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− | Hairbun sarcastically tells Megan that things were different in her time, | + | [[Megan]] is complaining to [[Hairbun]] about her easy access to infuriating national news stories and bad opinions (editorial articles and commentary) and worries that it may be having a negative effect on her, perhaps by promoting misinformation, by distraction, or by prompting adverse emotional reaction to content; she muses that, in some way or another, this habit is probably doing some sort of damage to her brain's wiring, training it to think in ways that are not beneficial to her or the world at large. While the capacity of the brain to change and adapt to a person's daily habits is, like most neurological phenomena, as yet not very well understood, it's clear that something of the sort exists--scientists refer to this capacity as "== https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=40362 neuroplasticity ==". |
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+ | Hairbun sarcastically tells Megan that things were different in her time, then states how access to infuriating stories via newspapers required only a tiny bit more time and effort during a morning routine. | ||
Megan counters this idea and says that while it is true that newspapers provided the sort of national news she is being provoked by, they also had much more ''local'' news mixed in (which may be of a lighter nature, sometimes referred to in a derogatory sense as "fluff" news pieces), to which Hairbun agrees. | Megan counters this idea and says that while it is true that newspapers provided the sort of national news she is being provoked by, they also had much more ''local'' news mixed in (which may be of a lighter nature, sometimes referred to in a derogatory sense as "fluff" news pieces), to which Hairbun agrees. | ||
− | Megan also raises the point that bad opinions were not granted wide distribution. Hairbun is rather less quick to agree to this, and suggests that Megan not check that, revealing that Megan’s assertion isn’t entirely true | + | Megan also raises the point that bad opinions were not granted wide distribution. Hairbun is rather less quick to agree to this, and suggests that Megan not check that, revealing that Megan’s assertion isn’t entirely true. |
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− | The title text | + | The title text is a reference to the fact that many seemingly independent local newspapers are owned by one of a small handful of large corporations, such as New Media and Gannett, a little-known fact that many may find disconcerting. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Megan, looking on a smartphone in her hand, and Hairbun are standing together and talk.] | :[Megan, looking on a smartphone in her hand, and Hairbun are standing together and talk.] | ||
:Megan: Every morning, before my eyes even focus all the way, I read a bunch of infuriating national news stories and bad opinions. I wonder what this is doing to my brain. | :Megan: Every morning, before my eyes even focus all the way, I read a bunch of infuriating national news stories and bad opinions. I wonder what this is doing to my brain. | ||
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:Hairbun: Yeah, true. | :Hairbun: Yeah, true. | ||
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:Megan: I bet they weren't full of bad opinions. | :Megan: I bet they weren't full of bad opinions. | ||
:Hairbun: Yyyyyes. | :Hairbun: Yyyyyes. | ||
:Hairbun: All our opinions were good. It was a remarkable time. | :Hairbun: All our opinions were good. It was a remarkable time. | ||
− | :Hairbun: < | + | :Hairbun: <small>Please don't go check.</small> |