Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhen everything is fake and we continue to believe itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down115
arrow-up1744arrow-down1imageWhen everything is fake and we continue to believe itlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarerozodru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoBut AEW and WWE are entertaining…there’s nothing really entertaining in current politics or media.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month ago“Entertaining” doesn’t apply exclusively to pleasant things. Politics and media are extremely entertaining right now. They used to be very boring.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoBeing boring didn’t make them any less harmful to those not of the chosen few.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoSure, but we weren’t assessing harm.
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAnger is worth more than mere entertainment in the attention economy…
minus-squaredzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBut there is! Infotainment. It’s way more engaging than regular news or just dramas. It’s just not the good touch.
But AEW and WWE are entertaining…there’s nothing really entertaining in current politics or media.
“Entertaining” doesn’t apply exclusively to pleasant things. Politics and media are extremely entertaining right now. They used to be very boring.
Being boring didn’t make them any less harmful to those not of the chosen few.
Sure, but we weren’t assessing harm.
Anger is worth more than mere entertainment in the attention economy…
But there is! Infotainment. It’s way more engaging than regular news or just dramas. It’s just not the good touch.