Some people spend too much time online and it shows. There are some very drama filled spaces where it seems like people purposely follow things that make them angry and assume everyone else should be as angry as they are.

I know the algorithms encourage it, but people need to just disengage and stop giving bandwidth to the rage bait stuff.

She couldn't pay for better press, their vitriol is making her a bloody fortune.

Trump also comes to mind, one thing he has always been is a master of is free press coverage. He's such an enraging clown it won him the Presidency.

The press is only concerned with ratings, so they rage bait every chance they get with 24-7 coverage.

Some people spend too much time online and it shows. There are some very drama filled spaces where it seems like people purposely follow things that make them angry and assume everyone else should be as angry as they are.

I know the algorithms encourage it, but people need to just disengage and stop giving bandwidth to the rage bait stuff.

I agree with you, but do you have to say it like that?

Bruh! Im with you on this for sure! Its that weird feeling when someone ridin the exact same wave as you, but they’re just flappin around on their board.

Its like Im ridin this clean, glassy idea-barrel, feelin all enlightened and tubular, and suddenly this dude drops in behind me on their moms foam board and suddenly starts shouting the same thing, but in the like most uncoolest way possible. And Im just sittin there like, “Dude… why you gotta make our shared thought like that?”

Honestly, it does feel like they just catchin my swell instead of finding their own. Whole thing just tastes like sunscreen and feels like sand in the wetsuit, right my man.

Ai everything

Nuclear

"uhhh... Copilot says the cooling rods aren't necessary."

🚨🚨🚨

Dude, I was still against it back when it was argued as "relatively safe" lol

You know, before AI.

Can you imagine a single one of these trained monkey CEOs being handed the keys to a shiny new nuclear power plant at this point?? Good god, hahaha

I love those. They always catch me off guard and I usually choke on whatever I was eating/drinking at the time lol

Best one I heard was a guy explaining all the bargain basement things the government does wrong, how to fight bad policy via local elections, supporting quality changes and movementd, and then ending it on flat earth because the government made up round earth too lol.

theres a sub/community for that, selfawarewolves.

I actually feel like that's the opposite, where someone you usually can't stand makes a very well articulated and reasonable point. I enjoy those moments because it showcases dynamic character, "This person you dislike is still capable of critical thinking and worth engaging with from time to time." That tends to restore my faith in humanity a lot lol

While this quote can be found all over the internet, attributed to Nietzsche, I'm unable to find even a single source reference, no mention anywhere of from where it originates. Do you know for certain that it's from Nietzsche? I'm starting to get the feeling that it has been misattributed to him.

I mean that's... Like, a lot of what they've released from the Epstein files was stuff so crazy that just talking about it makes you sound like a lunatic, I feel like that happens a lot. There are real conspiracies that are grounded in material aims and of a realistic scope, but there's so much added in that most reasonable people don't have the energy to sift through all the bullshit. Trying to unravel real conspiracies will ruin your life if you're not clever and careful.

The thing is while the jet fuel would not have outright melted steel beams, it would certainly have weakened them enough to compromise the building's structural integrity. But ironically a lot of conspiracy theorists care more about being right than learning the truth, so will not care about nuance or acting in good faith.

You can see similar issues with anti-vaxers objecting to vaccines as unsafe because of outliers. Correlation is enough to prove them right on their points but unimportant for statistics that counter them.

It took me a while to "get" and especially get into Evangelion, and I realized halfway through that was because I was missing a lot of inherent lore that the average Japanese person, specifically young males, have as a native install. A lot to do with the typical sort of standoffish paternal dynamics I was misinterpreting as exceptional and poorly explained, whereas it might typically be seen as otherwise redundant and poor storywriting there, as well as themes of both shame and societal/filial duty.

I grew up as a western latchkey kid with no concept of most of that, at least as a rule if not the exception. The idea of a protagonist with no agency for "no reason" was extremely annoying for me to parse. And I couldn't figure out why for the longest time, because I love stories with self-sabotaging protagonists like Bojack and Better Call Saul. It felt unearned and awkwardly paced to me, but that was just my own western lens coloring my bias.

Overall, I still think the anime is trash. But at least now I can respect it lol

I would've upvoted you, but ...

I don't care if someone is rude. I care if they're willing to discuss in good faith.

Someone being nice to me on here but seems to be manipulative is far worse in my view than someone who is aggressive and nasty but intellectually honest.

Ditto!

Come on, that's not fair. Only like 80%.

And seriously probably much fewer if you disregard online and late-stage teenagers.

He is hard to like.

he never takes it off because the muscles are from the suit and not antony starr

I forgive some of the console users. I do not forgive the console makers.

Consoles with their exclusivity and unique & DRM'd hardware are extremely bad for game preservation.