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Mike Caulfield
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press 2023). Researcher, infolit/online rumor. Day job in academic tech.
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When I was briefly in film studies the joke all the other students made was "why would you need a class to learn how to watch a movie" and, well

Musk and altman talking about how oppenheimer isn't inspiraing physicists and how fincher's social network inspired startup founders.
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CKcommunistkaiju.bsky.social

Same energy

A tweet by Ian Miles Cheong that says "I bet you think Robocop is political"
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Ccaitesq.bsky.social

I could actually see Oppenheimer inspiring some people to explore physics! But it is really, extremely not the point of the movie…

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JPjdp23.bsky.social

As somebody might say ... indeed

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WTwarrenterra.bsky.social

See also: The people who watched Wall Street and worshipped Gordon Gekko The people who watched First Blood and made Rambo: First Blood Part II

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BDbobaganoush.bsky.social

watching goodfellas made me want to join the mob until i saw blow and thought wow what if i were an international drug importer

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AManamariecox.bsky.social

Shudder to think what these men would take away from viewing “American Psycho” or “Wall Street”… oh, wait.

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DEdjinnthedegen.bsky.social

Indeed. Curious. Concerning. I am a human. With thoughts and opinions of course.

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DBderek-lieu.com

Ever since I saw Goodfellas I always wanted to be a gangster

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Nnowhere.bsky.social

This exchange might've been funny if they weren't dead serious

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Ttassja.bsky.social

watching the social network and coming away thinking "I also want to become a bellend"

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Mike Caulfield
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press 2023). Researcher, infolit/online rumor. Day job in academic tech.
4.1k followers1.1k following4.3k posts