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[–] fear@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How did he get approval to do experimental surgery on primates for this?

[–] fear@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Man people are judgy as hell. I like to think that I'd notice and stop too, but at 11pm, tired in the middle of nowhere with no street lights? How many of us know 100% that we would have stopped in time? It's understandable how this happened.

After an entire decade of directing people to drive off a goddamn bridge, Google should apologize to the family and settle. It's shameful. Get a better update team if you're going to provide a mapping service.

[–] fear@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I hate that he's trying to pass it off as some heroic Robin Hood gesture. If anyone actually follows his advice they're likely to get arrested.

[–] fear@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haaning told Danish radio:

The work is that I have taken their money. It’s not theft. It is breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work. I encourage other people who have working conditions as miserable as mine to do the same. If they’re sitting in some shitty job and not getting paid, and are actually being asked to pay money to go to work, then grab what you can and beat it.

[–] fear@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Subs are fluctuating, but you're exaggerating to describe it as "bleeding". They're at 164 million and were even outperforming Netflix at the end of 2022.

As CEO, Iger is awarded approximately $27 million in annual target compensation.

Now that's a crazy demand! Did you know he replaced their last CEO who left in 2022 with an exit package worth $23.4 million? Even when they're gone, Disney's CEOs are raking in Disney cash. Maybe if Iger made 1 million max in annual target compensation, his writers could afford a roof over their heads?

[–] fear@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I specifically stated that I'm not casting judgement on him.

[–] fear@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

a good and charitable man

Was he though? I don't know anything about him, nor do I have strong feelings about his letter because I know there's a chance he was threatened by the most dangerous and litigious cult on the planet to write it.

I'm sure if he's truly good and charitable as you say, that he will be free to continue those habits without bringing unnecessary controversy to an anti-sex abuse organization of all things. His letter directly opposes what such an organization stands for.

[–] fear@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The cop on the left, I know right?

[–] fear@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Beautiful. Mine looked like that until it inexplicably conjured spider mites from the void.

[–] fear@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Just to add to your point: in PTSD your brain will prioritize certain synapses over others that may help you survive through the trauma, but will result in a continued focus on the trauma after the event has passed. So those ~500 synapses in depressive PTSD aren't just lower than a healthy brain, but they're also the wrong synapses for your current situation. Psychedelics can help you develop new synapses that are more relevant to your current life. As someone who experienced this therapy, it's amazing how quickly it can happen, too. It's a total game changer and should be available to anyone who wants to try it.

[–] fear@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

You'd "flip the fuck out" if you were born in a bag in a laboratory, but wouldn't flip the fuck out if you were born out of your mom's genetically modified bag? Why force lifelong gene alteration on 50% of the population because you don't feel good about where you might have spent 9 months you'd never remember?

[–] fear@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago
  1. Don't use Tiktok (and other low quality social media like Twitter) and encourage people you know to do the same. Suggest alternatives like federated sites, and help people navigate it if you can.

  2. Firmly correct disinformation when you see it. If you have a topic of interest you find yourself repeatedly addressing, keep a short copy/paste response with easily digestible sources to make the process quick and painless.

  3. Engage as little as possible with disinformation, since any kind of engagement is exactly what they're looking for. When you stumble upon it, state a brief sourced correction and quickly leave. If someone beat you to it, simply leave and avoid in the future.

  4. Teach your friends and family about the dangers of misinformation, and the importance of vetting sources. Peer reviewed journal = great. Random youtuber/tiktoker = needs sources to confirm validity.

  5. Try to be as polite as possible when addressing disinformation because aggression can cause people to dig their heels in and push them further into the false narrative.

  6. Learn terms to describe the spread of disinformation that are easy for people to grasp. Learning and teaching others about things like "good/bad faith arguments" so you can spot and effectively counter trolls, recognizing "irony poisoning" that is a driving force behind the normalization of extremist views, and understanding how "woke" actually means "tolerant and respectful of the differences between human beings" can all help people to see what's happening and protect against disinformation.

  7. If you're motivated enough, start your own publication that provides accurate, well sourced information on your topics of interest, or join an already established publication as a freelance contributor.

  8. Don't give up. Don't let anyone convince you that the fight is already over and that we're doomed to live out 1984. The real fight hasn't even begun, because so many people are too caught up in their own stressful lives to realize there's a full blown culture war going on here. Once more people open their eyes to it, sanity will prevail. These points here are exactly how you can begin opening people's eyes.

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