Remote Amazon tribe finally connects to internet — only to wind up hooked on porn, social media

New York Post ^ | June 4, 2024 | Andrew Court

[billorites]

A reclusive tribe in the Amazon finally got hooked up to the internet, thanks to Elon Musk — only to be torn apart by social media and pornography addiction, elders complain.

Brazil’s 2,000-member Marubo tribe has been left bitterly divided by the arrival of the Tesla founder’s Starlink service nine months ago, which connected the remote rainforest community along the Ituí River to the web for the first time.

“When it arrived, everyone was happy,” Tsainama Marubo, 73, told The New York Times.

“But now, things have gotten worse. Young people have gotten lazy because of the internet, they’re learning the ways of the white people.”

The Marubo are a chaste tribe, who even frown upon kissing in public — but Alfredo Marubo (all Marubo use the same last name) said he is anxious that the arrival of the service, which delivers super-fast internet to far-flung corners of the planet and has been billed as a game-changer by Musk, could upend standards of decorum.

Alfredo said many young Marubo men have been sharing porn videos in group chats and he has already observed more “aggressive sexual behavior” in some of them.

“We’re worried young people are going to want to try it,” he said of the kinky sex acts they’ve suddenly been exposed to on screen.

“Everyone is so connected that sometimes they don’t even talk to their own family.”

Starlink works by connecting antennas to 6,000 low-orbiting satellites.

The necessary antennas were donated to the tribe by American entrepreneur Allyson Reneau.

Initially, the internet was heralded as a positive for the remote tribe who were able to quickly contact authorities for help with emergencies, including potentially deadly snake bites.

“It’s already saved lives,” Enoque Marubo, 40, stated.

It has also opened up a world of possibilities for young

[billorites]

No apparent objections from the HOA.

[suasponte137]

I thought this was a Babylon Bee article from the headline.

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

It’s gotten worse here, too. It just happened more gradually so nobody noticed.

[RoosterRedux]

Wait until they discover the cat videos on youtube. Famine on the way.

[Tell It Right]

I thought this was a Babylon Bee article from the headline.

#MeToo! The Bee stings even when it doesn't.

[SaveFerris]

(A reclusive tribe in the Amazon finally got hooked up to the internet)

Now they can order stuff ... from Amazon.

[FLT-bird]

Porn and social media. Of course. LOL!

[Magnum44]

Wait until they discover the cat videos...

[Ezekiel]

It’s a fine line, innit.

The Bee, Mel Brooks, Monty Python..?

[Red Badger]

Every Eden must have its serpent..................

[Red Badger]

🙄......................

[Ezekiel]

Is that like selling ice to Eskimos?

[Thank You Rush]

“”It’s gotten worse here, too. It just happened more gradually so nobody noticed.””

Hope they never get smart phones down there - they’ll really be in trouble. Yes, the internet has good but also a lot of “bad”. I’m surprised they have the equipment to access the internet; electricity? I think the cell phones are a bigger menace to society - stage a violent event, film it, post it - IMMEDIATE recognition...

Saw some footage this a.m., of illegals crossing the border - with phones. I know the phones may be provided to them but who pays for the service - who gets the bill?

[Magnum44]

Every Eden must have its serpent..........

[SunkenCiv]

Sounds like they’ll be Marubing one out pretty often from now on.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[logi_cal869]

I struggle to believe that it’s not.

[Bob434]

noticing a LOT of ethnic people videos (usually from asian folks) of ‘struggling young single mothers’ who must do everything to care for her children- while supposedly avoiding criminal men who seem to be everywhere, and attack without abandon even though a camera is catching it all lol-

It’s all fake- every day there is a new ‘life threatening disaster’ that the woman needs to solve or escape from-

I looked it up, and its estimated that all these ‘young single vulnerable young mothers’ in the videos are getting abotu $1000 or so a month if they can get the clicks- a lot of the previews show their young child being eaten by a huge snake, or dangling off a cliff, or the woman beign attacked by men etc-

pure theater-

[x]

And just like that -- Richard Dreyfuss has the premise for a new movie.

[Mercat]

There’s a wonderful movie about people in remote places all over the world watching the Soccer World Cup. In the Sahara they ride a bus, with people hanging off the roof to the only place within hundreds of miles to hook up their tiny black and white TV. I Mongolia they travel on horse back to a Russian guard house. In the Amazon primitive natives sneak through the judge to watch it at an Argentinian guardhouse where the electricity is run by a guy on a bicycle running the generator. Cool movie.