"Media makes the massage"

We love a good massage don't we? Well, let's replace those hands with media. A massage reduces your critical thinking. Slows down everything that we want to focus on. Relax...it's all good.

Loosens the muscles OR desensitizes you to distressing pain. The media makes your reaction to potentially violent images and stories 'less'. You're loose so who cares? These are just videos of people hurting each other...not me. Swipe.

We believe we have a certain part of our body that needs 'work' on so we keep focusing on that. Media platforms helps your confirmation bias so it ultimately becomes an echo chamber. My lower back, my right wing beliefs, my shoulder, my tik tok feed, and so on and so on. Echo chamber.

The media is the massage has very similar effects to us. They both interact with our senses and influence our mental and physical health. Always nice to have a good massage but too much might lead to pain or just flat out...dullness.

Balance yourself accordingly.