skyyler

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by skyyler 1y ago
>When I'm writing to my kid's school's principal about some issue, I can't really say, "Susan's lunch money got stolen. Please address it." There has to be more. Why? I mean this sincerely. Why is the m
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by skyyler 1y ago
Are you saying that people intentionally strike reindeer with their automobiles? That sounds far-fetched to me, but I could also see it as a form of dangerous poaching.
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by skyyler 1y ago
I do this as much as I can. Between chatrooms and local meets, I spend a significant portion of my time attempting to politely dispel misinformation. It's exhausting, but it's worth it. I want to organise with other people that do
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by skyyler 1y ago
>So we see a dissonance between what the media says (and many people believe) and what's really happening. This thing right here terrifies me. The entertainment-information media oligopoly has a tight grasp on public conversations.
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by skyyler 1y ago
Community radio DJ. Community being the important part. Most of the radio stations here in Columbus, Ohio are what you described, the clearchannel / IHeartMedia stations. However, there is an independent radio station and it's so
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by skyyler 1y ago
I genuinely appreciate your response. This is the sort of thing I come here for. Thank you. I'll have to read about the treatment of the Uyghurs. I do know that their food is delicious, so that's a nice starting point for my learn
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by skyyler 1y ago
There's a pervasive thought in the English speaking world that Chinese people are unable to achieve creativity and are only capable of copying western innovation. It's weird, and it's racist.
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by skyyler 1y ago
I just want to understand why everyone is talking about China being evil. I've been asking (politely, even!) for reasoning and people seem to be hostile to it. I know the world is complicated, I'm not looking for an agreed definit
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by skyyler 1y ago
Well, no, I just want to understand why people are calling the chinese government evil. It seems like they must be doing something different from other world governments to be called evil, so I'm curious about what those things are and
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by skyyler 1y ago
>What makes the Chinese government good in a way that the Russian government is not? As far as I'm aware, China has not bombed any civilians while invading a foreign country recently. Maybe I'm wrong though?
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by skyyler 1y ago
Okay, so, "TikTok is an intentional, government-supported scheme to help Chinese kids maintain a competitive advantage over American kids" Is that accurate?
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by skyyler 1y ago
So, if I understand the argument, TikTok is an intentional, government-sponsored scheme to destroy the minds of non-chinese children? Is that accurate?
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by skyyler 1y ago
I'd like to know on what grounds you're declaring them evil, is all.
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by skyyler 1y ago
What makes the Chinese government evil in a way that the US Government is not?
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>The people who use it in some racist sense are the obscure minority. That's exactly what I'm saying. There are people that use it as a racist shibboleth, but they are very much an obscure minority.
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by skyyler 1y ago
Why is labour so expensive in the US? Is it because of healthcare costs being passed to employers?
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by skyyler 1y ago
That isn't a response to what I was asking. You just sent links to me without acknowledging the conversation we were having at all. Very, very strange.
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by skyyler 1y ago
A grip on what, exactly? It's an obscure racist meme. I'm not saying common usage of the phrase is racist. Just that there is a small contingent of people that do use it as a racist shibboleth.
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by skyyler 1y ago
For a more direct comparison, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! came out in 2003 on the Nintendo Gamecube, at an MSRP of $49.99. That is $86 in today money.
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by skyyler 1y ago
Please look at posts from the now defunct "frenworld" subreddit. A certain crowd has absolutely coopted it as a racist term. That doesn't mean every usage of it is racist, of course.
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by skyyler 1y ago
It is used as a dogwhisle amongst a certain crowd. Plenty of examples in this old thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/bsl5ix/what_i... Part of the point of dogwhistles like this is tha
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by skyyler 1y ago
It existed before widespread association with Apu. Fren, in a certain context, is a 4channer shibboleth. But you are overstating it a lot here. If someone joins your community and starts posting green frog comics and calls people fren a lot
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by skyyler 1y ago
>Therefore it is common for an adherent of post-colonialism to believe a statement is true if it was made by a person arbitrarily considered oppressed This part. I'm not sure if it's because it's out of date or just plain
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by skyyler 1y ago
Do you think there may have been developments in this space since 1978, when Said published Orientalism? I don't mean to be rude, but do you think it's possible that your understanding of the situation is a bit out of date?
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by skyyler 1y ago
If they were making decisions based on maxing out profits, there would be a Mario Wonder Battle Pass and the gacha mechanics in the new zelda would include microtransactions. Mario Kart for $80 is not MBA stuff, even if it makes the gamers
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by skyyler 1y ago
I don't mean this to pry; I am asking from a place of genuine curiosity: You say he's agnostic. Would the situation be any different if he was atheist?
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by skyyler 1y ago
Fascinating conversation you're having at me here. Good stuff. Anything else you'd like to add while you're at it?
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The claim was "Organized groups of Lefists and Muslims in the US became increasingly violent and started to attack a group of people based on their ethnicity." I asked for evidence. It has devolved into the message you just wrote,
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There has been a concerted effort to conflate support for Palestinian liberation as the same as support for Hamas. Combined with the successful efforts to make it illegal to boycott Israeli products or companies, it's a grim situation.
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The majority of Americans simply are not going to benefit from this administration, it seems.

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