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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by tombert on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:24PM (#20618521)
I'd like to think I never went too far with it, and I certainly was never violent or anything, but I got pretty big into the anti-feminist, #GamerGate, and "fight the SJW snowflakes!" crap from the years of ~2013-2016; basically the TLDR for that ending was when Donald Trump was elected I realized I was wrong to hold a lot of these viewpoints, and now it is not a chapter of my life that I am proud of.

I don't think I'm an idiot, and I would like to think that I'm normally a pretty decent human, and yet I was still able to be persuaded by morons on Youtube like Sargon of Akkad and Thunderf00t, and I spread the stupid memes along with most of my friends; I can easily see the alternate universe where I didn't realize I was wrong, and went further down the rabbit hole watching idiots like Stefan Molyneux or something.

I think people like to pretend that they and everyone they care about are immune to propaganda.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by lanstin on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:28PM (#20618564)
Sadly we are all manipulable. Tho being aware of that fact makes you a lot more resilient to manipulation and more likely to end up with a life you would have chosen. So kudos.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by zzzcpan on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:36PM (#20618649)
Study political science, propaganda, psychology of advertising, this is something that can make you resilient to propaganda. Just being aware that you may get manipulated can't help you much as you have to be able to spot it effortlessly everywhere.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by laughinghan on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:34PM (#20620425)
As a fellow math enthusiast, I would love to grab a coffee or beer with you next time I'm in NYC and hear about this journey. Care to email me? [email protected]
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