I value my lived experiences more than public sentinment.
Like jesus christ all these tankies telling me how “great” China is…
then why the fuck did my family leave? Why do I have memories of living in some slum when I was in Guangzhou?
Information based on lived experience is far less valued than a quick Google answer.
Submitted 5 days ago by Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You call them tankies, but every country has that. People blindly patriotic to their own country. Willing to overlook the biggest of flaws with their country.
I live in the united states, and have seen people defend ICE. I’ve heard people defend the Vietnam War. I’ve seen people defend our multiple invasions of Iraq. I’ve seen people online defend the killings of Renėe Good, and Alex Pretti.
All because “Home good, outsiders bad!”
And that’s as far as some people think.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
If they were Chinese, I’d give them a pass for being pro-CCP, but these are western tankies on Lemmy… 🤦♂️
morto@piefed.social 5 days ago
Both have biases, and we should not diminish either of them, but weight accordingly.
When it comes to personal experience, we should consider the person’s background and personal beliefs. When it comes to information on the internet, we should consider the source’s demographics and the fact that it tends to be more generic and miss the more specific aspects.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’d agree with that
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Makes sense. Lots of individuals are dipshits.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Maybe to YOU. There’s a reason I come to Lemmy, and formerly reddit, and ask questions that I COULD just google. But I ask people. Because people aren’t robots. Family Fued is a tv show based around the idea that you can ask 100 people the same question, and get different answers.
If I ask google the same question 100 times, it loads the same info everytime.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
Name something you’d find in a haunted house.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not me, I spook to easily.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Your experience is one data point. When it comes to how something feels to you, which is a personal and individual thing, then it’s more valuable to you than aggregated data. That’s a subjective opinion.
But the data on the Internet is more accurate for objectively measured things.
For example: some men think it’s normal (ie typical) to not wipe your ass. But if you look at lots of data points, measured objectively, you can see why their one data point is wrong. And nasty.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I absolutely agree
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Greatly depends on the question being asked. Some questions actually talking to someone would like to yield better information but there are a lot of subjects where I’m going to get vastly better information from Google.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’d agree.
Rhoeri@piefed.world 5 days ago
Yup. I’ve tried in the past to engage with people at time by asking who someone is in the comments and I’m always met with responses telling me to just google it.
Fuck me for wanting to have a fan of something info-dump the particulars of it and why they like it.
Social networking is such a lonely thing.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I like hearing people’s opinions on things and trying to understand why they feel the way they do (as evidenced by my post history lol). I think it allows me to better critically think on subjects. I love hearing about literally anything if the speaker/writer is passionate about, and, you can’t gain passion without experience.
Rhoeri@piefed.world 5 days ago
Agreed!
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 5 days ago
Yes, exactly.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
You mean a record of collective experience painting a bigger picture about a subject may be more valued than a single anecdotal account?
Ask a white middle class boomer how was growing up in the American 50s and he might say it was a great time based on his experience… a black person might give a different perspective…
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ask Google what sex feels like, how to foster a strong platonic relationship, how to positively interact with a profoundly intellectually disabled person, how exactly should a roux smell when its ready to use, ask it what you should do for a living. I’m in no way saying it’s not an incredibly useful tool. I’m thinking its over valued in some cases because it confirms internally held biases without the user actually interacting with the context of their questions.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I get your point, and I was actually kinda playing devil’s advocate here, I really thought I’d be the one getting downvoted lol
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days ago
Ask a person what sex feels like or how should a roux smell - these are not things you can explain in words, whether it’s in an article or in person.