Some of our fellow citizens seem to voluntarily do the work of spreading fake news.
  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    It was played up for the show but I think many of us have a Peggy in our life.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I feel like Peggy was played down compared to the ones I know irl. If Peggy was realistic, she wouldn’t be likable.

      • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Karens are different imo. Peggy would never call the cops on a black person, or present some distorted/dishonest version of events to a store manager/911. Shes just a narcissist. I could see an B plot of her getting pulled into a Karen’s orbit though.

        Kahn I could definitely see doing some straight up Karen shit.

    • Drusas@kbin.run
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      2 years ago

      Pretty sure she’s supposed to be in like her thirties, maybe forty-ish.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think many of us can remember when their grandparents got their first email account.

    FWD:FWD: don’t fall for this kidney harvesting scam!

  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Boomers are intimidated by tech (which, fine…) and FULL of unearned pride and an always churning fear of being exposed as frauds who don’t deserve allv they have.

    The combination means they need to performatively “do tech” to prove to the kids (and to themselves, because of course they are also raging narcissists) that they “have the memes” too and can “do a post”.

    So they will do this misinfo spreading, likely often unknowingly, bit not for the obvious reason.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    i worked on a pc used by an older, very “conservative” woman awhile back. needed help with her facebook accounts (plural), among other things. she had vpn clients, multiple browsers. tor, the whole bit on there.

    it would be one thing if she was just passing tracts, but she was all-in on the fake news, trump, anti-vax, the border, jan 6 and ‘the steal’… basically the whole far-right agenda. and she was spreading that manure far and wide.

    the kicker: she’s an employee of a local catholic parish.

    • Ace! _SL/S@ani.socialEnglish
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      2 years ago

      the kicker: she’s an employee of a local catholic parish.

      Not surprising at all, without misleading and lying to people no religion would gain mass traction

      • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        This is actually the most shocking thing of all. We raise little misinformation spreaders all over the world, base their entire worldview on dogmatic believes and act surprised when they grow up and spread misinformation.

    • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Watching my parents age has made me incredibly ageist in my political views.

      People in their 60s and 70s should not be in office.

  • 01011@monero.townEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So the demo that likes to spread malicious gossip (and lies) in real life also does so online? I’m shocked…

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I was actually shocked when I found the quiet lady in accounting was actually a huge Twitter user who spewed such wild shit, at the level of JK Rowling toxicity.