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Did anyone else not even know who Charlie Kirk was!? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by AshCircuit@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Dude, I had never even HEARD of this guy's name prior to his death. What is going on here!? Why are people freaking out. Am I that out of touch?

Even my liberal wife was aware of who this guy was. Was anyone else like me?

I know who Ben Shapiro is. But Charlie Kirk!? This entire time both the left and the right either hates or adored this guy? What are you all surfing on your cell phones!?

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And its hard not to engage when someone says ridiculous things like child deaths are acceptable cost to keep 2nd amendment

Well, someone definitely "engaged" with that rhetoric! Lol

I just don't end up watching that stuff. Like, some random guy spewing nonsense into a microphone...I don't know why I'd even tap on that video.

Cat video, bird video, dog video, food video, travel destination video, retro game video, yes...

Guy with a microphone in a mock studio? That one won't even start playing.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They know that, that's why they have the reels auto play hah Its Definitely a problem i can solve

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

On Instagram, they just sometimes play in the "reel gallery", but they never draw my attention. Do they play with sound? I have my sound off by default, only turning it on if I want to hear what I'm looking at.

Or are people just swiping through full-screen reels? Lol

I like to browse the menu before ordering. Not walk through the buffet, item-by-item in order, forcing myself to start eating each item before I know what it is.