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I'm just thinking, let's say McDonald's was putting something in our food to alter our emotional state and measuring the outcomes.

Would food industry people be coming out in support of them the way it seems half the people here are fine with what Facebook is doing...? "Hey, it says Happy Meal on the box, and they're delivering!"

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It's really incredible; the number of people with full-blown Stockholm syndrome in this thread is staggering.

Why do so many people here think this kind of thing is okay when Facebook does it? Is it simply because they feel kinship to a tech-related company?

> Why do so many people here think this kind of thing is okay when Facebook does it? Is it simply because they feel kinship to a tech-related company?

Yup. It's like asking in a wolf forum if having the sheep for dinner is considered ethical.

What exactly is it that you think chemicals do when consumed by humans?

I think the "something" he is referring to is more akin to Valium and not sugar.

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