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    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Gross

    Please, for the love of God, VOTE! (pawb.social)

    I don't like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    You were lied to. It should work that way but it doesn't, and that -really- sucks.

    But now what do you do with that understanding? Do you continue to try and will the lie into being, or do you act according to the truth?

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    It's because Epstein's island is a honeypot </tinfoil-hat>

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    ...and now they haunt me. Damn my over vivid imagination.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    "End Times" YouTube is amazing right now, just saying...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I just mean the whole end times culture over there, but yeah...basically. That and religious grifters, with a sprinkling of true believers.

    I find it all fascinating.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Here's my gangly dork:

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/39a5c66a-d300-40ba-b1a7-29e2978a2242.png

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    People love a good strawperson

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    No, THATS transphobic.

    gottem

    GardenVarietyAnxiety , (edited )

    Edit: I'm getting a lot of replies that seem to miss the point that I'm advocating -for- men...

    As someone with life experience on both sides of this issue...

    Seriously, this meme is bullshit. Yes, it is a fact that men are also on the receiving end of domestic abuse.

    Statistically speaking, however, women get the lion's share of receiving it, while men are culturally groomed to be emotionally closed off. (At least here in the states)

    Google is taking these statistics into account when returning search results in an attempt to get the most relevant information to the user.

    Is that Google's problem or a larger cultural issue?

    Does absolute equality in Google search results push the needle toward change?

    Does posting a meme that highlights a "problem" lacking context (or purported purpose, as stated by OP in another comment) affect change in the way the issue is understood, or does it just serve to generate emotion and engagement?

    If you (meaning anyone) genuinely want to affect change on this issue, you need to educate yourself on what's actually happening. Talk to your family and friends about it and lessen its impact on future generations.

    Shit doesn't just change. We make it change.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    You had a very well reasoned and written response, and I disagree with virtually none of it. I just feel like posting emotionally provocative content like this hurts more than it helps, if it helps at all.

    That being said I was citing statistics as a metric Google's algorithm uses to return results. Everything you said fits into the "We need to educate ourselves" portion of my initial reply.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I didn't minimize anything. I pointed out how googles algorithm used statistics to deliver search results and then urged people to educate themselves about the issue to start building a foundation for meaningful change.

    How did this meme help the conversation?

    Do you think the comments seem divisive?

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Thanks for this. You summed up what I was trying to say nicely.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    That's fair.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    No one is telling you that here. I said nothing like that and Google is literally an algorithm.

    If someone encouraging others to educate themselves so that fewer people have to know the pain you felt makes you feel like you matter less, and I mean this in a genuinely positive way, you might need to work on that.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I think you're absolutely right on all accounts, and the faster we educate ourselves about these issues the faster we can put enough societal pressure on google to change.

    I don't feel like this kind of meme helps the conversation, though. You don't even have to look past the comments to see the divisiveness it's generated.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Yelling, in this context, is abuse. Full stop. But Google "understands" abuse as physical, and considering that:

    Emotional abuse can and often does escalate, and
    The power dynamic alone gives men an overwhelming ability to escalate to physical abuse.

    In the black and white world of math, that message is more relevant to women than men.

    We have got to stop treating faceless corporations and their algorithms as people. They are not people. We have to treat google like an unemotional robot, because at the end of the day that's exactly what it is.

    Look at the divisiveness here... This is rage, not progress.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Trust me, I grew up in a family where the women fucked us up. They still -are.- I understand it.

    I'm genuinely asking, though... Where did I call for anyone to fix women's issues?

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    How am I trying to censor the issue when I specifically called out the need to educate and communicate about the underlying societal causes?

    Look at the division here. Is this type of communication helpful to the issue?

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    This isn't a shit post. This manosphere division shit doesn't create awareness, it just prolongs the problem.

    I am literally advocating for men...

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    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Honestly, I think most homophobia comes from envy... Of course you're going to be furious watching others live the life you can't due to undue shame.

    Misery loves company.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    That's very true

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    We had a whole documentary about this...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I mean... this is technically true.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Gross.

    Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports (www.reuters.com)

    Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports::Walmart is in talks to buy smart-television manufacturer Vizio for more than $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, a move that could bolster its advertising business and give it control of more than a fifth of the U.S. television market.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    In 2077

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I'm not an AI hater, but I am deeply unsettled by political AI content...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I'm assuming it's AI. That arm near the center isn't attached to anything, and the faces just look off.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    The first time I was a mod on a forum (2001) I deleted a single post from, and temp banned a known troll harassing another user... I was removed as a mod so fast it made my head spin, and was talked to about it all...

    Turns out a small forum ran by a bunch of nerds (I mean that affectionately) in the early 2000's was pretty pro-free speech.

    Don't think just because -you- would ban someone for criticism that it's "normal," especially while unironically using the word "normies" in the next sentence.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    blabbering

    Okay, I could and should have just stopped there, bhuuuut...

    This is a cultural argument, though, I'm talking about Russian-speaking web

    That's pretty telling, regarding the stance you're taking... That being said; everyone else is talking about a site owned and run in the US.

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    I don't understand anything you just said

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    They can't take my hard drives...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/178ec874-84c4-4110-a2fc-d22a4041da44.webm

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    Yes. It's social media.

    Raspberry Pi is planning a London IPO, but its CEO expects “no change” in focus (arstechnica.com)

    The business arm of Raspberry Pi is preparing to make an initial public offering (IPO) in London. CEO Eben Upton tells Ars that should the IPO happen, it will let Raspberry Pi's not-for-profit side expand by "at least a factor of 2X." And while it's "an understandable thing" that Raspberry Pi enthusiasts could be concerned,...

    GardenVarietyAnxiety ,

    RIP Rpi

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