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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

It's not just men. My mother was pushed down the FaceTube YouBook weaponized disinformation rabbit hole.

It's outrage porn... They LOVE being angry at 'the system' or 'corporations' or 'the WHO' etc. etc.

Yes, there's a lot of stupid corrupt shit going on, but posting on social media is the most impotent thing a person could do to make a difference. (Yes, I appreciate the irony.)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Classic comic that describes this by 'Poorly Drawn Lines'

    https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/mad/

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yup, we had a disagreement about the electrical grid, and she insisted that green power would result in province-wide blackouts every night or whenever the wind stopped blowing. I sent her the power generation mix from the Electricity System Operator, showing that renewables accounted for a single-digit percentage point of the generating capacity of the province... Nope, "Why can't you just respect what I believe?" "Because you're full of shit?" click

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