this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
107 points (95.0% liked)

Showerthoughts

29240 readers
816 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

Rules

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Dumbing down doesn't mean "philosophy versus Call of Duty". It just means what's intuitive versus what takes conscious effort. Heck, Call of Duty could demand conscious effort.

all 12 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can't? I find it to be a world of difference between reading a scientific reports and a youth novel for instance. Or some kind of classical literature compared to a comic book.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can, but not in the moment. You have to pick up a different book to do that and most people don't read more than one book concurrently. So you just put the book down and do something else.

Whereas on the internet, you can very quickly flip to comment threads if you get tired of reading articles.

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

You can do that when you're reading with a tablet, eReader or Phone

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I agree, that's what too often happen to me. Plus I can read a phone without using any hands. But op talked about dumbing down the reading and if they meant the medium, well there's lots of things you can read on the internet as well.

[–] CarlCook@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that would require switching the medium wich again takes conscious effort.

However, I find myself reading 2-3 books for exactly that reason.

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago

Yepp, so as you say this is a question of medium, not reading.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

You're right :) what I mean is that the internet demands a couple of keystrokes or a click to change content. A book may require getting up from my chair, or worse, going to a store and waiting a couple of days for them to get the book I want.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

A lot of the internet is literally designed to be addictive. Engagement algorithms are a thing that exists.

[–] lemmonade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

you can read "dumber" books, but the internet literally responds to you.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also constant novel content

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I see what you did there with the word "novel" 👀