NateNate60

NateNate60 , 1 month ago to 196 in Harm Reduction Rule

The Russian military is known to employ "disinformation officers" to spread discord or undermine trust in Western democracies online. A very common talking point they use is how the US (or whatever other country's citizens they are targeting) is a fascist state and your vote doesn't count, so you should not vote. Other common tactics include deliberately bringing up obscure conspiracy theories to lend them more credibility, spreading fake news, and posting lots of comments that sound right at a first glance but are complete BS once you think about them/research them. They are known to target both left and right-leaning people.

Generally, the most vulnerable are those who are not aware of their presence (and thus absorb the ideas like a sponge) or already hold the extreme political views they spread. These people are likely to propagate the content in question, increasing the damage. Remember, their goal is not to convince you to agree with them—it's to get you to distrust your government and your country's institutions.

Disinformation officers aren't an idea unique to Russia. China has also been accused of hiring people to do the same thing ("wumaos"), and the Israeli army openly brags about their disinformation officers, although they don't call them that, obviously.

The picture depicts one such (alleged) Russian disinformation officer. I am using it to accuse the parent commenter of being a disinformation officer or someone who repeats the ideas spread by a disinformation officer.

NateNate60 , 1 month ago to 196 in Harm Reduction Rule

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9d375559-608e-45b5-a3e6-c2dc28c6f1d2.jpeg

NateNate60 , 1 month ago to 196 in Harm Reduction Rule

A referendum will be held alongside the general election in Oregon, USA to switch to ranked-choice voting.

To any fellow Oregonians reading this, vote yes and tell all your friends to vote yes as well!

Register to vote:

• in Oregon
• in other US states

NateNate60 , 1 month ago to solarpunk memes in Two kinds of cowardice

School shooters have the ability to shoot back. Unarmed protestors don't. It's easy to act tough when you have $10,000 worth of tactical gear against a random group of university students.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in Mental health problem [inkcinct]

Well, it's many things. I just happened to pick the economy because that came to mind first, but the general idea of people being depressed because the ultra-wealthy and large corporations are fucking up the planet is still the same.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in Mental health problem [inkcinct]

That there is a mental heath crisis is completely correct and it needs to be addressed.

The problem lies not in calling it a mental health crisis, which it is, but in failing to recognise the cause of the crisis (deteriorating living standards and the collapse of middle and working class wealth) That is what this comic is trying to say.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in Top post of PCMR on Reddit today XD

The Linux infiltration of PC gaming communities has been one of the most successful covert operations in the history of espionage. So successful that the agents don't even need to hide their identities.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to Technology in Reddit embracing all out enshittification

I really would like to quit Reddit but I have to admit that Reddit has a lot more variety in terms of content, so I'll keep using it until Boost for Reddit finally breaks for good.

50% of the content on Lemmy falls into four categories:

• Posts complaining about Reddit
• Linux memes
• Commieposting
• Porn

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in Linux Salesman

To get someone to explain the joke, you have to spell it "Petah".

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to solarpunk memes in It's Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong

I agree with that statement. I also never claimed they were a Nazi. Surely your reading comprehension is not that poor, right?

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to solarpunk memes in It's Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong

There is no "content" at all. No context on which to dispel my assumptions.

Humans make generalisations from incomplete data, and the generalisation I make is that OP doesn't realise that the point they are trying to make is (1) extremely poorly made and (2) conducive to being confused for a Nazi.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to solarpunk memes in It's Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong

No offence but this is the same shit that Nazis post with a caption complaining about how Jews control the Government.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in least paranoid arch user

A person who uploads videos discussing technology to YouTube is a tech YouTuber, notwithstanding the originality of those videos.

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in least paranoid arch user

That's true. But paranoid people often mistake how much of a shit others give about being spied upon

NateNate60 , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in least paranoid arch user

Well, it's Mental Outlaw. He's a contender for one of the most paranoid tech YouTubers out there.