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i can’t think of the last time, if ever, i loved and hated a meme so much at the same time

“conservative” as a valid train of thought died with john mccain

you will find juvenile trolls on whatever platform you use, especially as more and more people join. fediverse is no exception. “go back to reddit” is the new “touch grass.” whatever rational explanation there may be for people lashing out probably isn’t worth the effort to understand. best advice is to ignore and/or block people who are making you read this much into their ranting.

“conservative/right wing” views are basically nazi views. calling this mindset “different views” is like calling child rape “different tastes”–it starts and finishes as complete bullshit. it’s not a different view, it’s a fucking wrong view.

people with these “different views” are in support of a corrupt pedo rapist fascist fucking con man, and we just bombed a school full of children. there is no echo chamber in support of any of that here yet, and honestly, if/when that becomes the case, i’ll be going somewhere else.

also, are you a right winger, on .ml?

if someone is trying to “convert” you to esoteric/occult beliefs, then that person has no idea what they’re talking about

he’s ripe for a great career with openai

YSK: bread is bad for ducks. don’t give bread to ducks

https://www.popsci.com/feeding-ducks-bread/

if drug traffickers (aka corporations) were the only ones in control of anything, then we would ALL be addicted. we’re not.

you can’t escape the fact that at some point decisions are made by the people who then become victims. the question is what drives people to make that poor initial decision?

again (and again and again)–herd mentality, FOMO, whatever it is that drives people to eat shit

take away the addictive thing, people will find something else to become dependent on

of course the influencer (or whoever is paying/controlling them)is in control of their own content, actions, behavior–and yes the entire machine is designed to manipulate behavior

but are you looking at influencers, giving them traffic? i can tell you i’m not. so what happened?

we go back to my first comment-- herd mentality, FOMO, whatever it is that drives people to eat shit.

influencers are a symptom of a problem. taking them away doesn’t solve the problem, which is societal. before influencers it was reality tv. before reality tv it was jerry springer. before that–shitty daytime soap operas. and on and on, all the way back to ancient greek drama. sorry, i don’t have the solution, other than to say maybe the people perpetuating this shit deserve a little of that criticism, ridicule, mockery too

you think taking away the influencer would solve the problem? if it wasn’t influencer A, it would be influencer B-- what’s the difference? there are countless other things one can devote time and attention to. it’s the consumer who chooses to look at influencer bullshit.

so pretty much, yea. we’re really going to blame the consumer on this one.

can you really get mad at influencers though? they would have nothing if no one liked and subscribed them

the problem is the same as it’s always been–herd mentality, FOMO, and whatever reptile brain bullshit urge people have hardwired to consume garbage and then try to justify/rationalize it

the public school system uses AI to monitor the students’ online messaging platform. one of the kids made some juvenile poop joke with a metaphor involving explosions-- they evacuated and locked down the entire campus for the whole day