it will bring them joy or not. But you push ahead, even in situations where people are stuck. It just feels self-serving.

      • jve@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        But you won’t know if it will bring them joy or not.

        That’s true. Hard to predict the future.

        I’d say it’s a lot more likely that joy or anxiety are the outlier cases, and just a kind of indifference, with a positive tone, is the baseline.

        But you push ahead, even in situations where people are stuck.

        And now we’re back to bad assumptions and straw men.

        Fine fine, one more link.

        https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0037323

        Non-paywall summary: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/26/744267015/want-to-feel-happier-today-try-talking-to-a-stranger

            • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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              22 hours ago

              But you push ahead, even in situations where people are stuck.

              And now we’re back to bad assumptions and straw men.

              I’m sorry but I don’t understand what the bad assumption and straw man is when you yourself said that you’re “the guy who takes a shot at a random conversation on the plane”

              • jve@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                22 hours ago

                push ahead

                These two words completely mischaracterize the situation.

                Guessing you haven’t bothered with the links I posted, since you haven’t spoken to them and continue to just try to find ways to pick at some point that I’m not trying to make, but I encourage you to take a few minutes to read them with an open mind.

                • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                  22 hours ago

                  But you know there’s a chance that they’re bothered by you, that they’re stuck in the situation and you still carry on with trying to connect with them. What wording would you use for the situation?

                  • jve@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    21 hours ago

                    I like to think of it as giving people an opening.

                    Make a comment or two that invites discussion. If it takes, great. Maybe chat for a minute, maybe for a while.

                    If not, oh well, better luck next time.

                    Wo is interested and who is not is extremely easy to discern, in my opinion. The fact that you clearly think otherwise is not surprising, but I do think it’s easier than you give it credit for.