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minus-squareseraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agowhat in the actual 1984 is that thumbnail (and that slogan)
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as a metaphor to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts.
minus-squareseraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoyes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant “what the fuck”
what in the actual 1984 is that thumbnail (and that slogan)
It’s showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as a metaphor to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts.
yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant “what the fuck”