jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I remember when the internet was new, I'd make friends with random people I'd "meet". Like, I'd play Diablo with some rando on battle.net and then we'd stay in touch. Now it seems more ephemeral. Maybe it's just because I'm older.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That isn't how this works.

It doesn't start with the most vile filth. It starts with slightly edgy jokes, employs irony, and works slowly towards getting you to believe whatever racist slop they're selling. "The alt right playbook" was a youtube series from like a decade ago that covers some of this. I don't usually like youtube videos, but that one I make an exception for.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 9 points 8 hours ago

Republicans value in-group loyalty more than anything else. That usually is part of conservatism.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 21 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Furthermore, if you are being paid the same but your productivity goes up, and the owner keeps all the new profits, you're being robbed.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 11 hours ago

I dunno it seemed cool if viewed as a 12 year old. "Oh man look at those ninjas and he's gonna jump on them!!"

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 37 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There was a meme the other day that was text over a screenshot of final fantasy tactics. It was like

Trans person: "are you helping us because they'll come after you next?"

Protagonist: "I'm helping you because they're coming after you now"

I liked that one.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 14 hours ago

They're porting it to a movie before PC, huh.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 14 hours ago

People don't understand things but that doesn't stop them feeling ways about it.

Also the US tax system seems complicated and error prone.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if it was dirt cheap, I don't want to give microsoft my money. I don't want to rent games or get stuck with a subscription.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 54 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The average transaction price for a new car now sits around $50,000.

I could ride a NYC subway or bus 16,666 times for that, assuming I never do more than 12 rides in a week to trip the "rest of the week is free" condition.

"Make cars cheaper" is a stupid solution that won't scale well. Cars do tremendous damage to the environment and our society. But I expect everyone subscribed to "Fuck Cars" already knows that.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make a new space with your own rules

That's what's happening here and you're whining about it. Follow your own advice.

My big problem with censorship is that it dulls the mind. Safe spaces do the same thing. If your thoughts and beliefs are never questioned, you can never grow as a person. Echo chambers are breeding grounds for ignorance. Our world is not tolerant of ignorance. Being unable to react appropriately to emotionally inflammatory bait makes us all weaker on an emotional level.

Also this is nonsense. Some topics don't need to be relitigated. No one benefits from giving "maybe {racist trope} is real" a platform and legitimacy.

Furthermore, allowing stuff like Nazi ideas is corrosive to the community. Like the anecdote about the Nazi bar posted elsewhere, if you let that stuff in then you end up with all the other people leaving.

You are wrong and your ideas are counter productive for maintaining a vibrant community. Many left wing spaces ban Nazi apologia, and have no shortage of debate and competing thought.

Claiming your opponents are just emotionally weak is also laughable. You sound like a real sad sack neo-nazi incel projecting his own shortcomings.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So the individuals running a forum cannot moderate the forum. It must be open to any and all content. Otherwise that is censorship, and bad.

Well, I infer from your tone you think censorship is always bad. Maybe you're just splitting a hair about how in a sense content moderation is censorship.

because the community can’t regulate their own emotions is censorship.

The biggest eyeroll

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