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jahsome ◴[] No.43298548[source]
I absolutely love how fired up the average YouTube commenter was about Honey... for about 72 hours. People completely unaffected in any way were demanding class action lawsuits, etc with seemingly no clue why they were even upset. Then the subject completely left their minds.

This observation is of course entirely anecdotal, but manufactured outrage is so fascinating, even if it currently eroding the very foundations of society.

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1. RataNova ◴[] No.43298933[source]
Yeah, the internet outrage cycle is wild. One minute, it's the biggest scandal ever, and the next, everyone's moved on like it never happened. It's like collective amnesia, but with more yelling