#Collective Amnesia

[bootleg-nessie]

Collective amnesia is crazy. It’s almost like nobody remembers that time that Italy invaded Wisconsin to dismantle its counterfeit cheese market

#Nessie on drugs #history #true history #wisconsin #Italy #cheese #r/196 #196 #r/196archive #/r/196 #rule #meme #memes #shitpost #shitposting #collective amnesia #unreality #spreading misinformation #me when i lie

[tomorrowusa]

Not everybody is a highly informed political junkie. And with the decline of legit news outlets, it's increasingly difficult for average citizens to keep up.

On top of that, people have surprisingly short memories. There are actually some who regard the Trump era as an era of prosperity; they have apparently forgotten that his incompetence botched the pandemic response and sent the economy into almost instant recession.

This lack of credible information along with sketchy memories have given Trump a boost - for now.

Celinda Lake, one of President Biden’s top pollsters on his 2020 campaign, was recently conducting a focus group with swing voters for another client when a response stopped her cold. Lake had asked how the voters felt about former president Donald Trump’s pending criminal court cases related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “They go, ‘What court case around January 6?’” she recalled. “These were swing voters, and about half of them weren’t sure what we were talking about. And I said, ‘Well, you know, the insurrection and that he was the one that provoked it.’ They go, ‘Oh, yeah. I kind of forgot about that.’” For journalists and the types of highly engaged voters who watch the news every night, Trump’s lock on renomination has been near-certain for at least six months, and his various transgressions and incendiary comments are well known. But it’s easy for political obsessives to lose sight of how little attention many normal people pay to day-to-day politics.

We've all heard the expression "low information voter". This is a problem we need to address.

The New York Times’ Jennifer Medina and Reid Epstein tackled this question earlier this week with a piece aptly headlined “Do Americans Have a ‘Collective Amnesia’ About Donald Trump?”  It’s very much worth a read. They write: “More than three years of distance from the daily onslaught has faded, changed—and in some cases, warped—Americans’ memories of events that at the time felt searing. Polling suggests voters’ views on Mr. Trump’s policies and his presidency have improved in the rearview mirror. In interviews, voters often have a hazy recall of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern politics.”

Another group to take into consideration are younger voters. An average graduating high school senior this year was in the 8th grade when Trump was telling Americans to drink bleach and take quack medicines for COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic.

Part of the problem is that many voters, especially the crucial bloc of younger ones, simply don’t remember Trump that well. Those turning eighteen and eligible to vote for the first time this fall were just ten years old and in grade school when Trump won the presidency, in 2016; the January 6 Capitol riots happened back when most of them were just starting high school. The rest of us don’t have memories that are as sharp and reliable as we’d like to think—it’s not just Joe Biden and Donald Trump who regularly get names wrong or forget in what year things occurred.

And if this cohort was just 13/14 in early 2020, then they would have been 8 or 9 when Trump started running for president in 2015 when he was calling Mexicans "rapists" and "murderers".

Case in point: When Trump launched his 2016 campaign by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and “murderers,” it dominated the news and became one of the most-remembered lines of the campaign. His recent claim that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” generated headlines but didn’t dominate coverage. On Thursday, he declared in his State of the Union “prebuttal” that Biden is “keeping the hordes of illegal migrants and illegal aliens pouring into the country,” and claimed that “many come from mental institutions, many come from prisons, they’re terrorists.” Few major news organizations wrote stories focusing on the comments.

We can't assume that people may be as informed as we are. We need to patiently explain, while providing sources, how Trump is not normal and is a danger to the country's future.

Of course journalists have to compete with the upcoming tsunami of ads and even disinformation.

Potential voters who don’t read the news won’t be able to escape what could be a combined $1 billion in campaign spending in the swing states. It’s been a lot easier to avoid Trump since he left the White House and Twitter. That won’t be so true in the heat of a presidential general election. Journalists have to keep in mind that voters in swing states may not be thinking of all the details now, but they’re likely to be much more attuned by the time they vote. 

When we run across articles or news vids about MAGA Republicans which are well produced and don't require a lot of background information to understand, we should share them with low information voters we know. If there's a good cartoon which amplifies the points made in the article, send it along. There's no rule which says you can't be informative and entertaining at the same time.

This applies to current stuff as well as the disastrous Trump presidency. Reminding people that Trump sabotaged immigration reform and improved border security through his House flunky Speaker "MAGA Mike" Johnson is essential.

A sure way to lose the election is to assume that we don't need to do anything. As I've said before, the era of slackerism is over; being politically and civically engaged is the price of democracy.

#low information voters #voter education #first time voters #collective amnesia #trump administrstion #donald trump #botched handling of the pandemic response #unnecessary covid-19 deaths #trump border crisis #assault on the us capitol by pro-trump terrorists #emoluments #trump is not normal #trump scandals #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who

[kramlabs]

:

Old world St Petersburg looks as popular as the Chicago Worlds Fair:

#wagon people #antiquitech #phantom time hypothesis #ponder this #who built these incredible structures #collective amnesia

[aardwolfpack]

A Gap in Nostalgia

I have never once seen The Hogan Family mentioned on the Internet.

#the hogan family #80s #90s #sitcom #nostalgia #collective amnesia

[thatdeardelight]

(F): Memory Sovereign

A story of a town where memories vanish and a writer becomes key as love, mystery, and a world forgotten, waiting to be remembered through him.

The publisher called on Tuesday. They wanted me to come to their office to discuss something about the book. I said it was not necessary. But they insisted. I was busy the entire week. I said I could make it on Saturday. They asked me to make it on Sunday then. I asked Riya if she would come along. She was the last person to care (or know) about books or the publishing industry in general. But I…

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#abstract map art #art #artistic expression #atmospheric storytelling #Bono #book cover #captivating plots #character arcs #character development #character dynamics #character emotions #character portraits #character relationships #character-driven #cinematic scene #collective amnesia #compelling characters #concise fiction #corporate settings #creative book cover #creative interpretation #creative writing #creativity #deception #disoriented characters #disorienting world #dystopian fiction #emotional moment #emotions in art #engaging prose

[anotail]

Well, I guess then Akbar never existed.

#collective amnesia #হীরক রাজার আদেশ

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

No matter how many different alien species land on Earth,

humans never seem to remember their having been here!

#Inspector Spacetime #Easy Amnesia (trope) #Easy Amnesia #collective amnesia #alien invasion #no matter how many #alien species #land on Earth #no one ever remembers #nobody seems to remember #humans forget #humans tend to forget #aliens having been here #collective forgetfulness #why do people just forget #probably to protect themselves from trauma

[belphieslilcow]

It's still so insane to me that according to the anime, levi just canonically has a polybius arcade machine

#obey me #obey me leviathan #uhh for tjose that dont know its an urban legend about an arcade machine that was a government psychological experiment #and like its said it was addictive and gave you amnesia and night terrors and men in black would collect data from the machines

[julls]

gorgeous collage comm from twit user @/Melinoia__ !! ( ꈍ ꈍ ) Enver Gortash x Durge Juria ♡

#bg3 #Enver Gortash #Gortash #durgetash #durge #bhaalspawn #envuri #gorge #Juria #dark urge x gortash #for me #villain romance #artists on tumblr #romance #couple #the mirror scene and her wedding dress aaaa! #this is a collection of pre bg3 and post amnesia moments <3

[ahalliance]

how is ETOILES the most normal person out of the French currently HOW DID THAT HAPPEN

#qsmp #étoiles #jay rambles #pierre: got fucking tortured to near death by the feds . is probably now a cyborg with amnesia #bagz: human-duck hybrid experiment by the federation . canonical ptsd and dissociation episodes + identity crisis #kameto: secret double agent spy fed worker who has been spying on everyone for months now and collecting data #antoine: weird inhuman immortal fed agent creature who even cucurucho seems to fear?? somewhat?? #étoiles is fucking weird too but at least he seems the most like mentally well adjusted?? at the moment??? #bro has had a code infection for over a month now and is still completely chill and cheery and in control of himself #and still following his principles and determined to fight for his friends #HOW DID WE GET HERE

[guardianspirits13]

Ok, everyone who was upset about Gabe delivering the prophecy and just completely forgot the original text, raise your hand 🖐️

#im in the same boat tbh #i completely forgot but in the back of my mind i thought i remembered something of the sort #turns out we all have collective amnesia about the first prophecy haha #pjo tv #pjo show #the lightning thief #oracle #prophecy #pjo adaptation #percy jackson tv series #gabe ugliano #percy jackson

[kramlabs]

#overwhelming propaganda dominance #graham hancock #shit just keeps getting older #ancient technology #collective amnesia #amnesia #thank a phoenician #phoenicians #robert bauval #robert schoch #joe rogan #gobekli tepe #randall carlson #cataclysm #younger dryas #denisovans

[celestialrealms]

the other characters not being included in that collab is grotesque actually. like, look at barbatos in this card..... PLEASE slather this milf in paint some more

#GRRR this is her territory he did it first!! #(not really . i'm lying.. but with the power of collective amnesia we can change the history of obm paint slathered boys) #sorry asmo your transmasc swag can only do so much for me #obey me #obey me barbatos #obey me shall we date #barbatos

[shrimpmandan]

The current state of AI discourse is baffling to me because I swear to god some people are just developing collective amnesia and dismissing AI art as "not actually being that bad" when the problems with it are significantly deeper than whether or not it's "real art". It being "real art" is irrelevant to it causing tangible harm. Like yeah I don't think someone AI generating an image to use as a reference is some massive evil, but in the greater scheme of things:

AI art is being used to spread actual real-world misinformation. Propaganda.

Ai art is being used to spread CSEM and other forms of revenge porn. It is also threatening the livelihoods of sex workers to some degree.

People are putting their favorite artists' works through a blender, without their consent, instead of paying them, because image generation is instant dopamine.

Big corps are trying to use AI instead of paying artists/writers because they're greedy fucks.

Most AI programs (with few exceptions) are scraping from existing works without the consent of the original artists.

AI voices are doing the same.

A common argument I've seen is comparing these things to like... digital art, photo editing*, voice splicing. You have to understand that the merit of these things isn't that "they take more time/effort". Effort is not an inherent facet of art. Plenty of tools exist to make art easier that we take for granted now-- many forget the discourse that kicked up when digital art was first gaining popularity. The issue is and always will be consent. Most artists do not want their works or voices to be put into AI databanks. The fact that most AI programs do not care for this, and that a lot of companies are trying to swindle their way into getting artist consent under the pretense of "well they didn't say no", is the main issue. We completely lost the plot when we started focusing more on "is AI art real art?" and "is it bad to use AI for any purpose?", because those are both irrelevant to the question of "is AI harmful?", wherein the answer is yes. This is also failing to consider that "real art" can also cause harm for similar reasons: sexual harassment/revenge porn, defamation, propaganda, etc.

*As a note, this is also ignoring the fact that a lot of people DON'T want their art to be edited or even heavily referenced. It's been commonplace in art usage terms for ages now. This is important to note in the context of AI discourse and copyright law. I also believe there is a difference between voice splicing and AI voices since splicing is more limited and way less likely to get someone actually defamed or 'replaced' as a voice actor, and is just a manipulation of existing voice clips mostly for silly shitposts.

AI CAN be helpful. AI can be used to create references, or make smoother rendering, or even just for fun. A lot of people used AI programs in their baby stages without thinking about how the images were generated or the actual consent of the artists involved, because it was a fun shiny new toy. I also like to think most people who have the means to pay an artist ultimately would. But the issue is not and never has been AI making art easier, or people using it for silly shit, or even people using it for serious art refs. The issue is AI mass-scraping existing artwork, being used to facilitate misinformation, and screwing artists out of jobs. Don't even get me started on AI fucking generating CSEM, or revenge porn, and additionally how it impacts the careers of sex workers.

AI is an issue in its current state. Yes, the panic about it taking over art as a whole was overblown, even if the fears were valid. The capacities of AI art is almost always slightly below the capacities of human-made art, and it's something that will quickly fall in popularity once it stops being the shiny new thing. People using AI to make art easier aren't the enemy either, especially since this can be beneficial for people who do it as a job-- shortening the labor time and all. That doesn't mean AI isn't an issue and that everyone critiquing it is actually just an elitist ableist cuck or whatever. None of this really would've been a problem if not for the mass scraping, resulting in both violations of artist consent, and also it picking up genuinely illegal/nasty content. That's what we should be focusing on. None of this "real art" bullshit.

All that said: I personally would say that using most AI programs-- no matter the purpose-- is unethical because of how most of them function. The only exceptions would be for programs that specifically use consensually obtained data. On this front, I would highly recommend keeping tabs on Adobe Firefly, since it's one of the very very few models out there that has stated a clear commitment to not violating the copyright and consent of artists or persons (it operates off of stock footage and public domain).

#this is a little all over the place so sorry lmao #but seeing the discussion shift on AI has been fucking BIZARRE to say the least #like. collective amnesia bizarre. #ai art discourse #ai discourse #anti ai #tw csem

[kindestegg]

i will say i think a very funny case of fandom mandela effect in the deltarune fandom is this idea that ralsei is clingy to the point of constantly hugging kris when in game nearly every single moment a hug occurs is because we, controlling kris, initiated it. the only time he does it on his own accord is because he thinks that thats what kris would WANT, because the code for it only activates if you have kris hug him during the boat ride, so its still indirectly our fault. ralsei isnt this insanely disrespectful clingy toxic friend forcing kris to like him hes legitimately respectful of their boundaries n likely doesnt even realize that none of the hugs that are happening are actually coming from kris.

#Commander's orders #and i promise im not like. making up a type of guy ive seen a lot of ppl with this reading #and like listen i know collective fandom amnesia sets in after a bit of time into a hiatus #but it does get a bit annoying when it gets ppl being mean spirited about a character you like

[introspectivememories]

i feel like im going crazy i just saw a fun little tiktok about bnha and it was animated and the art style was cute and it was about the dekusquad except bakugo was a part of it???? and it wasn't like an au video or anything bakugo was just a part of the dekusquad??? and so i go to the comments thinking "oh someone's gonna call this out right? like in what world is bakugo part of the dekusquad" but!!! everyone in the comments was just agreeing with the poster??? top comment: i'm glad we all agree that bakugo is part of both squads.... no he isn't????? second comment: bakugo is the founding member of the dekusquad IN WHAT FUCKING WORLD????

#does everyone in this fandom have collective amnesia??? #in what world is bakugo -- bullied izuku for a /decade/ bakugo -- part of the dekusquad???? #like however you feel about bakugo aside to say that he's the founding??? member of the dekusquad? #are we watching the same show??? #'oh but he apologized!!!' i see that but you have to admit it was a high stress situation #apologize again when all this is over #in a better universe #horikoshi is a better writer and we get a better redemption arc for bakugo #anyway to me #izuku's thoughts on bakugo's redemption is: i'm truly happy that you're becoming a better person but i don't really want any part of it #to me they are really good coworkers who know a little too much about each other #bnha #anti bakugo katsuki #ig? #dekusquad