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Taking a break from social media

She or he is not really taking a break off social media. They are no longer interested in you. You have become a secondary option, a Plan B, the gay best friend. You chump.
Boy: "I haven't seen or heard from you in a week, how you been?"
Girl: "Yeah, I been taking a break from social media. Thanks for helping me return my AC unit. I'll buy you coffee!"
by ChueyFuey June 7, 2025
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A field of study that uses sociological, anthropological, political, and economic frameworks to analyze how social media platforms shape human behavior, community formation, power dynamics, and cultural production. It examines phenomena like algorithmic governance, influencer economies, digital labor, online identity formation, and the transformation of public discourse. By applying social science tools—ethnography, network analysis, surveys, critical theory—to social media, it moves beyond superficial engagement metrics to understand how platforms mediate social life, reproduce inequality, and create new forms of belonging and exclusion.
Social Sciences Applied to Social Media Example: “Her research applied sociology to TikTok, showing how the algorithm’s preference for controversy pushed creators toward increasingly extreme content—a social science lens revealing the structural drivers of online polarization.”
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A complementary field that integrates humanities disciplines—history, philosophy, literature, cultural studies, media studies—into the analysis of social media. It asks questions about meaning, narrative, identity, ethics, and historical continuity. Where social sciences focus on structures and behaviors, human sciences explore the symbolic dimensions: how social media becomes a site for storytelling, selfhood, and cultural memory. It also critically examines the philosophical assumptions built into platform design and the ethical implications of algorithmic mediation.
Example: “Using human sciences applied to social media, he analyzed how Instagram’s aesthetic norms reproduced colonial-era visual hierarchies, turning self-presentation into a politics of visibility and exclusion.”
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A field that applies psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive anthropology to understand how social media affects attention, memory, decision‑making, and emotional regulation. It investigates phenomena like doomscrolling, addiction mechanics, echo chambers, and the cognitive load of managing multiple identities online. By treating the user as a cognitive agent, it reveals how platforms are designed to exploit vulnerabilities in human information processing—attention loops, confirmation bias, social validation—and how users can develop metacognitive strategies to resist manipulation.
Example: “Cognitive sciences applied to social media explained why outrage spreads faster than nuance: the brain’s negativity bias is amplified by algorithmic rewards, creating a feedback loop that shapes public discourse.”
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U.S. Medical University of South Carolina

U.S. Medical University of South Carolina is the Establishment Founded in 1824 in Charleston. Is a NURSING HOME, INFANT BIRTH CENTER & DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S. VETERANS AFFAIRS of many years in The Holy City aka Charleston. also, birth year of October 22, 1988 (Saturday)
U.S. Medical University of South Carolina as the office of the infant & patient of OCTOBER 22, 1988 (SATURDAY) aka holy saturday. the military brat, of the, sergeant major aka SMG. united states Servicemember, u.s. military spouse, u.s. military brat, u.s. military dependent as united states military cadet as a u.s. military cadet first lieutenant and u.s. midshipman cadet lieutenant junior grade. daughter of the private aka pvt, u.s. servicemember, u.s. military spouse, u.s. military spouse & united states military brat as midshipman. United States Military Brat & United States Military Dependent. USA
by Kion Shariff Fulton Wilson, SC January 13, 2023
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EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!!

Line the Heavy from Team Fortress Classic when calling for the Medick.
"EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!! EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!! EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!! EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!! EXCUSE ME, I'M IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION!!!!!" -Heavy
"SHUT THE FUCK UP HEAVY, I HEARD YOU, SHUT THE FUCK UP" -Very Mad Medick
by DemoknighTeamFortressTheSecond February 28, 2025
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