mhague @ mhague @lemmy.world

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God made sure only Charlie Kirk was killed. It's as if God smote Charlie in the middle of a crowd, in the middle of saying hate, and spared the onlookers.

Yeah, I don't think that's a good thing for fans of Charlie.

Nazis went after trans people, burned trans related books.

Nazis are going after trans people, burning trans related books.

"Why won't you fight back!?" said the people not fighting back. "Sacrifice your career to stick it to the Nazis!"

And then the people went back to their day jobs.

See, if people were going out and picking up trash, then I could see getting pissed when some rich fuck doesn't help out. But pointing to some lone wolf picking up litter and acting like that's you is weird.

Idiocracy is a relatively heartwarming and cute depiction of the future. If they tried to make it realistic it would feel like a surreal spoof of Downfall.

Wait, how can you take the middle road but not know how many roads are to the left, right, etc.? You found the middle road so you know how many sides there are, their relative weights, how they wind and undulate.

But then that would imply the middle road is defined by the left and right roads. Just as easily dictated as any other road.

Billionaires own the world. Of course we should care about their investment. I believe that's what good serfs would do.

'Curated echo chamber' is a great euphemism for a human brain.

When people use "left" and "right" for serious topics

People want a good weapon they can use to hurt others. But the store only has a human shaped tool. How can we swing that at others?

Please, I just need a "he was a groyper." The guy behind me wants a "he was trans."

The more ergonomic the concept the better. Don't tell me it's complex or untidy. What's the point of being trained by the media? I have all these patterns... just fit the guy into one already.

We're gonna have to form human relationships with artists like a bunch of squares

Always makes me think of the ending of 40yo Virgin

Left right and center all know deep down that "the left" is all of America, democracy, morals. While "the right" is a disease.

That's why this is more shocking than everything else, right? Of course there's people on the right that will celebrate a lib being shot. But we've had plenty of time to normalize it.

But for actual Americans to laugh about an assassination? Now that's serious shit. We can't be saying mean things about CEOs, guys. It's wrong to say hurtful things about racists and fascists. This is a dark chapter in an otherwise sunny book.

A half baked idea I want to see implemented is using local LLMs to generate the most vile / ragebait / unhealthy responses to trending topics and then use that like an inoculation.

ie in natural settings humans are better at detecting dead ends / performative rhetoric / etc. But online it's different.

I think it's a bad idea but I can't stop wondering considering LLM bots, dead internet theory... I'd like to have a taste of what others might be cooking.

You figured it out! I used the phrase most likely to annoy "blue no matter who" tribal members. "Blue maga" isn't going to listen anyways. Might as well control their reaction.

I might get a bunch of stupid replies and one serious one and if I prompt you guys like so it makes it easier to tell at a glance when I check my inbox.

People like Charlie Kirk are capable of all of it.

He debated some people fairly. Rare for them to debate adults, but it's easy to find them arguing with youth. Charlie wasn't stupid and he could navigate through common topics with something approaching grace.

He also performatively debated, like when he was shot. He doesn't listen to facts, he's hoping to say punchy phrases for the cameras, he's hoping someone makes an ass of themselves. It's a product for his customers that harms society.

He also went to safe spaces like podcasts and got very loose with it: conspiracies, hatred, divisiveness, violent rhetoric. Nobody could challenge him there.

He also engaged in unapologetic racism, like recently blaming a black fire chief for kids drowning somewhere else. No debate, no engaging the public, literally just being evil.

I think when people say Charlie was basically good, they are talking about very specific parts about his life. I get TPUSA ads about Kirk destroying stupid trans kids. It was Charlie's hatred that got the most play. I'm just trying to be objective about it.

Let's forget a neolib Democrat was president and let an insurrection, election rigging, a child raping conspiracy, and more slide into the background.

You can literally vote blue and shit gets worse and then you're an asshole for not voting blue. Fucking maga shits of another color.

Microsoft also works with American intelligence, like other corporations. They won't even fix zero day exploits without first letting the NSA know in advance. Telecoms have black rooms whose entire purpose is to siphon data directly to the authorities, Microsoft probably has a whole building.