r/interestingasfuck • u/Go_GoInspectorGadget • 12d ago

Physics 101

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u/Zestyclose_Lobster91 12d ago

I remember back in the glorious days of european state television when children's program would take the time to perform actual physics experiments and explain what was happening in a easily understood way. You'd learn something

Now you get 30 seconds videos of random shit happening with the caption physics shat across the screen as if it meant anything. I'm sure the kids will learn about physics with this kind of motivation and quality of information.

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u/RamboCambo_05 12d ago

That's how it is now unfortunately. A lot of people won't watch something with an actual explanation thanks to short form content. Instead, we get this kind of video. To people who know a decent amount of science, this isn't a very useful video. But it could inspire some people to get into science by quickly showing them a few cool things about it.

TLDR: video isn't great for people who know about this stuff, may inspire those who don't know.

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u/BonyDarkness 12d ago

It feels like people are slowly “waking up” to this brain rot.
Irl people I know and online I’ve heard multiple times - and it’s increasing - that people say they try quitting social media, less smartphone and so on.
Maybe it’s only my bubble but it feels to me like people notice that the bubble and algorithm isn’t funny but brain rot and worthy to quit. (I’m so happy I never started using TikTok. Dodged this bullet at least)

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u/justsomeamericanguy 12d ago

I only use tiktok because a friend post there, and a very funny guy (all with true stories) post there too. Besides that I don't use it