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people talk about "media literacy" usually in the context of "needing the villain to look into the camera and tell you they're bad," but it goes the other way too--people will fly into a rage and start insisting "fiction has no effect on reality" if you DO acknowledge context, subtext, framing, etc.
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Jan 7
Trying to join a big Discord server when you're not really that familiar with Discord servers somehow manages to combine the social anxiety of trying to make new friends or ordering at a fancy new coffeeshop for the first time with the general chaos and technical barriers to entry of an MMO. I shuffle up to the counter and go "Um, hey, can I get---" only for someone named ☽ 𝓖𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓻 ☾ [👑 Mod] [👺 Dark Wizard] [♣︎ BUNT] [🔮 Pengis Time 2022] • he/him to manifest in a cloud of bisexual coloured animated lightning, turning me instantly to dust and then announcing to the shop at large "Hey guys, please remember to read the #2026-updated-rules-terms-and-conditions and choose your role before you speak, also remember that ordering should go in #ordering-drinks, #ordering-cakes, or #ordering-a-cake-and-a-drink, unless you're 🔉just-using-the-bathroom. Thanks"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsu6hjne47z2socnzmls2ild/bafkreiea4wjbeqky4dcc62ps25dvjiax4sx5vokfxzbamipfcg53c66pta)
![“Instagram loves to lie and put your mutuals on their ads saying “___ and 8 others are on the [ai creator] app!” When they straight up are not.
Just so we are ABUNDANTLY clear, I am not, have. It, and will not ever be a part of the ai creator app or program. I am adamantly anti AI!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yukkv3pa5t7qvkcmoylf53fx/bafkreicwc7mlgf4dovfrb5jxtcgpvpz4ey4ot2aattfisbkwtfptbrxmhy)
