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Too much blame on the individual and not enough blame on the system of oppression but it is funny none the less.

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[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Too much blame on the individual and not enough blame on the system

I agree. Bibi is a symptom, not the actual malady.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same with Trump. They're tumors rather than the underlying cancer.

A tumor can still kill you and spread cancerous cells throughout the system, though, so it's important not to neglect eradication of the symptoms as well as the underlying disease.

[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Many seem to believe that if Trump died in office, the situation would return to a normalcy from before his first administration. It's tiresome, lazy thinking.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Things will never return to normal and will continue to get worse for generations until Americans grow a fucking brain and realize we're not special.

[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Society will not return to the past.

The consensus of uneasy contentment with the status quo has been shattered, and the pressures toward change are immense.

The way forward, whether it develops favorably or unfavorably, will be new and different.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It will definitely be different, but it won't begin to get better until we've exhausted all the solutions that got us here

[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Understanding the past developments with clarity opens a chance to achieve effective solutions for the most serious problems.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What system would that be? And what would the system have to look like to prevent this from happening?

[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

At minimum, it would be necessary to dismantle settler-colonialism in Palestine, meaning an end to the "Jewish state".

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm very curious about the typing cursor at the end of the text, there... 🤨

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah seriously, I thought that cursors didn't show in screenshots.

Also, why is there a cursor in a Tweet? Did they turn on caret browsing or just hit F7 by mistake?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

caret browsing

Broke: Caret browsing

Woke: Claret browsing

Bespoke: Vodka stumbling

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

At first I was like, this is fake. Anybody can just type something and take a screenshot of it as if it's a real source.

But it just seems overly careless, like weirdly so. I dunno.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 3 months ago

Inaccessible image of pure text: this post could have been plain text.Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

  • usability
    • we can't quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
    • text search is unavailable
    • the system can't
      • reflow text to varied screen sizes
      • vary presentation (size, contrast)
      • vary modality (audio, braille)
  • accessibility
    • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
    • some users can't read the image due to lack of alt text (markdown image description)
    • users can't adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
    • systems can't read the text to them or send it to braille devices
  • searchability: the "text" isn't indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
  • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
    • image breaks
    • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

Copypastas count as memes.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Somewhere between 5 and 19,000 years.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can’t be 19,000 because world is only 6,500 years old.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Depends whether you measure it in dog world years

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, everything checks out. He is two worlds and 6000 years old.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

9 years older than bibi do the math because i ain't