Facebook's Secret Study: Our Platform Makes You Depressed

EPISODE · Nov 30, 2025 · 54 MIN

Facebook's Secret Study: Our Platform Makes You Depressed

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Send us Fan Mail30,000 people paid $6 for boxes of actual cow dung on Black Friday. Meanwhile, Facebook buried a study proving their platform causes depression.Jack Austin and Adam Garcia uncover Meta's hidden mental health research and count down the wildest Black Friday disasters.**This Week's Stories:**✓ Facebook's buried "Project Mercury" study on mental health damage✓ UK considers scrapping jury trials for crimes under 5 years✓ Cornwall man's Mini Cooper swallowed by sinkhole overnight✓ Satoshi's Bitcoin fortune drops $41 billion✓ Chinese man wins 33-hour "lying flat" competition✓ Top 5 Black Friday disasters of all time**Black Friday Hall of Fame:**#5: REI closes all stores, pays staff to go outside#4: Patagonia accidentally raises $10 million#3: 30,000 buy literal bullsh*t for $6#2: Woman pepper sprays 20 people for Xbox#1: Walmart stampede tragedy**Sources:**- Facebook mental health study: Reuters- UK jury trials proposal: The Guardian- Cornwall Mini sinkhole: The Guardian  - Satoshi Bitcoin wealth: Decrypt- China lying flat contest: NDTV**Key quotes:**"The Earth ate my Mini""That's a really crap Black Friday deal""I wonder if vintage bullsh*t is worth more than Bitcoin"**Timestamps:**00:00 Facebook's buried mental health study00:11 UK scrapping jury trials00:26 Satoshi loses $41 billion00:42 Mini falls into Cornwall sinkhole00:48 China's 33-hour lying competition00:53 Black Friday Top 5 countdown🎧 New episodes weekly💬 Would you buy bullsh*t for charity?🔔 Subscribe for more unfiltered news commentary#BlackFriday #Facebook #Meta #Bitcoin #UK #News #Top5 #Podcast #TemporallyScriptedSubscribe to our channel on YouTubeCheck out our website at temporallyscripted.comFollow us on X, too!

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