How old are you? Are you more open minded than your parents?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My mom used to be more progressive than me, but COVID isolation and the social media algorithm echo chamber has really, really warped her views and she’s said things recently that have made me pretty uncomfortable. She lives alone, far away. Catching up with her is gradually becoming less pleasant so I don’t want to do it as much, which I’m sure compounds the problem

Social media algorithm echo chamber?! What the hell are you talking about?

DP but it’s fairly common knowledge that the social media algorithms recommend content to you that conforms with whatever political/social/conspiracy theory views you already hold. Hence creating a cycle where you see more and more content confirming your views rather than challenging them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom used to be more progressive than me, but COVID isolation and the social media algorithm echo chamber has really, really warped her views and she’s said things recently that have made me pretty uncomfortable. She lives alone, far away. Catching up with her is gradually becoming less pleasant so I don’t want to do it as much, which I’m sure compounds the problem

Social media algorithm echo chamber?! What the hell are you talking about?

DP but it’s fairly common knowledge that the social media algorithms recommend content to you that conforms with whatever political/social/conspiracy theory views you already hold. Hence creating a cycle where you see more and more content confirming your views rather than challenging them.

Not sure why this is confusing to PP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. I think my parents have seen more opinions than I have (being older and having necessarily met more people over the course of their lives) and are very accepting and tolerant of that wider varieties of opinions they’ve seen over the course of their lives. My Dad is an ex-hippie with socialist tendencies who attends a hyper conservative Bible study group and likes arguing socialized healthcare as a Christian movement there. My mom’s best friend from college is a lesbian but she has existed peacefully in small town rural ‘Merica for decades. I have been exposed to the opinions they met in the 30+ years they were alive before I was born so it’s hard for me to say I’m more open minded. I disagree with them sometimes (we have argued about certain topics and how tolerance can be implemented and whether certain requirements or attitudes are restrictive and whether certain concepts even exist) but on the whole I would say they’re very open minded and I try to be the same.

Some people’s minds are so open that their brain falls out.

For proof, look no further than NPR.