mienshao
@mienshao@lemmy.world
- Comment on The duality of man 1 day ago:
Seriously. Tired of folks trying to act like they’re on the same level of shitiness. Magats are in a league of their own.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. I think this is a fair question.
My ignorant two cents: the internet. As always. It’s the internet polluting people’s minds. The far right used their billions to essentially purchase most media outlets. A stupid population is one easily controlled. Welcome to populism.
Step one: control content on the internet and media generally Step two: control the minds of folks perpetually online/consuming media Step three: control everything
When it comes to higher ed—you’re absolutely right. It remains true that folks with degrees on average earn more than folks without. Especially if you don’t have to sink yourself into student loan debt, a college degree is a phenomenal investment.
The problem is that literal 19 yr olds, who have never worked a fulltime job in their lives and have no assets and no financial literacy, take out $100,000 in loans to pursue a degree they know nothing about. And the parents are just like, “sure teenage son! Take out thousands—you’ll pay it back in no time!” Then the next thing you know, you’re 32 and you owe MORE on student loans than you did at 19 and feel hopelessly fucked. I get why some people—who go through shit like that—recommend avoiding college. But that’s a different motivation than what I see more on the far right which simply wants people less educated so that the population is generally stupider and easier to manipulate.
- Comment on Who is your favourite Superman? 1 day ago:
Got until asian superman. Was waiting for it to get funny but gave up.
- Comment on Didn’t you read the sign? 2 days ago:
Absolutely not.
- Comment on hahahaa 2 days ago:
- Not funny. 2. Why the patrick bateman obsession? Nothing screams “I’m an insecure pussy” like pining after patrick bateman
- Comment on That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why? 3 days ago:
It’s not a mystery, it’s social media. This isn’t fucking hard folks.
Also, this study is by a conservative think tank and is biased as hell. They’re trying to force kids to marry young to have a bunch of children for “god’s army.” These “data” showing declining sex rates gives these conservatives fuel for their crusade. This is all also closely linked to the great replacement theory. None of this information should be taken at face value.
- Comment on That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why? 3 days ago:
It’s the internet/social media. Not sure why we’re acting like this is a hard one. We are literally replacing real-life interactions with virtual ones—including sex. Wouldn’t be surprised if masturbation rates have drastically increased in that same timeframe.
- Comment on Space jazz music plays in background 5 days ago:
“Luke’s dad was a Sith, you see, with Palpatine, Han Solo…”
- Comment on Idk if that's what's really happening in that image 🤔 5 days ago:
Well that “dwarf’s” got a giant sized—eh nevermind.
- Comment on OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police 1 week ago:
I’m cool with this! OpenAI ought to send those suicide instructions it created for that teen and send it to those pigs for some inspo :)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You should repost and actually remove the names, I can see both…
Also, ignore the letter. That person is unhinged—you don’t owe them shit. Wait for the state DOL to get back to you for next steps, and keep calling them if you don’t hear back.
- Comment on what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"? 1 week ago:
Very much that. Didn’t answer you at all.
To actually answer your question, people who don’t believe in the Male Loneliness Epidemic (MLE) think a lot of the “epidemic” is just shitty men complaining that nobody wants to be around them instead of doing any self-reflecting and changing their own shittiness. It’s tied to the incel movement (which is why you’re getting a lot of very snippy responses imo lol).
Plus, a lot of the champions of the MLE are insufferable dudes who maybe are lonely not because of some societal epidemic but maybe because they’re just fucking assholes?
Personally, I have no idea if there’s truly a MLE. I think a lot of it really could be asshole men online complaining that nobody likes them without recognizing that it’s their own actions causing their own loneliness. I also think it could just be the internet is ruining any sense of community and togetherness, and men are being vocal about it and tying this loss of community to men specifically, but idk, I feel like there isn’t some special issue of loneliness targeting men rn.
- Comment on The Era of 'AI Psychosis' is Here. Are You a Possible Victim? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, wafflewarrior’s description of AI is hugely problematic and is the exact reason why people are falling into this crap. AI is literally the antithesis of mental exercising.
- Comment on Why do i tip my bartender $2 per drink and per bar food order but 20% when I order food from a waitress? Am I tipping wrong? 2 weeks ago:
Yalls are insane: $1/drink tip. For a sit-down restaurant, 20% minimum because that’s the expectation in 2025. There’s a special place in hell for people who decrease a server’s tip bc service wasn’t up to par. Either tip the full amount or eat at home, this ain’t 1952.
- Comment on Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. 3 weeks ago:
The family responding that they’re perfectly fine with AI but just wish it hadn’t lied, like… we’re fucked. Not even direct victims of AI’s bullshit understand or care about how fucked up and these corporate generative AI technologies are… again, fucked.
- Comment on Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor 3 weeks ago:
I’m about to get real mean to people still on FB/insta. Wtf will it take for you people to say no to a shitty social media website?
- Comment on Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed 3 weeks ago:
“Fixing” social media is like “fixing” capitalism. Any manmade system can be changed, destroyed, or rebuilt. It’s not an impossible task but will require a fundamental shift in the way we see/talk to/value each other as people.
The one thing I know for sure is that social media won’t ever improve if we all accept the narrative that it can’t be improved.
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
-Ursula K Le Guin
- Comment on Why is kindness often viewed as a sign of naïveté? 4 weeks ago:
Disagree. In my lived experience, the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.
- Comment on YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 5 weeks ago:
The degree to which some of you stick your heads in the sand is stunning. How do you even reply to this in good faith? Between the algorithms, mis/disinformation, propaganda, hate speech, bullying, and general bullshit, I don’t understand how someone can either be this naive or this fucking dishonest.
- Comment on Lemmy has a problem 5 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t a tankie instance have more women?
Your response seems almost defensive, which is weird. Lemmy is definitely overwhelming male. That’s not an inherently bad thing, so I don’t get the defensive tone here or taking OP to task about data methods.
Disagree all you want, but this website is incredibly male dominated. I don’t think OP needs to do a peer-reviewed, double-blind study to say so.
- Comment on Lemmy has a problem 5 weeks ago:
People are downvoting cuz OP said this site is becoming misogynistic plus OP didn’t include the right “sample size.”
But can we be fucking honest? This website is incredibly male dominated. Like why are we arguing this? I woulda figured it was closer to like 95% male users…
And many folks (read: men) on this website don’t like calling out the reality that these heavily male-skewed outlooks can be misogynistic. Like, yeah, you bring tons of men in a room with no women, people will start to say misogynistic shit. It’s not reddit-level bad, but I’ve definitely noticed it.
- Comment on Netflix uses AI effects for first time to cut costs 1 month ago:
I’m sorry but you’re a clown if you think AI is going to be a tool used to help the little guy. Is like zuckerberg claiming Facebook will help connect and bring us together.
- Comment on BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler 1 month ago:
I think this every single time I see news about that website. Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform? Insanity.
- Comment on Study Finds LLMs Biased Against Men in Hiring 1 month ago:
Would be cool if the Technology community found literally any other topic to discuss beyond AI. I’m really over it, and I don’t care.
- Comment on Oculus founder Palmer Luckey leads group of tech billionaires launching new crypto-bank — aims to fill the void left by Silicon Valley Bank's 2023 collapse 2 months ago:
Can we put down all billionaires already? Worthless leeches on society contributing absolutely nothing.