[FRIAM] Fwd: Archangel Michael's Message For You

[Merle Lefkoff]

I did, Frank, and you should check out Trevor Noah, who the generations
behind us listen to and who does an even better job than Colbert and Cooper.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 12:46 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... like empathy is a muscle that atrophies if not exercised
>
> And which is made possible by universal suffering according to Colbert and
> Cooper.  Has anyone seen that video I linked?
>
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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 11:56 AM uǝlƃ ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I think this "savior" narrative was why this particular one was
>> interesting. There are a spate of articles talking about how our modern
>> tech isolates us more than it connects us, or how outrage clickbait gives a
>> dopamine rush and such, or how the incels and the alt-right bois are
>> disaffected and radicalized through their isolation. In such a cultural
>> context, it seems reasonable that messages like this (including newage BS
>> like "the law of attraction") might hit a vulnerable spot similar to what
>> Nick mentions.
>>
>> The mechanisms/exploits Marcus mentions in PDF files parsed by Acrobat
>> Reader, macro-laden Office or obfuscated JavaScript, including the tracking
>> pixels mentioned by Eric and Steve are much less interesting to me ...
>> maybe because I understand those tools.  I definitely do NOT understand the
>> position someone would have to be in to click something thinking there's
>> any kind of hopeful, life-changing, message or secret at the other end of
>> the link. It's that psychological "exploit" that's most interesting to me.
>> It's just like the Nigerian scam, only instead of targeting lazy, greedy,
>> get-rich-quick suckers, they target lazy, lonely, get-relationships-easy
>> suckers.
>>
>> My intuition hints at some loss of empathy, some kind of objectification
>> of others ... e.g. that one might see all the pretty people on instagram
>> always having fun, never slumped in fits of depression, and thinking how
>> cool the lives of those objectified non-people must be. I caught a snippet
>> of a conversation on NPR where the person suggested that empathizing enough
>> with animals so that *eating* them might feel a bit like cannibalism may
>> *foster* empathy with other humans, over and above that with animals. ...
>> like empathy is a muscle that atrophies if not exercised.
>>
>> My guess is that the person who might click on the Archangel Michael
>> links is just such an isolated Gollum, who feels like their life is
>> hopeless and the world is cruel ... always hunting for that get-happy-quick
>> Precious that must be out there somewhere, if only they could find it.
>>
>> On 8/17/19 9:30 AM, Pietro Terna wrote:
>> >     What is very interesting for me is that the "Archangel Michael's
>> Message For You"
>> > text reproduces a quite archaic format used in Italy, but I guess not
>> only, for
>> > handwritten messages diffused by old mail.
>> >      E.g. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catena_di_sant%27Antonio
>> >
>> >     The format always quotes one or more relatives or fiends by name
>> etc. having received
>> > benefits and requires prayers etc.
>> >
>> >     Very interesting this form of modern survival.
>>
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