Kintarian
@Kintarian@lemmy.world
- Comment on Obvious bias in AI-generated content might actually be useful (if used wisely) 1 week ago:
Apparently so
- Comment on Obvious bias in AI-generated content might actually be useful (if used wisely) 1 week ago:
I once asked Copilot why the US supports Israel. I then asked Copilot why the US doesn’t support Palestine. In the first instance it gave me a detailed output. In the second instance and said that it didn’t want to talk about it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That’s a funny comic, I like it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I have not heard of sea lioning either. I learn something new every day. I wonder how sea lions got associated with trolling. I’m going to have to look up the etymology of that; it’s an interesting phrase.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
Mark Twain said, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
The peasants are revolting… They certainly are!
-Monty Python
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never understood “pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” which is impossible. No matter how hard you pull, you can’t, say, jump a fence. The rich are inadvertently telling poor people that becoming rich by working hard is impossible.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
They use sensationalism to make things sound worse than they are.
They selectively report information, leaving out details that don’t fit their agenda.
They use misleading headlines, knowing that people often only read the headlines. They use words like “horrifying,” “catastrophic,” and “viral.”
They manipulate charts, graphs, statistics, and photographs.
Balanced reporting isn’t balanced if it pits a scientist against a conspiracy theorist.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
Massive corporations own the media along with the likes of Rupert Murdoch. If you don’t dig deeper, you will only believe what they want you to believe. The talking heads on TV are not journalists; they are paid actors reading whatever they are paid to read. Modern news is entertainment no better than the National Enquirer.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
I will remember survivorship bias. If hard work led to success, then a poor person working three jobs should be rich. I’ve noticed that a lot of these stories are closer to “from rich to richer.” Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard because his family could support his “hobby.” He didn’t have to work three jobs to pay rent, but he is set up as a rags-to-riches story, using elbow grease and grit to become the mogul he is.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
Work sets you free. Something like that.
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
Fair enough
- Comment on Why does the media print rags to riches stories? 2 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t want a class war brewing.
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- Comment on When the sign says dear next 5 miles, do the deer know that? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I like those Sheepdogs. I can’t remember if they were in a union.
- Comment on When the sign says dear next 5 miles, do the deer know that? 2 weeks ago:
Maybe we should give the deer glasses
- Comment on When the sign says dear next 5 miles, do the deer know that? 2 weeks ago:
Facepalm
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- Comment on Pharmaceutical Commercials (sound on!) 3 weeks ago:
They should add a bunch of people who can’t dance dancing around like idiots.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
That’s why I do dispersed camping far away from other humans. I don’t use campfires, I checked the forest regulations to see if there’s any current fire restrictions in place, I pick up trash if I see it and I don’t leave any of my own trash.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
A lot of people who desire to help others don’t really do so because they want a better world; they do it for the sake of their own fee fees, because they want to *feel* like a good person who helps others out.
–Here you’re saying that they are being disingenuous and glorifying themselves which means you probably think they don’t really want to help people at all.
As such, they’re willing to violate the others’ agency and consent and force their “help” down your throat, even if they aren’t actually helping jack shit but being just a burden; and they get really pissy when you correctly highlight that they are not helping and impose some boundaries. (inb4 “but I have good intentions” - go pave Hell with them dammit.
–Here you seem to be saying that they’re forceful and arrogant and should probably go to hell
That is not just social workers, mind you. You see people like this in all professions and environments. However, I believe that there’s a disproportionate large amount of those among social workers due to the nature of their job, simply because social work is all about helping others out.
–You see this across the board in similar professions and bureaucracies which could be true, I’ll admit
Couple that with bureaucracy. There’s a high chance that your info is in some database as “refused help”. Guess how someone who, unlike you, needs and wants help but declines it due to pride would get into that database? “Refused help”. So the next social worker checking your entry will see it as someone who potentially might want and need help.
–Here you say that I probably could be put on some blacklist and every time I open my mouth they’re going to come shove it down my throat again.
Now, I’m not necessarily saying you’re wrong, I just don’t think I would have put it so bluntly.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, I appreciate that
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
Good point. And I might have come across a little defensive, as someone else mentioned. My next strategy is simply not to ever bring it up again. It’s apparently not a fun topic of conversation when it comes to doctors and hospitals.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
For instance, she showed me a piece of paper where she put little yellow stars on all of the different resources. One of which was for $700 a month. I said that I don’t want to pay money for rent and utilities. She then said okay well here’s this place where you can live with a roommate. I said I’m not really a people person, I don’t want to live with a roommate and she said well you might make a new friend. And it kind of went on like that for a while.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
In general I don’t really like to hurt other people’s feelings. But I also like to have my freedom to decide to do things the way I want. I can see your point but it seems kind of harsh.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
That sounds wonderful, I wish we could do that. Maybe someday.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
I know I sure couldn’t do it
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
A lot of people have jobs online. A lot of people have YouTube channels that they make money off of. Me, I’m on social security. I’m retired and I make a little bit of extra money online. I save up money in a savings account just for situations I might get myself into.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
I was in the hospital and she didn’t have very far to go. But I kind of get the point. I’m sure she had 50 different people to see that day.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 3 weeks ago:
I guess from this perspective I can see that point. The last one I talked to was actually arguing with me about it and was upset when she left, I don’t understand that. I wasn’t confrontational with her. I just simply said I’m fine I don’t really need any help have a nice day. I thought I was pretty calm. I guess it was probably just her.