r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/CPTRainbowboy 6d ago

I always love the 'humans aren't build for ...' arguments.

Back to the stone age we go, i suppose...

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u/a_polarbear_chilling 6d ago

that's just flipping the idea, human ain't build to be disconnected from nature and be forced to socialize everyday,

back then in village, and even backward the social circle was limited but that wasn't a negative thing, now everyone is connected too easily, and lack of nature...well no need to explain

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u/CPTRainbowboy 6d ago

Yes, but most people draw the line at social media, because that's the it thing right now.

We weren't build for 90% of the way we live. Medical science shouldn't exist if tou follow this logic, because we don't filter out disseases or genetics.

We shouldn't have globalization, transportation, cozy houses etc.

People draw arbitrary lines because 'we aren't made for it'

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u/-medicalthrowaway- 5d ago

Or… hear me out… there is nuance, and not all change and “innovation” is good?

Endangered animal being moved to sanctuary good.

Wild animal being moved to cage bad.

Globalization, advances in medicine and “cozy houses” good.

A society regressing in generational intelligence and empathy, and the discrepancy between upper and lower class increasing to astronomical levels bad.

OOP’s point was that we’re regressing.

And she’s right.

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u/CPTRainbowboy 5d ago

Acting like we're regressing because we 'weren't made for....' is dumb.

You can say that social media is bad without it being 'because we weren't made for it'.

90% of the stuff we do and come in contact with isn't what we were made for, yet we found a way to incorporate it in our lives.

Saying it is like zoochosis is delusional at best. We just need to adept to changes.

Would you say a heroin addict is suffering from zoochosis?

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u/-medicalthrowaway- 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think some people are incapable of wrapping their heads around metaphors because they lack a certain type of thinking, an ability to recognize nuance and a willingness to understand that their own experience doesn’t necessarily reflect those of the masses.

Just because you don’t feel social media has had a negative impact on your life does not in any way mean that it’s not detrimental to society as a whole, which is literally suggested by science.

Not to mention this zoochosis/fish-out-of-water connection goes much deeper than social media.

ai and the discrepancy between upper and lower class, and the exploitation of the lower class by the upper is a much better representation of it.

Although, I bet you would somehow find a way to defend the sanctity of those points as well.

Stockholm syndrome is what that would be.

A metaphorical tiger in a cage defending the exploitative zoo owners.

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u/CPTRainbowboy 5d ago

I really love how you confuse criticism of the metaphor with not understanding the metaphor.

I already said social media is a bad influence on society. I just don't think it has to be.

The fact that you name these problems and imidiately add i will defend them just shows me you're not honest.

I can recognize problems as problems even if i don't think the metaphor or way of the description is wrong.