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[–] ranandtoldthat 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The KGB was very much around in 1987 when Trump visited Moscow and began pushing Russian interests in America and generally criticizing US alliances.

[–] ranandtoldthat 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hear that.

For a concurring perspective, I'm not a fan of gender roles either. But I can't imagine the way to solve the problems gender roles create is to somehow remove a related gender identity. Trying to repress a gender has never worked well, and I don't think repressing a masculine gender would be any different. Gender identity has existed for all of recorded human history, and even seems to have taken some form in prehistoric times (fertility idols and such). I think the way forward is to let a thousand flowers bloom and let anyone who wants to explore or define their own gender to do so.

[–] ranandtoldthat 3 points 1 week ago

Imagine if they privatize the postal service and repeal section 230. We'll be hard pressed to organize and communicate.

[–] ranandtoldthat 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right? Imagine being the white man chosen to go to the moon based on skin color and gender, knowing that more qualified astronauts had been passed up and that you are effectively propaganda. That would not be a great moment.

 

This could be the end of much of the fediverse, especially the more left-leaning parts.

[–] ranandtoldthat 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is bad clickbait out there and we do have to remain skeptical. So much is actively harmful.

To dismiss good content because it seeks an audience is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Indeed, by dismissing higher quality content as clickbait you can unintentionally elevate the true clickbait by putting them on the same level. I'm sure you don't intend this.

Headlines, titles, thumbs don't really matter if the content is valuable. This video really was pretty good! I'd rather 14 y/o nerds or whoever watch this than some SpaceX worship or whatever other similar junk might be out there.

[–] ranandtoldthat 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

An important part of media literacy is understanding sources and context. This YouTube creator is anything but clickbait on the topic of orbital mechanics.

[–] ranandtoldthat 2 points 2 weeks ago

NY desperately needs a recall system.

[–] ranandtoldthat 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah for sure. And regardless, I know some great security engineers who are ADHD.

[–] ranandtoldthat 6 points 4 weeks ago

Yup. Courting the Cheneys, supremely unpopular politicians, likely lost more votes than it gained.

[–] ranandtoldthat 12 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

It's yet another systemic issue, reflective of wider systemic issues. It's not helpful to place the blame or demands on individuals.

[–] ranandtoldthat 6 points 1 month ago

In 10 it was possible to turn it all off and leave it off. In 11 it's almost impossible to do so.

[–] ranandtoldthat 12 points 2 months ago

This seems unfairly dismissive of someone who's proved themselves time and again. The article might not be about what you wish it was about but it's insightful about the topic it covers.

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