I’m out of the loop on this story.
Also The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website
I’m out of the loop on this story.
There’s no such thing!
A relief is a type of sculpture:
Is she trying to distance herself from the maga side of the party after seeing the polls predicting a big defeat this election?
Very strange to see.
I saw someone share a photo of this and assumed it was photoshop!
It’s a psychological consequence of polarization, which occurs when you have too many people in a social group agreeing with each other.
Groupthink elevates extreme opinions.
Yeah, I’m guilty of that one too. Lol
Also “It’s probably gas” explained many, many things for a while.
This is current problem in society that we don’t tolerate different opinion.
Exactly this. When online platforms become too homogeneous, any deviation from the typical opinions that are shared seems like a terrible, inexcusable offense that someone must do something about - thus, reinforcing the bubble.
We need to be able to disagree with each other and still get along.
Since most people are talking about the sign-up barriers, I’ll mention culture and reputation.
I love Lemmy and Mastodon, but whenever I’ve seen the fediverse brought up elsewhere, someone inevitably shuts down any curiosity by suggesting that it’s a political echo-chamber. I don’t think that’s accurate for all of it, but if that reputation is out there, we probably need to make an effort to show that there’s a broader appeal. If the average person is expecting the fediverse to be the left-wing equivalent of something like “Truth Social”, I could understand the reluctance to adopt it.
That title is the cherry on top.
Why are there so many weird fraud stories like this out of China?
Reminded me of this fake waterfall story from earlier this year.
The integrity in this post is off the charts.
Love to see it.
This is the way.
Social media will jump from one super important and stressful thing that we all need to lose sleep over to the next with or without us. Yes, these things might be important, but a lot of online activism seems to be about who can scare more people into supporting X, Y, or Z with zero regard for the reader’s mental health, the rhetoric used, or even being 100% factual.
It doesn’t hurt to disengage every so often.
I try to watch what I read online, and it truly helps.
Do:
Keep yourself informed by reading bland articles about climate studies with direct interviews from the scientists conducting them.
Stay knowledgeable about who to vote for to support reasonable climate policies.
Do NOT:
Read articles that inject opinions from the web journalist, terrifyingly worded headlines designed to get you to click, or anything written for a secondary purpose (e.g. voter mobilization).
Get your info 2nd, 3rd, or 4th hand from social media personalities on tiktok, youtube, twitter, or any website with an algorithm than rewards the most extreme takes with more engagement.
Let fear prevent you from living the life you want to live or making long term plans.
This would probably escalate a lot of arguments that break out in comment sections.
I just tried to do a search for any meme like this, and surprisingly “Endorfins” is a brand of fins for surfboards.
Endorphins
In-door-fins
Yeah, he would have crushed it in the primaries. Still, he seems like a great choice for VP.
If anything, they’re the ones benefiting from altruistic users giving them free labor to profit off of.
Thank you. Now this will take up space in my brain too.