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Taliban Militants Fed Up With Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit (time.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Time magazine: "we don't know how yet, but we're gonna find a way to link the rise of fascism and avocado toast"

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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've been hating this since Twitter became a thing. I used to read BBC news articles for (seemingly) good quality reporting, and then they started quoting random twitter users. Like, who gives a fuck?

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Hell, there are even news articles only quoting Tweets.

And TV shows only re-streaming viral YT videos. I imagine these people just watch YT the whole day and call it work.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Living the dream, if you ask me. Just don't mix it with serious news. "New political coalition formed! Twitter user rear_beads commented: 'lol'"

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

One can view a show about humorous viral YouTube videos to be this generation's America Funniest Home Videos.

Edit: Fix grammar

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It always seemed strange to me as well. Who is this person, and why should I value their opinion?

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even worse when a "news" article is just embedding a bunch of Tweets from random people and calling it news.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Which the BBC has done. Awful.