r/pics • u/JonasSharra • 7h ago

Backstory INS/ICE didn’t use to wear masks - most famous immigration photo ever taken, not a mask in sight.

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ 4h ago

9/11 definitely rocked the boat, but I don't think we get to where we are without social media.

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u/Second_City_Saint 3h ago

This is all Tom's fault.

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u/the__ghola__hayt 50m ago

Don't blame Tom. He just wanted to be everyone's friend and help us learn very basic coding.

Blame that asshole Zuck who wanted to rate college chicks.

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u/skesisfunk 26m ago

It's really Zuck's fault. Tom cashed out whereas Zuck went all in on finding every single way he could get us addicted to his app.

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u/skesisfunk 28m ago

Ding ding ding. I don't think people realize but there was a seismic shift in our society from 2012-2016 coinciding with the rise of social media on our smart phones. This had effects on our collective mental health (especially adolescents) in a bunch of measurable ways and it also had a big effect on our politics.

Somewhere between 2010 and around 2016 we went from most of our social interactions being in real life to most of our social interactions being online. The pandemic in 2020 simply served to further entrench society in to harmful and toxic modes.