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Ech

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  • Indian med student rakes in thousands with AI-generated MAGA hottie

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  • Pretty much every form of content these days is engagement bait. As it turns out, the only things advertisers care to clutch their pearls over in the modern age is sex and drugs. The only concern otherwise is getting as many eyes on it as possible, and nothing gets attention quite like outrage.

  • Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says

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  • Frustrating waiting for people to realize it's all intentional.

  • How adventurous are you with music?

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  • I'm not sure I would call myself "adventurous" - I know what I like and generally stick to it - but I've also realized that new, interesting music isn't just going to fall into my lap, so I'll occasionally go seeking for new stuff, and I'll usually check out anything that gets recommended to me. At worst, I wasted a minute or two, but it's usually worth at least a listen, even of it's not something I'll look for more of.

  • Friday night! [Little World of Liz]

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  • Also reading it for the first time. I decided to just go with publication order. Seemed the most straight forward, hah. I'm enjoying it so far. Hope you do, too!

  • Friday night! [Little World of Liz]

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  • Literally me. (I'm reading Discworld)

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  • There's always been self-hating members of the oppressed, ranging from true believers to those that think being "one of the good ones" will save them.

  • Clarence Thomas Just Gave a Speech Blaming Progressivism for Hitler. It Was Mostly Just Sad.

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  • "We're hateful because you want us to not be." is such a dumb, lazy retort. It's not even an argument, just childish "Nu uh, you are" echoing of criticism. It somehow makes their bigotry worse than if they would actually put some effort into defending it.

  • Endgame [LoadingArtist]

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  • Maybe you're already aware, but even digital storage decays over time, both SSD and HDD. Granted, it's a decently long time, but worth keeping in mind for an "In case of Apocalypse" media storage device.

  • Deathbulge #84

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  • I was gonna make the same point, but Bruce Wayne canonically studied at Cambridge and across Europe. No way he's going through that without at least using the two interchangeably.

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  • There's propaganda against punks? I mean, I know the mild "troublemakers" label most get, but that generally applies to teens/YA in general.

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  • If he talked to that "trans friend" he definitely has, maybe he could find out what being trans is actually like and incorporate meaningful material about it. But no, he's just another bigoted rich asshole now. All he can see is his own "struggles" and that the world is "out to get him".

    *I was morbidly curious and looked up the transcript of his bit about her ('cause fuck listening to him) and wow, how does he think that is remotely supportive? He says the "magic" words ("trans women are women"), then spends the rest of the bit critiquing how well she passed, comparing her genitals to imitation meat, and lauding her for taking his and other people's abuse "well". Her only value seemed to be what she could provide to him. Also found out she committed suicide two years prior, so he's using a person as a shield/punching bag that can't even speak for herself. What a classless fucking move.

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  • Right, he was "only" targeting transgender people for money. Way better. /s

    Get bent, Dave. You became the thing you used to mock.

  • Trump says gas prices 'not very high' as most U.S. voters blame him for price spike

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  • Not mine, fwiw. It's circulated as "The Narcissist's Prayer" online.

  • Trump says gas prices 'not very high' as most U.S. voters blame him for price spike

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  • That didn't happen.And if it did, it wasn't that bad. <----And if it was, that's not a big deal.And if it is, that's not my fault.And if it was, I didn't mean it.And if I did, you deserved it.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • Perhaps. I'm gonna leave that determination up to the people doing the work, though. I don't think it's fair to try and convince a volunteer that an additional rule is or isn't too much work to manage.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • Take for example Harry Potter. In my personal opinion, the author is a trash person, and I personally will no longer invest my time, effort, or money into their franchise. However, the stories and lore and fan base are still good. There is an actor who had a recurring (and popular) role in Star Trek: TNG (and a few episodes of Voyageur) who turned out to be a trash person. But, the memes and other content being posted about their roles are still funny and entertaining.

    The difference is the creators in question aren't the ones making that content. A webcomic about the world of Harry Potter created by someone else has levels of separation from the source material, but if JK started a webcomic, I would object to it being posted and promoted here.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • I'll voice in favor of a banlist for bigoted artists. Letting bigots and other hateful people in with "relatable" content just normalizes their hateful material, even playing into possibly intentional "onroading" on their part to their prejudiced platform. It also reinforces the idea that targets of that hate need to "play nice" if they're not being targeted right then and there, and perpetuates the falsehood that these positions are a matter of "opinion" rather than an existential threat to the targeted.

    A banlist would present a higher workload on the part of the mods, which is not something I feel can be demanded, but it would be helpful to have if the goal here is to create a welcoming environment.

    MissesAutumnRains also brings up a good point (https://lemmy.ca/post/63256113/22736751) - Leaving it up to users to block bad content does nothing for new users who will have no such curation, and who will be left to assume the community is accepting of such content. Platforming hateful creators will silently push away those who find their content distasteful and entice users that agree with it to stay.

  • Progress

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  • Using memes as ads is bullshit. Reposting them is just as bad.

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    Ignoble Sacrifice

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