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[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I don't think it's so much that people have gotten dumber, there's always been dumb folk, but the age of social media has made them less fearful of looking stupid.

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.

[–] Anyolduser 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There's also the compounding effect of being able to hear more voices from around the world thanks to the internet.

Every village has an idiot. These days you don't need to visit the village to run into their idiot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

They have their own village now.

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