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Oh, the site is much better than anything else I am aware of. I spent years looking for something like it before joining. My biggest issue is the unavoidable U

Oh, the site is much better than anything else I am aware of. I spent years looking for something like it before joining. My biggest issue is the unavoidable US centrism. Again, much better than what's out there, but it's absolutely real. Real talk gets stuck down immediately for being inflammatory

telis 4y ago
I came from Digg…
tptacek 4y ago
The site is roughly 50% not-American.
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago
> Real talk gets stuck down immediately for being inflammatory I've noticed that I have to shy away from certain ways of expression when I say things critical of a US-positive narrative. I have to avoid "real talk" as it were. It's kinda frustrating because that's how I prefer to speak but I can also see a difference in the discussion that ensues. I feel you though. It can be pretty tough when you say something genuinely concerning, which people don't like thinking about, only to have it dismissed with the downvote button. Still, oftentimes such things gain more points while I'm sleeping and seemingly people in other parts of the world view my comments (which I think is kinda telling; it's what it is).
- smoyer 4y ago
  I'm a US American ... If we deserve your criticism I'm probably going to agree with you (though I might not like it). At this point, we (the US) need to step up our game in a lot of ways.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago
    I've seen strong counter-arguments to the things I bring up, for what it's worth. The kind of thing which I might disagree with but understand. If nothing else, it helps me remember that it's worth looking for the nuance on controversial topics and that many points of view often make a lot of assumptions. It's common that such topics are controversial for a reason. (For context, I am a born US citizen.)
  - xupybd 4y ago
    My main gripe with the US it the abuse of the word football. The ball is no longer a ball shape and you no longer move it around with your feet.
    - smoyer 4y ago
      But it is closer to the shape of a foot ;)
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      Well balls are not strictly spherical, including soccer balls. I also have to question to motives of the handegg crowd by what they are willing to overlook in their favored sport. Surely if they were impartial the wanton blatant fraud of calling headfacechestbackstomachpelvisthighkneeshinfootalsoshoulderarmandhandifyouaregoalieorpenaltythrowroundedtruncatedicosahedronwithseams football would be among their top priority.
      - xupybd 4y ago
        Now we are getting somewhere

telis 4y ago

I came from Digg…

tptacek 4y ago

The site is roughly 50% not-American.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago

> Real talk gets stuck down immediately for being inflammatory I've noticed that I have to shy away from certain ways of expression when I say things critical of a US-positive narrative. I have to avoid "real talk" as it were. It's kinda frustrating because that's how I prefer to speak but I can also see a difference in the discussion that ensues. I feel you though. It can be pretty tough when you say something genuinely concerning, which people don't like thinking about, only to have it dismissed with the downvote button. Still, oftentimes such things gain more points while I'm sleeping and seemingly people in other parts of the world view my comments (which I think is kinda telling; it's what it is).

smoyer 4y ago
I'm a US American ... If we deserve your criticism I'm probably going to agree with you (though I might not like it). At this point, we (the US) need to step up our game in a lot of ways.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago
  I've seen strong counter-arguments to the things I bring up, for what it's worth. The kind of thing which I might disagree with but understand. If nothing else, it helps me remember that it's worth looking for the nuance on controversial topics and that many points of view often make a lot of assumptions. It's common that such topics are controversial for a reason. (For context, I am a born US citizen.)
- xupybd 4y ago
  My main gripe with the US it the abuse of the word football. The ball is no longer a ball shape and you no longer move it around with your feet.
  - smoyer 4y ago
    But it is closer to the shape of a foot ;)
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    Well balls are not strictly spherical, including soccer balls. I also have to question to motives of the handegg crowd by what they are willing to overlook in their favored sport. Surely if they were impartial the wanton blatant fraud of calling headfacechestbackstomachpelvisthighkneeshinfootalsoshoulderarmandhandifyouaregoalieorpenaltythrowroundedtruncatedicosahedronwithseams football would be among their top priority.
    - xupybd 4y ago
      Now we are getting somewhere