As someone in my discord server said - “the best way to make politicians anti-facial recognition might be to use it on them”.

@unimagine On the one hand this is stupid because being on your phone or computer doesnt mean you arent paying attention.

On the other hand if it pisses off politicians and gets them in trouble for stupid shit maybe it will get them to hate facial recognition and start taking it seriously... so maybe its stupid in the most brilliant of ways...

@freemo @unimagine Oh bugger that, it means you're not paying attention *by definition.* I'm so sick of talking to people who are clearly doing something else, asking them to pay attention, being told "But I AM paying attention," and then having them demonstrate 3-4 minutes later that they didn't hear about 50% of what I said.

These people are in charge of a society, that's not something you should be able to get away with being distracted from lol

@magus

Many people can not pay attention to many things at onc. I have no doubt **some** people you see on their phone wont recall what you are saying. Others on the other hand have better mental faculties and can do one thing on their phone while completely paying attention to everything you say.

I find it absolutely infuriating and silly when someone assumes **everyone** is incapable of effectively multitasking without reduced attention. I have absolutely no problem doing multiple things at once with no impact on my retention, why should I be penalizaed for someone elses poor mental skills.

These people may be distracted, they may not. I personally dont know anything about their mental abilities. Assuming we hired smart people (a big if I know) for our politicians then they should be more than capable to review their phone and follow along at the same time.

Also not ewe have no clue what they are doing on their phone, they may very well be looking up information relative to the conversation (like the definition of a word or pulling up a world map).

@unimagine

@freemo @unimagine Yeah, nah, I'm not falling for that "I can do it, don't assume I can't just because you can't" thing, thanks.

I don't think some salty multitasking apologist's thoughts take precedent over ancient Chinese wisdom for me.

@magus

I will take my proven track record over some generic chinese symbol any day. I've had my multitasking abilities challenge before with this sort of archaic thinking (and an attempt to control others to a sense of confirmity)... every single time when someone goes "ok what did I just say then?" I recite it back perfectly.

Yea sorry not going to assume everyone is the same and has the same ability and then judge people by those standards... thats just silly

@unimagine

@freemo @unimagine Sure buddy, continue to half-learn lessons then. Your excuses for your inability to concentrate are not my problem.

@magus

AS a scholar and scientist where learning is a part of every day life I think im just fine thanks. Literally when i do less multitasking my work gets WORSE. I know how my brain works and have more than enough of a track record to show I know whats best for my own retention.

But hey, keep telling everyone their brains operate the same and force them all to learn and listen in exactly the same ways, im sure that will be WAYYYY better, lol

@unimagine