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Worse are the body shaming ad/games I have done a reasonable job at fooling Instagram to the extent where they think I'm a woman and I see horrifying ads all t
by AndrewKemendo 3y ago
Worse are the body shaming ad/games
I have done a reasonable job at fooling Instagram to the extent where they think I'm a woman and I see horrifying ads all the time like the following:
https://twitter.com/AndrewKemendo/status/1676597672667381773 https://twitter.com/AndrewKemendo/status/1676597672667381773
I looked further and the key thing that viewers are doing (based on 600k app store reviews which seem to be mostly real) is trying to "give the girl a chance for once" "help her cause nobody else is" etc...
https://twitter.com/AndrewKemendo/status/1676631706818805771 https://twitter.com/AndrewKemendo/status/1676631706818805771
There are software engineers and designers working full time making this stuff and they should be horrified.
- _yb2s 3y agoThat is horrifying
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoThat little animation at the end, was there a panel of her going to a gynecologist and a green mist coming from her? The older I get, the more I can see what Ayn Rand was getting at.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoPlease resist the urge to go that direction with it Genuinely, and I’m horrified of all of this, but it’s really something we can change, it’s not hopeless don’t give up humanity.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoI don’t think Ayn Rand gave up on humanity at all. Just the worthless nonsense and the people endlessly consume it.
- AndyMcConachie 3y agoAynd Rand criticized the welfare state and then went on welfare. She was a complete fraud.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoIn this critical scenario, are you saying welfare shouldn’t exist or that only believe who are unquestioning of a system are allowed to use it? I don’t think you are making the point you think you are.
- iillIIllii 3y agoNot the original commenter, but I agree with them. To me, it shows that the entire basis of Ayn Rand's philosophy was wrong. She goes on about how amazing capitalism is and the dangers of welfare states, yet the fact that she had to crawl back to the government for that very same welfare shows how necessary it is. It is simply hypocrisy, and I find it infects many of similar libertarian beliefs. This idea that it shouldn't be your responsibility or duty to help others and that everyone should fend for themselves, yet when it is THEM that are disadvantaged, or struggling, suddenly they see how important help can be? It is always rooted in selfishness and egoism. And just because Ayn Rand was a proud egoist doesn't make it right or impressive. Her very life proved her ideology wrong. I don't think there's anything more beautiful than that, really.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoHow does “it’s dangerous” mean it is never necessary? Or that “I don’t like a government program” mean “I’m not allowed to use it if needed”? Why wouldn’t I think that that Rand considered it volume problem? You are confusing the art for the artist. Don’t do that, you’ll be better for it.
- rightbyte 3y agoPayingt tax for welfare and then using it is not hypocrisy though. (I don't know who Aynd Rand was really. People just seems to name-drop her alot so I guess she was some famous 'thinker')
- Izkata 3y agoI don't know what Ayn Rand thing you're referring to, but I'd be a lot more concerned about the beginning of the ad where she's poking holes in a condom...
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoAtlas Shrugged. Yea, that didn’t register at first because she threw it at him, but I get it now. Wow, that’s pretty low class.
- gowld 3y agoIt's the allistic version of nerd-sniping. Do something intentionally wrong to goad a smart alec into trying to do it right.