What I'm about to say is not a fake flex but ties into this video. I have had people in the past how I have developed my thinking ability and intelligence. I am no prodigy at all but I'm apparently enough that other kids used to tell me that. As someone who is now an adult I look back and am thankful for how living with my grandparents stripped me of internet access for the first ten or so years of my development. The internet plays into constantly destroying out ability to invest into ideas and focus on our thoughts instead of reactions to things that validate the ones we have. I feel like that gave me a lil leg up that I'm sad to say many future children will never experience. I'm not saying "phone bad" but more "phone is a device used at the interest of marketing and political parties to take advantage of our most primal reactive though to the point where many people don't even know how to think unless prompted to respond". Love this channel and thanks for being a breath of fresh air.
Your grandparents had it so right. The internet really is a tribal, reactionary based place. If more people saw the internet as a tool to be used for productivity and personal growth and less of a warzone, we'd be so much better off.
I feel so blessed to have grown up before the internet was invented. Imagine watching a few shows on TV and then spending long summer days wandering the woods, rainy days reading, drawing, making stuff. Cold, snowy days building snow forts and having snowball fights or playing games inside. We did not have a way to snap a selfie and stop so we could see if people thought we were doing 'the latest coolest thing'.
TikTok is the same. I have a number of people in my life who seem to get all their information from it and talk about it so much. I actually cringe when they say, "I heard on TikTok... Someone on TikTok said... I learned from TikTok...". The saddest thing is that every one of those people think that they're thinking for themselves. They're not; they're just regurgitating someone else's regurgitated regurgitation. Social media is a cancer. It's a vomit-fest.
"regurgitating someone else's regergitated regurgitation" is the perfect summation of social media talking points. If I can say that out loud without tripping on my tongue, that's probably going in a video, lol
I have a Twitter account but barely use it, and if I ever do use it, it's just to like a piece of fan art someone made. I discovered your content today, and... you certainly have the right idea about our world today. People have essentially been brainwashed by places like Twitter, Tumblr, Tiktok, and all that stuff, and it makes them think that "they are supreme, everyone agrees with their ideas" because that's all they see. They're just insignificant specs in this massive world of ours. As someone who is looking to become a Game Designer and Story Writer... your advice rings true for me, and I really, REALLY, wish other people could have views like yours. I'm not saying we should all have a hivemind... in fact, with social media we kind of already do... but if we all looked at the many different opinions of others, both ones that agree and disagree with each other, and form our own opinions from those, WHILE doing our own research on the subject... the world would be a better place. Thanks for your videos. Your content is inspiring and motivating.
Maybe I'm using Twitter wrong... or maybe I'm the only one using it right and everyone else is wrong... but anytime someone goes on one of these "leave Twitter for your mental health" screeds, I'm baffled by the supporting evidence. I'm just on there for art, man. I interact with people as little as possible beyond liking and retweeting art or sharing some light comments with people. It takes up maybe an hour of my day, if I'm particularly bored... otherwise I'm on and off again. It probably helps that most of the accounts I follow don't tweet in English, and I avoid the curated timeline and the #explore pages like the plagues they are. 🤷♂
Wow, I was thinking Twitter is the marketplace of ideas, but you’re totally right. It’s made me hateful and angry almost every day I’m on there. I’m gonna go read a good book.
True, I've left Twitter a few months ago without much thought. Then I started reading stocism and Lao Zi. My brain cells regenerated and I am at peace.
I think to be able to successfully be able to consume anything on the internet, you have to hone your discernment skills and know what your are spending your time on. It’s a tool, not a means to tell you who you are. Most of the time I just see it as a place where people push me to buy something, and if I am being pushed to buy something, I am, by proxy, being told I am not good enough the way I am. It’s the fastest way to get someone to buy something, by preying on insecurities. This doesn’t just apply to products, but ideas also. TH-cam is my main vice these days, but I try to find out what I am watching. I am new to this channel, and I don’t always agree with you, but I do find your thoughts put together cohesively. I do, however, agree with you about Twitter.
It's good to disagree. The reason I don't post on Twitter or tiktok is that it doesn't allow time for an argument to be made. If I have the time and space to lay out a cohesive argument, then it allows you to pick it apart and decide what you do and don't agree with and why. When people refute my arguments in the comments, it gives me good points to sharpen my ideas in the next video, and we're all winners.
You know, I have Twitter just for the sake of having my name there, in case my creative career becomes more public and I needed my name to be verified to talk with potential fans. But... you're right. I can have my account holding that name without needing to be on the app. I'm gonna delete it right now.
I’ve tried to get into Twitter multiple times and it just didn’t interest me. I would spend 30 minutes trying to figure out how to say what I meant within the character limit and often couldn’t. None of the things other posted interested me either. It’s like scrolling through ads for other people’s drama.
Im only on IG and just opened that account 2 yrs ago. Its private and i mostly post pics of my plant babies, a few places Ive been (horror festivals, Chinese lights exhibit at the zoo, etc) and boring stuff. Even some of my closest friends dont know i have it. Only a select few do and ive sworn them to secrecy lol. But of people catch wind of it i will tell them no they cannot follow me. It blows my mind that people, esp those at my job, feel they have the right to know what i u do when ur not at work. A lot of these people i dont even interact with unless we're near each other (im a nurse). I get told ALL THE TIME that i need to be on FB and ive heard the non-stop convos about Twitter and Tiktok. No thanks.
You're right, and it's weird that we have become accustomed to seeing inside each other's lives. I have a coworker who, to our knowledge, has no online presence. I thought he was weird at first, but now I see the wisdom
While I’m keeping my account up, I’m not using that platform as much as I used to, and I began feeling better really soon after! But after allowing myself to get sucked back onto that platform today from the “X” rebrand (which is such a stupid reason to get angry, but then again, people on that platform tend to be angry about everything.) and the supposed AI implementation or whatever, I fell back down the anxiety hole! And as for the AI, while I’m concerned about that, I’m not letting it scare me like I did earlier! And also, AI doesn’t just mean “regurgitate all of your data and posts and stuff to be used unethically.” AI has been used in websites forever, and it’s always a point of contention. Generative AI is really what I and a lot of people are concerned about, but unlike everyone else, I’m just gonna keep my account up until either I don’t need it, or until the platform goes under or something. But I’m also gonna keep not using it as much because even if I hop on to try and find clear answers to what the whole “X” thing is about, and all the other stuff, it becomes like trying to search through a crowded street full of angry voices and questionable “answers” even from the sources of the confusion! And as a result, I got anxious and I’m overly stressed out now! I think the next time I ever hop back on (which won’t be for a few long weeks) I’m not gonna let anything get me down like it did this time! For the rest of the day, I’m just gonna relax and calm down and watch happy memes!💖💖💖
So, just finished this. Can the same not be said for TH-cam? Not the short form text responses of course, but as far as them showing you what supports your already held world view.
The algorithm definitely shows you things similar to what you previously watched. What I like about TH-cam, and why I'm here, is that you have a few minutes to make a real point. Twitter is a handful of characters. IG is a graphic or reel for a few seconds. No depth is possible there
I'm staying on Twitter and other social media but I love reading philosophy and everything else. I adore talking with people from all over the world and I always leave Twitter feeling better and more engaged with life. I'm weird, but I don't mind
@@gregowen2022 Exactly. And I´m not being told constantly how awful of a person I am anymore if I´m not sharing the viewpoints. Discussion? Real discussion nowhere to be found, just statements and insults.
@@Akkordeondirigent Right. Heaven forbid you have a different opinion. I would think people could discuss and share opinions and then agree to disagree.
I have another nice Chinese parable. It's about a family of healers, 3 brothers. Asked by the king which of the 3 is wisest, the youngest says: "My eldest brother cures diseases before they become manifest, so his name doesn't get out of the house. My elder brother cures disease when the symptoms are still small. His name gets around the neighborhood. I puncture veins, prescribe potions and massage skin, so from time to time my name goes among the lords. When you quit Twitter, you may never get feedback that says you did a great thing for yourself. Because you rooted the problem out before it had time to flower.
I started an account in like 2015, and by like 2017 deleted that account, and now I'm off of most big tech (other than youtube, obviously) Being on the fediverse though (self-hosting even) it's really funny because twitter people are like drug addicts. They go "I'm done forever! Never going back! That's it! Game over!" and guess who's back on twitter? Pretty much every one of them.
I think Elon Musk owning Twitter is a net gain, but it's from "unstoppable dumpster fire" to "smoldering wreck". Thinking in 280 characters in front of a hostile audience of _literally everyone_ is never a good idea.
@@gregowen2022 i know man but funny thing i made a twitter before it was cesspool of garbage when i was maybe 11 everyone was still on facebook never looked back im 23 i grew up around social media so in 2018 i got off instagram, face book,snap chat i live a much more peaceful life social media can be extremely harmful to mental health its literal poison
@@gregowen2022 i loved your comparison on it so crazy i knew something was rotten with it but couldn't but my finger to it but this hit it on the head :)
only a couple mins in, but I disagree on a point. I think Elon didn't mean he was politically neutral..just that Twitter would be, which it hadn't been. It was DEFINITELY a company that was totally pro democrat and leftist. Hasn't it always been "private" ..? Ps.. I've never tweeted / never made an account, and don't plan to.
You're living a happier life by avoiding it. It's true that he was talking about the company being neutral, but I think he has to be careful as the owner about his personal politics because he represents the company now
@@gregowen2022 I agree with that, BUT.. I also think that everyone has their biases, and I'd rather someone in a position like Musk's to be open about where they are politically, so the public can gage how "neutral" the platform is with that knowledge.
Never joined, never will. 120-240 characters does not attract our best and brightest minds. It's all there in the name, you're a gossip and a twit if you use the platform.
The one thing that people need to remember about social media is that you are not the consumer, you are the product.
Absolutely. Your attention and time are being monetized
What I'm about to say is not a fake flex but ties into this video. I have had people in the past how I have developed my thinking ability and intelligence. I am no prodigy at all but I'm apparently enough that other kids used to tell me that. As someone who is now an adult I look back and am thankful for how living with my grandparents stripped me of internet access for the first ten or so years of my development. The internet plays into constantly destroying out ability to invest into ideas and focus on our thoughts instead of reactions to things that validate the ones we have. I feel like that gave me a lil leg up that I'm sad to say many future children will never experience. I'm not saying "phone bad" but more "phone is a device used at the interest of marketing and political parties to take advantage of our most primal reactive though to the point where many people don't even know how to think unless prompted to respond". Love this channel and thanks for being a breath of fresh air.
Your grandparents had it so right. The internet really is a tribal, reactionary based place. If more people saw the internet as a tool to be used for productivity and personal growth and less of a warzone, we'd be so much better off.
I feel so blessed to have grown up before the internet was invented. Imagine watching a few shows on TV and then spending long summer days wandering the woods, rainy days reading, drawing, making stuff. Cold, snowy days building snow forts and having snowball fights or playing games inside. We did not have a way to snap a selfie and stop so we could see if people thought we were doing 'the latest coolest thing'.
Imagine still being able to do it despite what other people do...
TikTok is the same. I have a number of people in my life who seem to get all their information from it and talk about it so much. I actually cringe when they say, "I heard on TikTok... Someone on TikTok said... I learned from TikTok...". The saddest thing is that every one of those people think that they're thinking for themselves. They're not; they're just regurgitating someone else's regurgitated regurgitation.
Social media is a cancer. It's a vomit-fest.
"regurgitating someone else's regergitated regurgitation" is the perfect summation of social media talking points.
If I can say that out loud without tripping on my tongue, that's probably going in a video, lol
This man could not stop coming up with phenomenal analogies to express what Twitter is.
I just get so irritated with that platform! I couldn't help it
@@gregowen2022 I'm glad the only thing I've ever used Twitter for was to follow musicians so I can know when new music or new tours are happening.
I have a Twitter account but barely use it, and if I ever do use it, it's just to like a piece of fan art someone made.
I discovered your content today, and... you certainly have the right idea about our world today. People have essentially been brainwashed by places like Twitter, Tumblr, Tiktok, and all that stuff, and it makes them think that "they are supreme, everyone agrees with their ideas" because that's all they see. They're just insignificant specs in this massive world of ours.
As someone who is looking to become a Game Designer and Story Writer... your advice rings true for me, and I really, REALLY, wish other people could have views like yours.
I'm not saying we should all have a hivemind... in fact, with social media we kind of already do... but if we all looked at the many different opinions of others, both ones that agree and disagree with each other, and form our own opinions from those, WHILE doing our own research on the subject... the world would be a better place.
Thanks for your videos. Your content is inspiring and motivating.
"scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority" - Seneca
Love that man!
Maybe I'm using Twitter wrong... or maybe I'm the only one using it right and everyone else is wrong... but anytime someone goes on one of these "leave Twitter for your mental health" screeds, I'm baffled by the supporting evidence.
I'm just on there for art, man. I interact with people as little as possible beyond liking and retweeting art or sharing some light comments with people. It takes up maybe an hour of my day, if I'm particularly bored... otherwise I'm on and off again.
It probably helps that most of the accounts I follow don't tweet in English, and I avoid the curated timeline and the #explore pages like the plagues they are. 🤷♂
Hahaha, you cracked the code! Next time I talk about this, I will add your solution: Twitter only works if you can't understand what anyone is saying.
"but seriously... have you met people?" Love it
I'd totally share this on twitter, if I was on twitter. :D
I'm glad you're here instead!
Wow, I was thinking Twitter is the marketplace of ideas, but you’re totally right. It’s made me hateful and angry almost every day I’m on there. I’m gonna go read a good book.
As Wario said: Twitter stinks, I’m leaving!
I hate how I feel when I’m on Twitter. It’s like junk food for the brain.
True, I've left Twitter a few months ago without much thought. Then I started reading stocism and Lao Zi. My brain cells regenerated and I am at peace.
I think to be able to successfully be able to consume anything on the internet, you have to hone your discernment skills and know what your are spending your time on. It’s a tool, not a means to tell you who you are. Most of the time I just see it as a place where people push me to buy something, and if I am being pushed to buy something, I am, by proxy, being told I am not good enough the way I am. It’s the fastest way to get someone to buy something, by preying on insecurities. This doesn’t just apply to products, but ideas also. TH-cam is my main vice these days, but I try to find out what I am watching. I am new to this channel, and I don’t always agree with you, but I do find your thoughts put together cohesively. I do, however, agree with you about Twitter.
It's good to disagree. The reason I don't post on Twitter or tiktok is that it doesn't allow time for an argument to be made.
If I have the time and space to lay out a cohesive argument, then it allows you to pick it apart and decide what you do and don't agree with and why.
When people refute my arguments in the comments, it gives me good points to sharpen my ideas in the next video, and we're all winners.
I have no Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.. and surprisingly, I don't miss the "contents" of any.
You know, I have Twitter just for the sake of having my name there, in case my creative career becomes more public and I needed my name to be verified to talk with potential fans.
But... you're right. I can have my account holding that name without needing to be on the app. I'm gonna delete it right now.
You'll be better for it, but I hope that creative career takes off so well that you're forced to reinstall it to keep up with the mentions. Good luck!
I’ve tried to get into Twitter multiple times and it just didn’t interest me. I would spend 30 minutes trying to figure out how to say what I meant within the character limit and often couldn’t. None of the things other posted interested me either. It’s like scrolling through ads for other people’s drama.
Im only on IG and just opened that account 2 yrs ago. Its private and i mostly post pics of my plant babies, a few places Ive been (horror festivals, Chinese lights exhibit at the zoo, etc) and boring stuff. Even some of my closest friends dont know i have it. Only a select few do and ive sworn them to secrecy lol. But of people catch wind of it i will tell them no they cannot follow me. It blows my mind that people, esp those at my job, feel they have the right to know what i u do when ur not at work. A lot of these people i dont even interact with unless we're near each other (im a nurse). I get told ALL THE TIME that i need to be on FB and ive heard the non-stop convos about Twitter and Tiktok. No thanks.
You're right, and it's weird that we have become accustomed to seeing inside each other's lives. I have a coworker who, to our knowledge, has no online presence. I thought he was weird at first, but now I see the wisdom
2:55 "have you met people?" lol
Ever since Twitter was born, I never used it besides looking at the crazy/funny tweets without an account.
While I’m keeping my account up, I’m not using that platform as much as I used to, and I began feeling better really soon after! But after allowing myself to get sucked back onto that platform today from the “X” rebrand (which is such a stupid reason to get angry, but then again, people on that platform tend to be angry about everything.) and the supposed AI implementation or whatever, I fell back down the anxiety hole! And as for the AI, while I’m concerned about that, I’m not letting it scare me like I did earlier! And also, AI doesn’t just mean “regurgitate all of your data and posts and stuff to be used unethically.” AI has been used in websites forever, and it’s always a point of contention. Generative AI is really what I and a lot of people are concerned about, but unlike everyone else, I’m just gonna keep my account up until either I don’t need it, or until the platform goes under or something. But I’m also gonna keep not using it as much because even if I hop on to try and find clear answers to what the whole “X” thing is about, and all the other stuff, it becomes like trying to search through a crowded street full of angry voices and questionable “answers” even from the sources of the confusion!
And as a result, I got anxious and I’m overly stressed out now!
I think the next time I ever hop back on (which won’t be for a few long weeks) I’m not gonna let anything get me down like it did this time!
For the rest of the day, I’m just gonna relax and calm down and watch happy memes!💖💖💖
New subscriber. Very underrated channel.
Thanks for subscribing! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos
So, just finished this. Can the same not be said for TH-cam? Not the short form text responses of course, but as far as them showing you what supports your already held world view.
The algorithm definitely shows you things similar to what you previously watched. What I like about TH-cam, and why I'm here, is that you have a few minutes to make a real point. Twitter is a handful of characters. IG is a graphic or reel for a few seconds. No depth is possible there
I'm staying on Twitter and other social media but I love reading philosophy and everything else. I adore talking with people from all over the world and I always leave Twitter feeling better and more engaged with life. I'm weird, but I don't mind
It obviously wasn't my experience, but I think it's cool you're making it work! It's all in who you follow, I guess
Good to see you talk sense beyond entertainment.
Loving your channel.
I really appreciate you watching!
Twitter is the Jerry Springer audience looking for validation lol
Haha, that's the best description of it yet
I left all social media for that reason: My life went unbeliebably better!
Right? When I'm not constantly being told what to be upset about, I find that I'm upset less
@@gregowen2022 Exactly. And I´m not being told constantly how awful of a person I am anymore if I´m not sharing the viewpoints. Discussion? Real discussion nowhere to be found, just statements and insults.
@@Akkordeondirigent Right. Heaven forbid you have a different opinion. I would think people could discuss and share opinions and then agree to disagree.
I have another nice Chinese parable. It's about a family of healers, 3 brothers. Asked by the king which of the 3 is wisest, the youngest says: "My eldest brother cures diseases before they become manifest, so his name doesn't get out of the house. My elder brother cures disease when the symptoms are still small. His name gets around the neighborhood. I puncture veins, prescribe potions and massage skin, so from time to time my name goes among the lords.
When you quit Twitter, you may never get feedback that says you did a great thing for yourself. Because you rooted the problem out before it had time to flower.
Just recently found you and loved your videos so far! Can not agree more on your comments about twitter! 👍
Thank you so much! I'm glad you're here
Just quit Twitter , I got banned for trolling in my personal message to a scammer
Welcome to freedom! Fewer people are now going to be telling you what to be mad about
7:00 yes
I started an account in like 2015, and by like 2017 deleted that account, and now I'm off of most big tech (other than youtube, obviously)
Being on the fediverse though (self-hosting even) it's really funny because twitter people are like drug addicts. They go "I'm done forever! Never going back! That's it! Game over!" and guess who's back on twitter? Pretty much every one of them.
Elon, if you delete Shitter, you're going to be our hero until the end of times.
Dropped Twatter and Facepuke many moons ago.. I just don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
so i should delete youtube?
4:50: Uhm, in which country?
Surely you dont mind the one country that is worldfamous for having goofed up?
I think Elon Musk owning Twitter is a net gain, but it's from "unstoppable dumpster fire" to "smoldering wreck". Thinking in 280 characters in front of a hostile audience of _literally everyone_ is never a good idea.
Yep x100
Excellent video!
Thank you so much!
I'm a fan of Elon, but I'll never make a Twitter account.
I go to twitter for the jokes. I don't follow news, politics or woke people. So, no, I will continue visiting, thanks
Tell me this dude doesn't look like a dollar store version of Tai Lopez
Ha, just looked it up. Shockingly accurate
I never followed Twitter I downloaded to support musk but eh I still don't follow Twitter 😁 Good advice though
If you never followed twitter, then your name is obviously correct. It's a nightmare in there
was never there
You've saved yourself hours of your life and pieces of your sanity
@@gregowen2022 i know man but funny thing i made a twitter before it was cesspool of garbage when i was maybe 11 everyone was still on facebook
never looked back
im 23 i grew up around social media so in 2018 i got off instagram,
face book,snap chat
i live a much more peaceful life
social media can be extremely harmful to mental health its literal poison
coming here as one who has never sent a twit :P
Stay pure, you’re not missing a single thing I promise
@@gregowen2022 i loved your comparison on it so crazy i knew something was rotten with it but couldn't but my finger to it but this hit it on the head :)
Did it and best thing I ever done, dont mind Musk at all, just Social Media in general all gone.
This didn't age well.
How so? I abandoned the site not long after it became X it still seems to be a dumpster fire of misinformation and A holes.
only a couple mins in, but I disagree on a point. I think Elon didn't mean he was politically neutral..just that Twitter would be, which it hadn't been. It was DEFINITELY a company that was totally pro democrat and leftist. Hasn't it always been "private" ..?
Ps.. I've never tweeted / never made an account, and don't plan to.
You're living a happier life by avoiding it.
It's true that he was talking about the company being neutral, but I think he has to be careful as the owner about his personal politics because he represents the company now
@@gregowen2022 I agree with that, BUT.. I also think that everyone has their biases, and I'd rather someone in a position like Musk's to be open about where they are politically, so the public can gage how "neutral" the platform is with that knowledge.
That's a good point. It might be worse for him to hide behind the brand
Never joined, never will. 120-240 characters does not attract our best and brightest minds. It's all there in the name, you're a gossip and a twit if you use the platform.
Agreed. That's why I like TH-cam so much. I have the time, space, and intonation to more accurately describe a point
I love Twitter I wonder every day in fact I was on there a few minutes ago and I will continue to be on there regardless of what you say 😉
I'm glad you are enjoying it