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Obama says presidents shouldn't watch TV or read social media
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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I will wake up every morning and just sigh with relief.
Quitting Facebook and Instagram has benefited me immeasurably. Strongly considering quitting Twitter too, but it's pretty good for news.
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Whatever the fuck does the President needs to watch TV for?
That person should have briefings to get the latest news before anyone else anyway.
And social media? Why the hell should the President waste their time on something an intern can take care off?
And I'm not even talking about the US President here.
That the US president have time to watch tv and goof off on twitter is insane.
That person should have briefings to get the latest news before anyone else anyway.
And social media? Why the hell should the President waste their time on something an intern can take care off?
And I'm not even talking about the US President here.
That the US president have time to watch tv and goof off on twitter is insane.
I'm a year and a half removed. The first two weeks was really weird, but then this calm washed over me. I also started texting and calling friends more, and eventually seeing them more. Really strange how that happened. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I think all of us would take the federal workforce over the good folks at FOX News and Twitter.
The primary reason I had to cutback my social media use is because of how much it clouds my judgement. I think people would be shocked at how much differently they behave away from it.
It's hard to be conscious of it when it becomes habitual. Admittedly, I feel that void with ERA I often find which I try not to do too often.
It's hard to be conscious of it when it becomes habitual. Admittedly, I feel that void with ERA I often find which I try not to do too often.
I log on Twitter and Facebook probably once every 3 months. At one point Twitter was my "front page of the internet" but not anymore.
Strongly agree.
I think a majority of Americans would also agree given its the main problem I hear about Trump in Trump Country
I think a majority of Americans would also agree given its the main problem I hear about Trump in Trump Country
Then, it's important to make sure you are putting capable people in those positions.
That's why there used to be a lot of scientists and data-minded people in charge of critical government agencies.
Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk goes into depth about what happens when government loses interest in the stewardship of the data and information it collects.
Disconnecting from social media and getting out into the real world is a great way to meet people and form real connections. And potentially friends. It's on you, still.
Yep! I've been off Facebook for about the same amount of time. I have a couple of close friends I talk to/see regularly and that's more than enough for me.
Honestly, this thread is bound to give some great pieces of advice all around. đź‘Ť
I think Obama is really going to be a boon once the primary is decided and the general election really gets going. He's staying a bit distant right now b/c I think he doesn't want to endorse any particular candidate for strategic reasons, but once that's decided I think he's going to be out here way more than he has been since he's been in office, and dude is popular. Probably honestly more popular now than whatever his height was when he was in office.
Look at obama telling others what 'clouds your judgement on decision making' in politics. Yeah, sorry bud, you dont get to talk.
Not to say i dont agree with people in general turning off corporate media and social media. But as one of main people of the last few decades most affected by outside influences, he should not be talking about conflicts of interest or bias in any fashion.
If you want to talk about something creating bias, you should look at the bias of Washington and how corruption and conflicts of interest really are created when governing, something Obama is clearly aware of.
Not to say i dont agree with people in general turning off corporate media and social media. But as one of main people of the last few decades most affected by outside influences, he should not be talking about conflicts of interest or bias in any fashion.
If you want to talk about something creating bias, you should look at the bias of Washington and how corruption and conflicts of interest really are created when governing, something Obama is clearly aware of.
Lmao. Obama should have taken his own advice when he fired Shirley Sherrod and had Van Jones resign due to Breitbart and Glenn Beck's trolling.
It's impossible to not see this as Obama subtweeting Trump, and it's just exhausting to see former heads of state, and current heads of states being essentially just as petty as any online random, anonymous dumb-fuck.
There's literally no difference, and it's kinda nightmarish - in a way - to get these glimpses of "oh, the people behind the shape of this world are actually, on some level, just me at 3:am being drunk and impotently spiteful".
There's literally no difference, and it's kinda nightmarish - in a way - to get these glimpses of "oh, the people behind the shape of this world are actually, on some level, just me at 3:am being drunk and impotently spiteful".
Let me say it clearly, Trump's garbage isnt because he watches TV or reads social media. AOC does the same and has good decision making skills. The problem is that he is a corrupt son of a bitch who has tons of corrupt people around him, and everything he does is based on people who agree with that worldview and stroke his ego about it
