Yes I forgot about the vertical too. I guess it's because the video isn't worth the effort to turn the phone horizontal.

How does this work? You watch 100's of ~10 second videos in a row for hours? Trying to understand because this seems to be a common thing these days.

I have never tried tiktok and only saw some YouTube shorts. I see one or two and it annoys me because it's clipped badly, gives bad information, or just shows something meaningless. Random loud music. The same video keeps playing on a loop as I try to think.

Even if it was great content, my brain just couldn't stay focused beyond a couple videos. The constant changes to a new video would be exhausting for me. There's also no time to think about what you just saw.

I did notice it is getting really buggy lately. What would you recommend instead for something similar as someone who used to use Apollo?

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Boss forced everyone to come into work because she was tired of using tech. Wanted people to come in and eat ice cream while brainstorming with post it notes. Said anyone not there is fired.

Well she didn't put any effort into planning it, and it was very inefficient so everyone ended up using their computers like they had been doing at home. Just with more distractions and needing to commute. Not much work got done so everyone needed to work from home that night after hours to meet deadlines.

Well it turns out the guy passing out icecream was also passing out covid. Every single person on the team got sick. None of the projects were completed by the deadlines and the entire department was shut down. Everyone lost their jobs.

The boss herself is still unemployed over a year later because she is now disabled with long covid. Has a heart problem from it where she can pass out at random times. Can no longer taste ice cream.

Everyone I know in my area showers about twice a week. Every day seems bizarre to me but it's a cold climate so maybe it's different? Sweating almost never happens at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Graham

I remember reading that a decade ago. Weird to see something from a decade ago and to have been there on that same page way back then. Is this what being old is like?

Unfortunately I can't read more than the beginning since it is now paywalled.

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Now that you mention it, I forgot that I blocked those meme communities because it didn't interest me.

Not sure what the average age on those are, just figured they had different tastes.

Seniors have a lot of time but can barely figure out Facebook as it is.

This is surprising to me, I actually experienced the opposite. Reddit had a lot of teens but Lemmy seems to have older posters who are more thoughtful about what they post. In my 30's myself and wasn't able to get anyone younger than 34 to join.

It could just be the communities you subscribed to?

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Here is what I found:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-is-baloney-spelled-bologna_n_5bd88319e4b07427610be221

That's what people call it in my country. I dk why now that I think about it? Is it slang?

Yeah my uncle and his boyfriend think they are so smart because they aren't like the other gays and think for themselves. Seems just an ego thing and excuse to hate taxes and not wear masks.

I can add two more:

Conspiracy Theorists

Brainwashed by far right and/or russian news propaganda

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I was thinking you might have autism from your post, because this is the type of thinking I experience. I have autism and miscommunications and anger would come from seemingly nowhere.

Your post is absolutely correct and makes perfect sense to me.

I am thinking that you might be getting downvoted because the problem seems to be an emotional subtext that isn't immediately obvious. They are expressing their feelings, and a neurotypical person would probably see your response as dismissive because you are telling them what they should feel instead.

I am thinking they expect you to identify yourself as having autism, and without that frame of reference a neurotypical person might jump to conclusions that you aren't?

Correct me if I am wrong anyone. I have to logically work through these kinds of things so I find these kinds of posts and discussions helpful.

The most difficult part of having autism for me is the need to analyze everything to try and figure out why people are acting the way they are. It's like talking straightforwardly but people are always looking for a hidden meaning behind what you actually say that just isn't there.