stonethrowaway
Isn’t there a saying that republicans aren’t born republican but they are forced that way? Your anecdote rings true with my experience.
Sounds like bog standard indoctrination and party line to me.
Any volunteers? We are all here in the breeches waiting for a champion to rise up and give us the arena for the smorgasbord of shitposting that is about to commence from the vultures that benefit off of societal decay.
Edit: not sure why the downvotes. This is exactly what’s going to happen.
Edit 2: Bingo. See one of the top posts in this thread defending gambling by trying to draw parallels to alcohol. Let the shitposting begin.
Like others in this thread I was hoping I’d see an RJ45 breakout board directly hooked into an STM32 and doing onerous bit banging and keeping it as low level and basic as possible.
TikTok should be addressed as a tool that’s used to sow discord in the West, as it’s in control of China and by extent Russia as its economic (and military) ally. Bluntly speaking this seems to be isolated, intentionally provocative incidents that are being drummed up far beyond a reasonable amount. It’s internet being internet, for the most part. So naturally, Wired and the rest will jump on it for clicks as a pop culture thing.
When someone’s bargaining chip in geopolitical, economical, territorial and social affairs lies between their legs, it’s time to reconsider if they’re at the right table armed with the right arguments. This has been perennial. At a certain state of things, countries will shift from caring about two sexes as opposing halves and will bolt down as a means of preserving a country and a people. Look to China who is, against all odds, leading the way resoundingly.
As it stands, this 4B thing is an absurd stance brought out of a country that’s facing far worse circumstances than US of A. I’ve outlined who it would negatively impact the most. In this case, it’s much like being hoisted by one’s petard. It’s also an infeasible strategy because it has too many weaknesses that are immediately flanked.
2016 had Pussy Hat Protests that went nowhere. I suspect this is more of the same.
I can’t comment on what a proper and effective response to the election would be. It would certainly help if Democrats got together and put forward a candidate that gives a damn about the country and the rights of the people. But they didn’t, so the “other party” that actually cares will enact policies that benefit them instead. And they have tremendous support of a rather large population, so who am I to argue otherwise?
Men are used to being shamed for things that are not their fault at all. So this does not change the status quo much for most.
In the meantime, we’ll kvetch and play pretend and amuse ourselves by drumming up as much chaos and rage as we can over this world wide web of ours.
If this does escalate and rape cases increased, who would help? Men? The same ones that are despised?
As a closing remark to anyone on HN thinking this is a viable strategy: when you go to war with someone, dig a grave for two.
In the pantheon of decision-making that governs geo political stability and ensures equality for everyone across every nation, pussy isn’t a negotiating factor at that table. The absurd reduction to this subject as a focal point of negotiation absolutely removes any higher level contributions from the entire sex and regresses their position as a key player during key negotiations, offerings, and viewpoint exchanges.
Needless to say and, as I’m sure many men have already commented on this - many men aren’t losing anything because many men haven’t had anything to begin with. So this move unilaterally hurts women far more than it hurts men.
I will also point out that it is a move that’s done to threaten and punish. But threaten and punish who, exactly? Many, many women voted for trump too. They’ll continue voting of course because it’s in their favour to remove competition from other women in this marketplace. So the only losers here are the 4B crowd.
But, given that it is a farcical play, it has not been thought out that far and it’s on the women now to showcase if they can hold up their end of the bargain. For men, they never had a choice in the matter.
I think the article is a tad overblown. 2004 used to be way worse than today. I’ll take Gmail as-is just fine.
I want to live in a society where I can finally be an agreeable person, and I want the backing of the state to align with my worldviews. I don’t mind giving up some things to have a stable society that actually has a promising future. And if that makes me, or anyone else, a dictatorship supporter, I’ll have to shrug and say too bad.
Someone banning social media because they see it’s brain rot for many people not a power trip move. It’s the polite thing to do. I’d go one step further and hang the people knowingly profiting off of it to make an example for anyone else who might try it, but that’s a different discussion. We’ll get there soon enough.
Wake me up when people start saying: “you know, if I was in your situation I would have voted for trump too.” Then, and only then, can we have a decent discussion around issues and solutions.
(Inb4 “did we read the same article?” - I assure you, we did.)
No new knowledge was gained here. This was all well known and ignored in 2016. We are back to where we were before. Enemies to be feared.