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- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 1 day ago:
No apology is necessary, though I appreciate the sentiment. It’s sadly just the way internet discourse goes most of the time.
I generally agree with your last post here, and I’m starting to think our disagreement is closer to one of semantics than a fundamental one.
I’m a bit optimistic at least that the era of the debate bros is probably closer to it’s end than it’s beginning or zenith. So hopefully that offers some solace to your concerns.
The question is how do we all offer the next generation a better model for how to engage in discourse, for which I’m open to suggestions, as I’ll admit I’m a bit at a loss on that one, but I don’t think we can ever go back to the debate styles of the past.
Regardless of all that, keep on the good path, fellow traveler. And I’ll see you around Lemmy.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
And I think we can bring this back to cultish behavior as per the OP’s shower thought. Regardless of how one feels about Hasan’s treatment of his dog, its hard to navigate who is coming to this argument in good faith around animal abuse, and who are angry with Hasan for unrelated reasons and simply want to tear him down due to numerous other unrelated grievances (i.e.. blind faith in a leader and blind condemnation of any criticism of said leader).
If Hasan was a virtual nobody in terms of fame and had posted the same video, I doubt it would have received as much scrutiny or ire, and thusly the perception around those who still came to discuss the video would be that of people talking in good faith (and not just trying to smear someone’s reputation).
I will admit I am increasingly frustrated that cult mentality creates a sort of fog around these discussions, as it’s hard to tell who wants to have a genuine discussion and who just wants to tear down the reputation of someone with whom they have a grudge. And sadly this pervades many disagreements online like this one you and I have.
Neither of us can tell if one is sincere or not. And perhaps even worse, even if we both are sincere in our convictions (which I believe we are), its incredibly difficult if not impossible for us both to devote the time and effort to have a nuanced discussion on the topic, let alone change laws about it. But the positive side is that our discussion here still has the small potential to influence people’s minds on the topic, so at least there’s that.
As an aside, I am only vaguely aware of the various other dramas around Hasan.I followed his drama with Ethan Klein for a time and admittedly came out favoring Hasan’s side of the story on that one. The rest of it I only occasionally tune into.
Anyways, I think you and I have at least come to a mutually respectful disagreement, and unless you wanted to continue this discussion further, I’m content to conclude it here.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
Fair enough. And I’ll at least concede its unlikely we’d come to a satisfying meeting of the minds here. Animal Abuse and what constitutes it is admittedly a somewhat complex topic that is still and probably will forever be evolving.
And it’s not like I don’t get the emotional aspect to this. I’ve had life long pets (cats, not dogs), and I hate the thought of abusing any animal. But the debate around what constitutes animal abuse ranges from people wanting to grant human rights to some/all animals all the way to poachers not giving any fucks about any animal’s well being.
This is why I do default to experts. And yeah, its some expert on the internet that I simply perceive as having put in his two cents in good faith, but I just value that opinion over so many in the debate bros space because its just an endless sea of bias in that sphere. Ironically my bias against that corner of the internet means I have a bias towards others outside of that world.
That said, I’ll still stand by my belief that an expert opinion has more value than a non expert, but that doesn’t negate your opinion that an expert’s opinion isn’t consensus and one’s individual conscience shouldn’t be considered in the discussion.
Again, all fair enough.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
Look, you can find Hasan’s use of his dog as a prop for his streams distasteful. Heck, I’d agree with that sentiment.
But saying someone inflicted animal abuse is a serious accusation that has legal ramifications should it have occurred.
According to one account of a single expert which I provided, Hasan has not committed what I can only assume many in his field would be considered animal abuse.
You can question his credentials, you can question his legitimacy, you can question your own society’s definition of what constitutes animal abuse. Heck, you can even push your lawmakers to change the definition of what constitutes animal abuse.
But as it stands currently, it does not appear, from my admittedly very limited point of view, that Hasan did not commit animal abuse as it is currently defined in the laws surrounding it in the United States.
Look, I am even sympathetic to your argument, but when an expert in dog behavior is telling me this is acceptable forms of disciplining your dog, and I perceive that they are presenting their expertise in good faith, then I simply value their definitively expert opinion over the emotional reactions of overly hyped fans of one side or another in what I consider to be a toxic soup of debate bros accolades.
If you at least cannot see why I might think that, then I don’t know what else I can say to you other than I’m sorry that you feel that way.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
Ugh. Okay man, the expert’s opinion doesn’t matter. You win, lol.
Like I say, I’m not a fan of Hasan, as I find debate bros culture kind of distasteful, but the only way you can convince me that Hasan definitely abused his dog is to provide me with a contrary argument provided by someone who is an expert on dog training.
I’ll wait dude, seriously. Just provide me with any evidence that has a shred of credibility.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
Not according to any dog trainer you’d speak to. Sorry dude, I default to experts in their fields when considering thinfs, not just my emotional gut reaction.
But if you’re a certified dog trainer, I’d be willing to give your opinion equal consideration.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
You can hate on Hasan, but at least provide someone other than Ethan Klein doing the analysis… the guy obviously has a long history of beef with Hasan and honestly it boils down to a lot of he said she said kind of argument which is not only tiresome but rife with so much bias its impossible to separate fact from fiction when it comes to either of their accounts of each other.
- Comment on All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process. 2 days ago:
I don’t know, I saw a YouTube video of a dog trainer who watched the video and basically said Hasan wasn’t likely to be abusing his dog, at least based off the specific video in question.
I’m not a fan of Hasan. I agree with a lot of what he has to say in regards to political matters, but I’m just not into the drama that surrounds debate bro culture in which he is a major figure.
That said, this issue with his dog is potentially a smear campaign, and there seems to be at least some credible evidence to suggest it is.
Here is the dog trainer in question. He claims to not have any political or social affiliation with Hasan, which I take at face value, but you can ascertain for yourself whether or not to believe him or not.
- Comment on $96.5 million for Nadella | Microsoft's CEO receives record pay in a year that saw 15,000+ layoffs 6 days ago:
- Comment on Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC 1 week ago:
Copilot, Github, LinkedIn, ChatGPT are the ones that come to mind. All of them have started to degrade in quality in one way or another, and with the exception of LinkedIn, they all have competitors that could potentially, over the long haul, could dismantle Microsoft. They’re also running out of places to extend and extinguish.
It probably won’t happen in one or two lifetimes, but enough cracks in a dam accumulate and eventually the whole thing breaks.
- Comment on Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC 1 week ago:
Oh really, how bummed would they be?
- Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app 2 weeks ago:
Nice.
- Comment on Pornhub should make its own VPN 2 weeks ago:
On a more serious note, tbh, it’s only a matter of time before world governments consider making no log vpns illegal. I can only imagine it pisses off law enforcement that when they show up to vacuum up the data, that they basically get a middle finger from these no logging vpn companies.
I’m very much hoping that this never happens, but I see no reason why various law enforcement agencies won’t eventually bring this to lawmakers.
- Comment on AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds 4 weeks ago:
Even though this shot was apparent from day fucking 1, at least the Tech Billionaires were able to cause mass layoffs, destroy an entire generation of new programmers’ careers, introduce an endless amount of tech debt and security vulnerabilities, all while grifting investors/businesses and making billions off of all of it.
Sad excuses for sacks of shit, all of them.
- Comment on Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust” 1 month ago:
No, and I’m sure the various OS’s that have been made by Governments have their (sometimes severe) flaws. But it is a potential solution to government reliance on corporate technologies nevertheless.
- Comment on Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust” 1 month ago:
Yeah, Oracle.
- Comment on I Hope that Fantasy Gives us Strength – Metaphor ReFantazio Review & Analysis 1 month ago:
Interesting old school blog site.
Anyways, I didn’t play this game but one of my favorite Video Essayists talked at length about this game with quite a bit of praise. Perhaps you might like it, perhaps not. You can find it on YouTube, here.
- Comment on Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust” 1 month ago:
I have a weird take whenever stuff like this comes up but its in my humble opinion that world governments shouldn’t rely on corporate developed software or even maybe hardware.
This is definitely hindsight is always 20/20 sort of thinking but governments should have long ago realized that trusting the likes of Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. would leave them reliant on their innovations and also subject to their whims, mistakes, and more.
Basically I’m saying World governments all need their own internal OS developed and maintained internally by an official subdivision of said governments, and maybe even a separate branch developing internally utilized hardware.
Never gonna happen, and I’m sure there are issues with this solution, but its a hypothetical I think about whenever something tech related and the government comes up in the news, which is pretty much every day now.
- Comment on Andrew Tate sues Meta, TikTok for over $50 million for ‘deplatforming’ him 2 months ago:
Hey look, it’s a miracle. A sack of shit has started to speak!
Oh…wait…it’s just Andrew Tate, my mistake.
Why has nobody cleaned that thing off the surface of the Earth yet?
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks Wins Two Hugo Awards, Celebrating Series Finale and 'Warp Your Own Way' Graphic Novel 2 months ago:
As well as it was wrapped up all things considered, I really wish they had gotten another season or three. The show was just that good. The acting, writing, art style, all top notch. This award is more than well deserved.
I’ll be looking into this graphic novel. Thanks for the post!
- Comment on YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround 2 months ago:
Just use LibRedirect extension to redirect to an invidious instance. Take the URL of the video you want to watch and download the video using yt-dlp. Watch it on your desktop using mpv.
On Android, use Newpipe or Tubular Fork of Newpipe to download video. Better yet, use Seal with Sponsorblock flags to download and watch without sponsor mentions. Watch using mpv.
On iOS, use Brave browser…
- Comment on YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround 2 months ago:
I’ve been using IronFox since it came out and I don’t think it has been out for 2 years yet… are you thinking of Mull from which it was forked when DivestOS stop being maintained?
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 2 months ago:
Damn, Microsoft rolling out the “Fuck You” hits lately. Allowing hate speech against Transgender people on LinkedIn, and now this shit on Github, not even mentioning the absolute bullshit their Desktop is these days.
Never been a better time to be eying alternatives. Fuck you Github CEO, fuck you LinkedIn, fuck you Microsoft, and fuck you Satya Nadella! 🖕🖕🖕🖕
- Comment on If everyone spontaneously became the same race the world would realize that the rich are the real problem 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The easiest thing to do is make friends with plenty of people IRL through a shared hobby or interest. Those that are interested in being FWB will make themselves apparent over time. Just be honest and when appropriate, let people know you’re DTF, but not looking for anything more than sex right now.
There aren’t many people not looking for long term monogomous committed relationships. There might even be none in your area depending on your age and other factors. But that’s the best advice I can give on the matter.
- Comment on Im an unworthy Fraud when it comes to Tech 2 months ago:
Helioboard does have emojis. You may not have the key enabled in your settings. Its a toggle under the Preferences menu.
- Comment on Im an unworthy Fraud when it comes to Tech 2 months ago:
That’s because Power Users on Windows tend to avoid the terminal like the plague. You cannot do that on Linux.
- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 2 months ago:
Tell you what, Mark, you finally let your daughters make Facebook accounts, and I’ll put on your glasses to chat with them on Facebook and I’ll tell them all about their precious Daddy and his many deeds.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 2 months ago:
I know I’m a misanthrope because I don’t find any silver lining in this truth.
