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DRAMA MAMA

BENOFTHEWEEK

Fiction, News, Drama, Entertainment News, Comedy

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode of Drama Mama, our host Ben brings a lighthearted yet eye-opening perspective to the wild world of online content. With his trademark wit, Ben dives into the hilarious yet concerning reality of people taking online videos at face value instead of putting on their critical thinking caps. He'll have you in stitches as he questions the "wild west" vibe of the online space, poking fun at the lack of fact-checking and balance. And guess what? TikTok as a news source? Ben's got thoughts! Join in for an episode where Drama Mama dishes out laughs while nudging us to be a bit savvier about the content we consume online. It's a ride you won't want to miss, filled with laughs, eye-rolls, and a sprinkle of digital wisdom. Go to https://Zocdoc.com/MAMA and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaYouTube Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaBENOFTHEWEEK If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/DramaMamaBENOFTHEWEEK Follow Ben on YouTube Follow Ben on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Momos.
0:04.0	Throughout history, since the dawn of time,
0:08.0	every single generation of humans
0:11.0	looks at the previous generation, you know, their parents generation
0:14.7	tells themselves that they will not become like them when they grow up.
0:19.4	Gen Z people look at millennials, clown on them, look at them trying to make a
0:26.5	tick talk of like a bachelorette party where they like transition from their
0:30.9	clothes into like their dresses and the transition is like
0:35.1	four seconds fucking off and it's too like a Taylor Swift song it doesn't even make sense
0:40.1	and then millennials look at boomers that raised them,
0:45.0	believing every single news article that they see on Facebook saying that
0:50.0	QAnon is behind Starbucks or some shit.
0:57.0	And they tell themselves that they won't become that,
0:59.0	and then they do, in their own little ways.
1:05.0	I'm saying all this because I've seen time after time after time on Tik-talk
1:16.0	Gen Z and millennial people let's just say young people as fucking group them all together
1:21.5	doing the exact same shit that we clown old people for.
1:28.6	We laugh at our parents when they like believe the most ridiculous headline off of
1:37.0	Facebook and then we'll see a Tik-talk that says so I just were to study that
1:41.3	and then believe it word for word.
1:46.0	That's what we're going to get into today.
1:48.0	Media literacy, among other things.
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