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Maybe I just need anti-depressants, but how does everyone else just carry on with the absurd hypocrisy in the world? Elon says he's going to tweak Twitter mode

by floor2 4y ago

Maybe I just need anti-depressants, but how does everyone else just carry on with the absurd hypocrisy in the world? Elon says he's going to tweak Twitter moderation from "ban" to "don't spread, but don't delete" for problematic posts. Reaction: American corporations publicly proclaim they're leaving the platform and cutting their advertisement budgets. Qatar builds stadiums using slave labor, sends rape victims to jail, treats gay people as sub-human. Reaction: Carry on advertising and sponsorships as usual. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the situation or maybe complying w/ Qatar now somehow eventually makes the world a better place in the future? Or if someone can just tell me Prozac/Adderall/Zoloft/something just makes this feel fine and lets you carry on, that'd work too.

1attice 4y ago
Elon did quite a bit more than that. And I'm afraid there's no pill for being alive during a collapse, but here you are, and the party's just getting going.
- raspberry1337 4y ago
  >Elon did quite a bit more than that. He also unbanned american conservatives that had been banned for not agreeing with American progressive ideology, and allowed the majority of workers to take a severance packet. The absolute evil of it make Qatar World championship look like a childs play!
luckylion 4y ago
Public messaging is performative. Very few people actually care, and those who do are not getting airtime, so you wouldn't hear from them. It's like a soap opera. You don't get mad at characters in soaps doing stupid things to create drama, because that drama is the reason they exist. Media largely works the same way, and you should treat it accordingly. Don't get upset, just don't watch soaps if you don't like drama.
zosima 4y ago
I don't know. It seems the plot has been lost and all the good intentions are just sound and fury, signifying nothing. And maybe it's just that: billions of apes, mindlessly imitating each other.
- shswkna 4y ago
  Normally people flag such a post. Because they can’t handle the truth when it becomes as naked as it gets. I was flagged for calling people sheep the other day. Apes, sheep, don’t know whats better.

by floor2 4y ago

1attice 4y ago

Elon did quite a bit more than that. And I'm afraid there's no pill for being alive during a collapse, but here you are, and the party's just getting going.

raspberry1337 4y ago
>Elon did quite a bit more than that. He also unbanned american conservatives that had been banned for not agreeing with American progressive ideology, and allowed the majority of workers to take a severance packet. The absolute evil of it make Qatar World championship look like a childs play!

luckylion 4y ago

Public messaging is performative. Very few people actually care, and those who do are not getting airtime, so you wouldn't hear from them. It's like a soap opera. You don't get mad at characters in soaps doing stupid things to create drama, because that drama is the reason they exist. Media largely works the same way, and you should treat it accordingly. Don't get upset, just don't watch soaps if you don't like drama.

zosima 4y ago

I don't know. It seems the plot has been lost and all the good intentions are just sound and fury, signifying nothing. And maybe it's just that: billions of apes, mindlessly imitating each other.

shswkna 4y ago
Normally people flag such a post. Because they can’t handle the truth when it becomes as naked as it gets. I was flagged for calling people sheep the other day. Apes, sheep, don’t know whats better.