strangefolk
strangefolk t1_izq91eh wrote
Reply to comment by slylock215 in Mr Show- Operation Hell on Earth. by timeye13
90s comedy was actually funny.
strangefolk t1_ixurjrt wrote
Reply to comment by Independent_Buy5152 in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair
>Didn't they know that there were prisoners on board?
No, they just look like transport ships.
Imagine finding out later you attacked and killed a few thousand of your own people.
strangefolk t1_iweooib wrote
Reply to How to shuck corn without leaving silk by Billybluejeans
he-wea-goe
strangefolk t1_iu7xp5p wrote
Reply to comment by xenoghost1 in Blackouts worsen in Ukraine; fighting rages on many fronts by lustfulcuties
>they will triumph, for their cause is a righteous cause.
That's not how this works, reddit...
strangefolk t1_iu7t2qc wrote
Reply to comment by amish_fortnite_gamer in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates
I don't have anything more to add. Per my previous comment, your etymology is a manipulative shell game engineered to distract.
strangefolk t1_iu7rguq wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrick in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates
>Where / how / with who were you expecting to see this adult conversation about what was censored?
Social media platforms have never been clear about what warrants a ban, including when CDC changed their recommendations. Aren't these conversations the job of the corporate media?
But the arbitrary and malicious enforcement really showed it to be a political cudgel. You have to be a real partisan hack to cry about hate speech, ban Jordan Peterson, but then keep ISIS and the Taliban online. I donno, in my perfect world none of it would be censored at anytime so there is no 'good' way to do it anyway.
strangefolk t1_iu7ow0f wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrick in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates
Maybe, but it was never expressed that way.
Those items that were 'dangerous misinformation' one day just suddenly weren't censored anymore. There was never an adult conversation about what was censored, why, when, and why that perspective will no longer be physically removed from the conversation from this point onward. Thinking people notice when you don't let them have a full conversation and then suddenly change the rules. And I don't regard that as a coincidence or an honest mistake.
strangefolk t1_iu7n6ht wrote
Reply to comment by amish_fortnite_gamer in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates
I've seen this before and I'm sure it's true. Cute, but neither term was in common usage. The real reason it's used is because it's a more polite way to call someone a liar and/or an idiot.
The goal, as defined by how we saw it used not what people say it's for - like in your link, is to shoot down opposing views as wrongthink, not simply clarify a misunderstanding. That's what I mean when I say these terms are politicized.
strangefolk t1_iu7gtvo wrote
Reply to comment by ShadowPooper in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates
Even the terms 'dis' or 'mis' information are totally political, started by folks on the establishment left who control the language. When I see people talking about 'fact checking disinformation' all I see is people who want to control the narrative. Just look at how the CDC guidelines for COVID have changed. In some cases what's labeled 'misinformation' today is accepted truth in 6 months. Hell, I'm still banned from a sub for questioning the utility of masks and I'm just a fat guy nobody on reddit. That's how viciously and quickly the censorship trickled down.
You see the right taking on the same language game now which is always the que that new a vocabulary and definitions will be developed by the leftist academic establishment.
strangefolk t1_it3a4ev wrote
Reply to comment by FreezingRobot in German leader warns against 'worldwide renaissance' for coal by Wagamaga
They threw it all into solar/wind in a place with little sun and wind. And those don't provide baseload power anyway. Fashionable energy policy makes brown-outs.
strangefolk t1_j6ah2w2 wrote
Reply to comment by Jonty95 in Ukraine: ‘Fast-track’ talks underway for missiles, planes by bluelotus214
Reddit loves war, but hates nukes. They don't see the connection.