greenskye

Bookmarks bar get actually used (mostly). General bookmarks? Yeah those are never seen again.

True. And I’d expect you’d need fewer of these moments for younger people than older ones. Every little bump might be the one that diverts someone to a different path. I know it hasn’t worked well on my older family members, but it was those kind of moments that helped my diverge from my religious upbringing when I was younger.

I’ve found that even if you do this, it doesn’t really alter their behavior. A moment of consensus is never going to be enough.

People need to treat this kind of stuff like breaking someone from a drug addiction or helping someone lose weight. Without addressing the lifestyle factors that drove them down that path, you’ll never get them to actually change.

That’s why the brainwashing is so terrifying. People can fall into it pretty quickly and then it can take years and years to deprogram them.