Dennis Lee. I made that viral Spaghettio pie that everyone is crapping themselves over. January 2021. URL: https://foodisstupid.substack.com/p/i-made-that-viral-spaghettio-pie (visited on 2023-12-08).
Dennis Lee tries making a viral Spaghettio pie recipe that uses Spaghettios, cheese, milk, and garlic bread. He talks about how weird the recipe is and how it doesn't turn out very good, but he is surprised that it actually tastes better than he expected.
If a user posts a joke, and people share it because they think it is funny, then their intention and the way the content goes viral is at least somewhat aligned. If a user tries to say something serious, but it goes viral for being funny, then their intention and the virality are not aligned.
I think the chain reaction from posting something that went accidentally viral is a very interesting concept. For example, some could post something that they did not intend to go viral and it could jumpstart an influencing career for them. One example of this is Alix Earl, who got famous for making a get ready with me video, which has now turned her into one of the biggest influencers of this generation and she now has turned it into a career.
David Robson. The women with superhuman vision. BBC, February 2022. URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140905-the-women-with-super-human-vision (visited on 2023-12-07).
I think its interesting that some women have a rare ability to see more colors than the average person. It's a perfect example of how we all experience the world in different ways and there's still so much we don't know about vision and the brain.
Disabilities can be accepted as socially normal, like is sometimes the case for wearing glasses or contacts, or it can be stigmatized [j5] as socially unacceptable, inconvenient, or blamed on the disabled person.
I think in today's world, disabilities have not yet been adapted into every day life. For example, the common factor of having buildings with only stairs. It assumes that it is useable by everyone who may be to use that building, however that is not always the case. I think that there needs to be a broader knowledge of disabilities in todays world in order for society to be able to adapt to everyones needs.
How do you think about the relationship between social media and “real life”?
I think that social media is an outlet for people to escape "real life". I think that this both has benefits and disadvantages. Social media is a good way for people to stay in contact with each other and can also be really good for entertainment, However, social media can also lead to big insecurities and false viewpoints of the world.
Actions are judged on the sum total of their consequences (utility calculus) The ends justify the means.
Another part of consequentialism that this did not talk about is Act consequentialism. This is essentially where every single individual action is evaluated individually. An example of this would be if someone robbed a bank to use the money to help a dying hospital patient. That robbery would be morally correct