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- Comment on Good evening. 2 days ago:
Fun fact: if a woman eats only hamburgers through her entire pregnancy, then she will have created a human being out of hamburgers.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 2 weeks ago:
These arguments would apply the same to Google’s approach. My argument is that Google appears to have another agenda.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 2 weeks ago:
If they only cared about thwarting malware they could have just relied on code signing via public certificate authorities, like with binaries on Windows.
- Comment on Just a reminder that our planet is currently the coolest it will ever be in our, and our children's lifetimes. 4 weeks ago:
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FWIW, while it’s not a VM, games for Windows do tend to have higher performance in Proton on Linux than they do in Windows 11.
- Comment on sponsored by raycon 4 weeks ago:
They mean as successfully as you
- Comment on Vibe check! 5 weeks ago:
GATTACA
- Comment on Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage 5 weeks ago:
Well yes, their sales department needs to know whom to contact
- Comment on Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication 1 month ago:
Did anyone catch what the Proton app adds over all the already existing apps?
- Comment on PSA on privuhcy 1 month ago:
Not everybody cares for SEO BS
- Comment on It's rude to show AI output to people 1 month ago:
Dude, the problem is you have no fucking idea if it’s wrong yourself, have nothing to back it up
That’s not true. For starters you can evaluate it on its own merits to see if it makes logical sense - the AI can help solve a maths equation for you and you can see that it checks out without needing something else to back it up.
Second, agentic or multiple-step AI:s will dig out the sources for you so you can check them. It’s a smart search engine with no ads and better focus on the question asked.
- Comment on How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones 1 month ago:
I just got Android 16 via OTA update yesterday. Nothing changed.
- Comment on The more things change, the more they stay the same. 1 month ago:
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How about jabber/XMPP
- Comment on investment 2 months ago:
I gamble very rarely and am fully aware of its expectation value. But when I do gamble I still enjoy it, in the same way I might enjoy an amusement ride. Sure I part with some of my money but it’s just the fee for some thrill and entertainment.
If you start thinking of it as a way to earn rather than waste your money, you’re lost.
- Comment on Does the 6 refer to a body part or a measurement in inches? 2 months ago:
It kinda makes sense at the back of the car, less so at the front
- Comment on Hate when it happens! 2 months ago:
I’m in stitches
- Comment on Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10 2 months ago:
Oh they’re “innovating” just not for the benefit of their users
- Comment on They are so clueless they don't realize that this just pisses everyone off. Shove your banana 2 months ago:
Whoever gets there first gets the banana
- Comment on Alligator Auschwitz 2 months ago:
They would never admit to being anything that starts with “homo”
- Comment on Alligator Auschwitz 2 months ago:
What the fuck is missing in the brain of these people. I feel like they are a different species.
- Comment on Beercicle 2 months ago:
I know my limitations so as a rule I always set an alarm on my phone whenever I put a drink in the freezer
- Comment on Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok 2 months ago:
He is a little shit, he’s full of shit, ergo he’s full of himself
- Comment on Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok 2 months ago:
Wikipedia may even outlive humanity, ever so slightly.
- Comment on Lights out 2 months ago:
Is this why I wake up at 3.30 with anxiety over something embarrassing I did when I was 15?
- Given today's theme, I think it's an excellent opportunity to revisit one of Norm McDonald's best interviewsyoutu.be ↗Submitted 2 months ago to [deleted] | 4 comments
- Comment on Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny 2 months ago:
You’re straying from the point which is that this content exists, is widespread, and is ultimately the root cause. This isn’t hard for a serious researcher to see if they could just be bothered to sit down with the people they are “researching” and actually discover what their online life looks like. Whatever opinions you have on my personal life and choices are irrelevant. The reason I brought my personal experiences up is that I think they are representative and an obvious reason why men seek their refuge in masculinity influencers. You can criticize them all you want, but as far as I’m concerned that only underscores my point.
The misandry is also not limited to algorithm-heavy outlets like TikTok - when I talk about media I mean all social media including Facebook, Reddit, Instagram but also old media such as newspapers. When the #killallmen and #ihatemen hashtags were popular on Twitter the women promoting it were given their own columns in newspapers and a platform in podcasts by national state radio, at least here in Sweden. One popular “feminist” profile, Natashja Blomberg, would for example publicly say “I wonder if it’s a daughter or an abortion” when she was pregnant. She garnered support and was platfformed both by prominent political party leaders and news outlets. She was given her own column and given space in podcasts, where she could complain how disgusting she found her own son to be and how nobody is interested in what men think.
You can’t just let this go on for years, without being challenged, without offering alternative positive messages, and believe that men will just shake it off. They’re turning to these influencers because they were pushed there. I whole heartedly disagree with your assertion that the problem is in somebody’s head, but even if it is, society has a responsibility to help those people and it doesn’t.
- Comment on Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny 2 months ago:
This is a sentiment often repeated by manosphere influencers and there’s no actual tangible evidence it exists and I think that’s the real issue.
This is why I feel there is such a disconnect. I just have to open TikTok to see this, so if researchers are not finding evidence then I’m very curious how that’s possible. Heck, you just need to look at the typical masculinity influencer content to see it because it’s not just them making shit up - they will often use clips of misandrist women to get their point across. So they basically find the evidence for you.
During men’s mental health month this has been particularly easy to encounter as there was a trend of women making as much noise as possible with the caption “me when it’s time to take a moment of silence for men’s mental health”.
- Comment on Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny 2 months ago:
In my experience the problem isn’t the masculinity influencers. Those are just the symptom of misandry in media and a near-total lack of support in society for men, especially young men. When you go on social media almost all discussion concerning men is about how they are the root of all evil, and everything they do is wrong. It’s a never ending stream of shaming with no clear way out. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t: If you try to defend yourself or talk about your own problems as a man, it is labeled as misogyny. “Be vulnerable and open up” they say but if you do it’s “don’t center men you privileged fuck” or “you’re being a crybaby”.
All this pressure is an impossible equation to solve for a young man who has been pushed by misandrists into insecurity and longs to be accepted in his community. Not just because society’s demands are internally inconsistent, but because they clash with patriarchal ideals among most the typical women you’ll meet IRL.
I’m past 40 and while in my head I still consider myself progressive, I used to show it much more when I was younger. I was honest about my insecurities, I would try not to take up too much space as a man, would try to split responsibilities equally, and so on. At every turn this has caused me problems in relationships, not least with my wife of 10 years who left me for some muscular macho guy because she “doesn’t feel like I can take care of her”.
So now, while I wish society was different, I try to balance on the needle of acting like I’m not as progressive as I am so women don’t “get the ick”, while not tripping into misogyny. It’s an extremely difficult game to play and it frustrates me to no end that this is where we’re at. I’m moving in soon with a woman who I’ve ben dating for a couple of years and it’s clear that she desires that I take a leadership position in the home, whereas I’m just longing for a partner who will share the burden with me instead of becoming my subject. But I feel like I have to play that game or she’ll eventually lose interest.
Bell Hooks wrote about this already in 2003. But somehow it is completely lost on these UN Women pundits that nothing will change unless everybody (including women) change. You can’t just blame it on “masculinity influencers”. Why are these influencers gaining popularity? Because they offer some way out, some positive message for young men who are completely starved for positive role models.
I am convinced that a woman’s voice will always count 10x more than the manosphere, if it offers compassion and guidance rather than hate. But there are none.
FWIW, the “men’s health month” has brought me some hope in this. It’s the first time in a decade that I’ve seen women stand up to defend and show compassion for men, and I think young men will suck that up like a sponge.
- Comment on Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny 2 months ago:
Am I tripping, out of touch with reality? These people really don’t seem to understand the problem and that makes me seriously question their methodology.