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“Iliketothinkofmyselfasalogicalperson thatbelievesinhardtruthandscience.But eversincethisyearstarteditfeelslikebad thingshavebeenhappeningoneafteranother andit’sbeenmakingmethinkIvebeen cursed.DoyouthinkIshouldwaitthisoutor shouldItrytotakefateintomyownhandsand curemybadkarma?Andifyestothe

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effect where users are only seeing content they want to see; such a concept is great for gaming videos, but not things like two-sided real-world issues.

Students at Discovery started to use the internet at very young ages. Zimri Baxter, a freshman at DHS, started to use the internet at the age of five. The amount of data algorithms can get on a person is simply determined by how long they use the internet; this also gives algorithms a chance to sort people into groups, since most people will enjoy having their beliefs reaffirmed.

“MostlyYouTube, just news channels,” said Baxter when asked where they got their news from. Baxter was unable to list any specific channels they received their news from.

For DHS junior Maddox Bauman, they perceived knowing what's real or fake as something that was going to become a challenge.

“With the coming AI stuff, it’s getting harder,” Bauman said.

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howdoIdo?”-AnonymousStudent

Unless recently you have met a witch, or Rumpelstiltskin, it’s unlikely you have been cursed. I’m a more logical person as well,and so, in this case, we can think in terms of probability. Sure, because of theoretical probability, you might think “these things shouldn’t be happening!” However, it’s probability—it’s inherently random!

Just because we calculate or think we know the most likely thing to happen doesn’t mean it will happen. I could be struck down by lightning while I’m typing this! It’s unlikely to happen, but still could! I’m sure there’s no one that would want to curse you anyway. You might have experienced a lot of negative things in a row, some of them could even be consequences of your own actions, but it doesn’t mean that your circumstances can’t improve later out of chance. Inherently, luck goes both ways!

Keep in mind that life is just hard sometimes too. Of course, if you want to cure your—supposed—bad karma by putting positive things into the world, or just do it whether you have bad karma or not, no one’s stopping you! :)

-AnonymousStudent

It’s good that you’re being more considerate when referring to people. If you’re struggling with pronouns, try and make it a habit of asking when you talk to someone. A quick check in of pronouns can be really considerate to the person. If you don’t know someone’s pronouns, I recommend just using their name. If you mess up, it’s easy to apologize—and you don’t need an excuse—then you can move on with their correct pronouns in mind.

”Iwantabagelrealbad”

-Anonymous Student

Get yourself a bagel! Bagels are delicious and you have every right to want one. Personally, toasted with cream cheese is the best combination for a bagel, or add some locks and top with capers if you’re a fan of fish. I hope you can get a bagel soon and devour it.