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

[Frank Wimberly]

Thanks, Merle.  I shall.

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 12:50 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> Frank
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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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ☣ uǝlƃ
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