Is it normal for social media sites to make you less intelligent?

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I'm constantly distracted by them which is causing my attention span in real life to deteriorate, I'm constantly exposed to bad grammar and spelling and I feel it is affecting me. All the faceless text conversations online are destroying my social skills in real life. All the cliche's online are uninspiring to the point where I feel bored with the human race. All this seems to have a negative, numbing effect on my brain.

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LadyXul

11 years ago

No, Not less intelligent but they can definitely have negative effects on the way you think.

Try to limit it to keeping in contact with close friends and family.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  11 years ago
  
  No my close friends I will see in person, I only ever used it for long distance friends, people I don't see often.
  
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bananaface

11 years ago

Um, stop using it then?

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Faceless

11 years ago

I played bingo with all the old folks at the hall the other day. That game is stupid. I felt stupid as shit.

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smurrie

11 years ago

see it like this, the government shits on the media, the media shits on the people. dont read the media, or listen to it... its 2013, its all about the money

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bemah

11 years ago

Maybe your just over thinking things a little. Besides, your the one who decides the way you think. You can participate in social media without letting it fuck you over.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  11 years ago
  
  *you're
  
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  - iEatZombies_
    
    11 years ago
    
    If you're going to correct someone, the least you could do is actually respond to their comment as well.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      11 years ago
      
      Yeah I suppose you're right. i never thought much about online etiquette but then again if you look at the title of this post perhaps I have an excuse. Nevertheless, thank you and apologies to bemah.
      
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NeuroNeptunian

11 years ago

The social media sites are not making you less intelligent. It's your participation in them that is causing the deterioration. It's like saying McDonald's is making me fat, well it's not going to have an effect on you if you don't eat it.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  11 years ago
  
  Yeah but that is essentially the question I'm asking. By participating in them, are they making me less intelligent? And you have confirmed this by saying my participation is causing the deterioration.
  Thank you for your affirmation.
  
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  - [Old Memory]
    
    11 years ago
    
    Maybe a little as it encourages group mentality. And group mentality discourages independant thought and ideals, halts the questioning that leads us towards truthful answers.
    
    That's how it fucks people up, by making them into drones, by enforcing the outdated notion that the group is all, that the "human condition" requires requires validation from others.
    
    And the grammar and spelling thing is true as can be. Before all the texting, facebook and tweeting people had time to read things that weren't all full of "I luv u omg rofl" shit.
    
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  - NeuroNeptunian
    
    11 years ago
    
    Why'd you ask me the question again if you say I've already answered it only to tell me I have already answered it?
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      11 years ago
      
      Haha see they are making me less intelligent lol I'm a social retard now
      
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      11 years ago
      
      I should've put it in quotation marks that would of made it clearer my apologies
      
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      11 years ago
      
      I didn't ask it again I used the question mark to illustrate where the question was in my last statement and then how you had answered that very question. I think you've read it wrong. Simple misunderstanding.
      
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      - NeuroNeptunian
        
        11 years ago
        
        I didn't read it wrong. There are no quotations and there is clearly a question in the post I replied to. Wtf...
        
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suckonthis9

11 years ago

Humans are not a 'race'.

You feel bored with the human people?

Which tribe of humans makes you feel bored?

Please be careful with the phrase, 'human tribe', as this refers to the Hominini, which currently includes other extinct or absorbed human species. In the near future, this phrase (or a modification of the tribal term, in modern clades) might also include the Panini (Bonobos and Chimpanzees).

<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini#section_1" rel="nofollow" class="ui-link">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini#section_1</a>

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[Old Memory]

11 years ago

Social media sites are only as good as the users who contribute, considering the expression for most, the creators might as well redefine the purpose and utility of Twitter and Facebook.

Express your uneducated, selfish, egotistical, attention seeking selves in one click of a status

All for free!

Go!

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