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Just A Box Of Rain

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19. To give just one example, you might check a thread from today that you mentioned you planned

Mon Dec 5, 2022, 07:22 PM

Dec 2022

to bookmark.

It is full of falsely edited and fake quotes.

Not your fault that you may have been mislead by the disinformation, but it is there.

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Serious question. Does reading DU warp our minds? [View all] Botany Dec 2022 OP

Yes. ZZenith Dec 2022 #1

No. Nearly everyone here posts interesting points, articles etc. I learn a lot from everyone. scarletlib Dec 2022 #8

But it's a bubble like everything else. It isn't unbiased. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2022 #58

One thing I would say is that, as with any social media bubble full of people who self-select, users WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #2

Agreed Brenda Dec 2022 #24

If you get too submerged in negative stories, then possibly. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #3

I watch YouTube vids on raising farm animals and gardening Kaleva Dec 2022 #5

Interesting! Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #9

There's so many videos on so many topics Kaleva Dec 2022 #11

It might radicalize some Kaleva Dec 2022 #4

The nice thing is that bullshit here is smacked down. On RW sites, it's fertilizer for crazier shit. TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #44

Yes Kaleva Dec 2022 #48

Some of it does Wibly Dec 2022 #6

And yet, you have been here for nearly 12 years. niyad Dec 2022 #16

Not to mention, even if Putin really had crapped his pants... luv2fly Dec 2022 #29

It certainly can for some. I see evidence of it all the time. Less lately, thank fuck, but it still Celerity Dec 2022 #7

No. DU is what you make it to be. dmr Dec 2022 #10

I try to do and think about other stuff. chriscan64 Dec 2022 #12

We would need to know what you mean by "warp". Caliman73 Dec 2022 #13

There is far too much unvetted disinformation posted on this website and Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #14

Could you perhaps point out some of the "unvetted disinformation" to which niyad Dec 2022 #18

To give just one example, you might check a thread from today that you mentioned you planned Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #19

Please be so kind as to point out all the "fake quotes", anf false editing. niyad Dec 2022 #20

Read the thread. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #21

remdi95 niyad Dec 2022 #23

Too cryptic a reference for me to understand. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #25

Too many people seem to want to be "first" luv2fly Dec 2022 #30

I dunno about warped, but it has changed mine a couple of times Torchlight Dec 2022 #15

That is one of the many things thst I love about DU. So much wonderful and niyad Dec 2022 #22

Precisely. Torchlight Dec 2022 #53

Is there a specific reason for this question? niyad Dec 2022 #17

As long as people know it is a highly curated bubble, it's fine. Sympthsical Dec 2022 #26

It does the opposite. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #27

Always something new to learn. keithbvadu2 Dec 2022 #28

Witness some people celebrating Kirstie Alley's death luv2fly Dec 2022 #31

On the GD thread, Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #32

Substitute others who have passed and are not "in favor" for Alley and the pattern repeats over time luv2fly Dec 2022 #33

I'd definitely celebrate Putin's death now Silent3 Dec 2022 #35

The idea that some people are not really people isn't that uncommon a theme on this forum. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #37

Kirstie Alley's death ... I didn't know until now. Damn this one hurts Botany Dec 2022 #41

I hope so, and I like the direction Kennah Dec 2022 #34

No. roamer65 Dec 2022 #36

Many if not most of us are of a "certain age" and I would find it hard to Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #38

No. H2O Man Dec 2022 #39

Yep GusBob Dec 2022 #40

... betsuni Dec 2022 #42

You know, I have been hearing that line for decades, and it is, in my experience, niyad Dec 2022 #59

Like anything, too much is not good. Renew Deal Dec 2022 #43

But what do you mean exactly? betsuni Dec 2022 #45

One can only hope so. 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #46

DU reminds me there are still some sane people left in our country. fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #47

I find it's a place where we can talk about newdayneeded Dec 2022 #49

No more than any other social media. BlackSkimmer Dec 2022 #50

Maybes if you have no independent thought, BlackSkimmer Dec 2022 #51

Fox News or Фокс Новости or Foks Novosti Botany Dec 2022 #52

I don't know about "warping minds" AntivaxHunters Dec 2022 #54

No. Most of the people on DU "sound" like the people I would LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #55

Raises my anxiety levels, but keeps me informed... Chakaconcarne Dec 2022 #56

It depends on the subject being discussed and what one means by "warped." NNadir Dec 2022 #57

I get plenty of right wingnuttery Bettie Dec 2022 #60

No, I don't think so... Spazito Dec 2022 #61

Hardly. Scruffy1 Dec 2022 #62