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There is nothing about the dynamics involved that I’d consider social.
Interaction is mostly with total strangers, almost always in text form (no subtext, no facial expression, no body language).
Comments are written at people, not to people — to illicit support for one’s position or condemnation of the opposing one.
Social networks : Being social = Sock : Loving spouse
How is sharing some (correct) information about biological realities non-consensual?
I’m not sure why you’d love to see bubbles and “misinformation” here.
I can be sold on the idea that covering one face (by any means) removes a lot of communication and social clues that are inherently human.
But control?
Yet we’ve been hearing since the beginning of 2021 that they’ve been proven to have been much more efficient by the coalition parliament which has come up with this idea.
Land mass or self-perceived importance from within notwithstanding.
The result of Germany’s remarkable interventions is remarkable in its mediocrity.
Except for 1 or 2 outlier countries masking is over.
* Unless they are familiar with U.S. politics
No improvement in comparison to neighboring countries could be demonstrated.
Mostly because it was pure theater and no attempt at proof was even made.
You might be surprised.
How does infant mortality help us to reason that we should drink beyond thirst?
There is nothing dystopian about denying people that are no longer employed office access.
Your symptom cluster is very similar to me since a long long time before Covid.
Your last paragraph points towards some internalized racial stereotypes.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s anything else by some people that manipulate language.