Reddit's r/astronomy really is an insight into the modern human brain. Every single day there are the following:
- 10 photos saying "what is this star" (just google "star map" ffs)
- 5 photos of the Pleiades saying "what's this" (see above)
- 3 photos asking is this internal camera reflection a UFO (You didn't see a blue sphere in the sky, so why would it be real!?)
- 8 videos of Starlink (How have you not heard of them at this point)
- 4 photos of planes??
- 3 interesting posts about astronomy
We live in the internet age, so how on earth did "ability to google search" end up in the same chronic generational decline as "ability to use a sewing machine" did for our parents???
@ExoHugh
The internet has evolved tremendously over time, as has the experience of those who use it.
If you had the misfortune of growing up with Facebook as your formative internet experience it's perfectly natural to not know how to search: search for specific content on FB is just impossible, if you vaguely remember some post on there you better ask all your friends and hope someone saved the deep link because otherwise you'll never see it again. Similarly on Instagram, don't know about TikTok or any other big social media.
