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Re:Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from sa... by qiqitori on Monday May 19, 2025 @10:53PM (#44037307)
Or you could keep it as a reminder that people can go alt-right, even if they were normal before. It could happen to you, too. Maybe it's preventable by avoiding Twitter? Maybe older people just don't have any built-in defenses against BS on the internet and become embroiled in it?
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Re:Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from sa... by selfhoster on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:01PM (#44037357)
> people can go alt-right, even if they were normal before.

What a condescendingly masked, hateful thing to say.

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Re:Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from sa... by nielsbot on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:15AM (#44038026)
Hateful against who?
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Re:Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from sa... by laurent_du on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @12:37AM (#44037847)
It's preventable by closing your eyes, but you need to be very persistent. Some people manage to keep their eyes closed for decades, which I find impressive. The rest of us just come to terms with reality.
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Re:Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from sa... by troad on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:39AM (#44038135)
I'm probably misunderstanding your post, but it sounds like you're implying that most people are alt right. Most people are not alt right. Not even close.

Most of the things that alt right people talk about as though they're some amazing truth bombs, are - in fact - the basic realisations of adulthood. There's a reason there's such an overrepresentation of teens and young adults in that loud but tiny political segment.

Whether you take the hard facts of life and build an identity around lifting other people up - or whether you use those same facts to build an identity around cutting them down - is a reflection on you and you alone.

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