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fromKotaku
3 days ago

Baldur's Gate 3 Boss Calls For Civility As Highguard Gets Savaged

The launch of Highguard this week has reignited a debate around good manners. Over a hundred people worked for several years on a project they were passionate about. Instead of everyone giving it a fair shake and casually talking about what they did or didn't like about it, the conversation around the new multiplayer shooter was quickly subsumed by a torrent of knee-jerk negativity. Social media is full of people dunking on the game for clout
Video games
US politics
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

Splinter: How to Stay Sane in a World That's Gone Mad

American democracy is breaking down while elites capitulate, causing societal deterioration and mental-health harm amplified by internet toxicity and compulsive doomscrolling.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

The Anti-Empathy Curriculum

Certain male-coded online spaces reward dominance, punish vulnerability, and combine social dynamics and algorithms to nudge some boys toward anti-empathy.
Parenting
fromBuzzFeed
4 months ago

23 Mind-Numbingly Dumb Posts From Online Parenting Groups That Definitely Lowered My IQ

Parenting groups have shifted from supportive, helpful communities into toxic echo chambers characterized by questionable advice, extreme oversharing, and attention-seeking behavior.
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