Ahahha here's an interesting thing. I've heard people here beginning to push the idea that learning X isn't important when machines can do it for you, but I was parodying, mocking, and otherwise shitting upon that type of belief, because only a total lunatic or cult member would assert that it's great if you never have to think again. What's indeed disturbing is that you perceive - while I lampoon - that there are many people who may actually hold some partial version of that view.
Sorry. I'm glad I clarified. Almost everything I write should come with a red label above it that says: Gallows Humor. I get taken seriously way more often than I expect to, or should be, around here.
Although it's a little weird that we're on a board where someone could seriously mean what I said and people wouldn't think it was a joke. e.g. the "You let your kids use calculators, don't you?" crowd.
Just now I heard someone unironically say that it's about time the USA government stops the supply of porn to minors via the Internet (presumably that's any nudity to anyone under 21 or maybe 18, another thing I never know when reading USA-originating comments). You just can't tell what kind of wacky opinions are out there and what's a joke. The comment read as though posted by someone who enjoys watching others waste time disagreeing with them, until they said something about social media in the end that's much less far out there and makes me conclude the comment is likely actually genuine.
It's also kinda rude to assume someone is joking when they were actually serious, so yeah one tends to get taken seriously when in doubt...
