Syria Disintegrating: Part 2

[The Brain]

I don't see how it matters if something is communicated through Twitter or some other way. Twitter is just a tool. US policy is communicated through Twitter, ignore that at your peril.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't see how it matters if something is communicated through Twitter or some other way. Twitter is just a tool. US policy is communicated through Twitter, ignore that at your peril.

That's not true, Trump's staff and cabinet ignore his tweets until he backs them up with solid instructions.

[The Brain]

I don't see how it matters if something is communicated through Twitter or some other way. Twitter is just a tool. US policy is communicated through Twitter, ignore that at your peril.

That's not true, Trump's staff and cabinet ignore his tweets until he backs them up with solid instructions.

When the POTUS is say threatening other countries with nuclear war on Twitter the US isn't actually threatening nuclear war? Good to know, and I'm sure everyone sees it that way.

[crazy canuck]

I think that's an important general point.If we manage to avoid eradicating ourselves as a species for the time being, people in time will learn to handle social media like they used to handle some bloke in the pub telling them something - sure, some people would take the story for granted, but most would keep at least some level of scepticism until they heard the same thing for a news source they trusted.

The problem with that analogy is that people have other sources of information apart from the bloke in the pub.  One dominant source of information is becoming social media.  And so, in your analogy, people would have to stop spending most of their time talking to that bloke.

[derspiess]

Also, as I mentioned, the "bloke in the pub" is an actual news anchor in this case. 

[derspiess]

Anyway Jake, my daughter is going on 7 and my son is 10.

May they continue to bring you joy

Yep, thanks.  To get my daughter to go to bed at an earlier time, I had to agree to watch High School Musical 1, 2, *and* three with her this week.  God help me.

[Eddie Teach]

Also, as I mentioned, the "bloke in the pub" is an actual news anchor in this case.

Doesn't mean he's not drunk and talking out of his ass.

[garbon]

I'm confused as to an industry where there aren't mistakes. Also I'm confused as to why people would regularly subject themselves to twitter.

[Valmy]

Also, as I mentioned, the "bloke in the pub" is an actual news anchor in this case. 

I am aware but how he carelessly made the error is pretty obvious. If there had been an actual report or story on that subject people would have done research.

[Jacob]

Yep, thanks.  To get my daughter to go to bed at an earlier time, I had to agree to watch High School Musical 1, 2, *and* three with her this week.  God help me.

You can use them later for karaoke...

[Grey Fox]

Anyway Jake, my daughter is going on 7 and my son is 10.

May they continue to bring you joy

Yep, thanks.  To get my daughter to go to bed at an earlier time, I had to agree to watch High School Musical 1, 2, *and* three with her this week.  God help me.

Just be glad it was the original english & not a dub.

[KRonn]

Anyway Jake, my daughter is going on 7 and my son is 10.

May they continue to bring you joy

Yep, thanks.  To get my daughter to go to bed at an earlier time, I had to agree to watch High School Musical 1, 2, *and* three with her this week.  God help me.

[Valmy]

Anyway Jake, my daughter is going on 7 and my son is 10.

May they continue to bring you joy

Yep, thanks.  To get my daughter to go to bed at an earlier time, I had to agree to watch High School Musical 1, 2, *and* three with her this week.  God help me.

Now you will know what those crazy kids thought was cool ten years ago. Just kidding those were never cool.

[Eddie Teach]

Sadly Zack Efron's career seems to have flourished.

[Ed Anger]

I use children's Benadryl to calm my kids down.