nickiwest

@nickiwest@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To whom it may concern⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re concerned about your anonymity, keep in mind that companies frequently put ID numbers on their return envelopes to help match the returned mail piece with your record in their database. Sometimes the number is invisible (UV ink) so it doesn’t look “mass produced” to the recipient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I call this “the Fox News approach to reality.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not, really. I just don’t think we have the luxury of taking the amount of time that we would need to educate people thoroughly enough to counteract the algorithm.

  Probably what we need is a limitation on free speech where blatant misinformation is involved. In the same way that shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theatre is harmful, so is repeating false claims to stir political discord.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re old enough to draw your full Social Security payment, you’re too old to hold public office.

  Sorry, Bernie. You’re one of the good ones, but you’ll have to make sacrifices for the common good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. I’m 45 and I can’t believe that people older than my parents are still running the country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Debate, education and engagement take time.

  The algorithm is instantaneously ready with the next easily digestible bit of content to send you further down the rabbit hole into radicalization.

  I worry that we need a more instantaneous cure in our current information environment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You give him too much credit. He doesn’t know any of this. But the right-wing think tanks that have been waiting for this moment do, and he’s easily manipulated into following their agenda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Farther right than Fox. Yes, it’s possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clean butt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you also think that saying “Happy Holidays” somehow excludes Christians?

  Increasing the size of your umbrella doesn’t discriminate against the people who are already under it. It simply invites more people to join them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No beans, only dogs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Colombian one is pretty accurate, but it should probably have bacon on it, too.