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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:03PM (#26896005)
I fully agree with that statement.
Yes, they are designed to select for most engagement, regardless of the content.
Social media algorithms are designed to show you things which make you upset because that type of content is highly likely to "engage."
Yes, you're more vulnerable to disease when you are living an unhealthy lifestyle. Shocker.
But inflammation is just the body's natural respond to disease. Claiming inflammation hurts you is like saying wet streets cause rain.
Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:28PM (#26753389)
Nah, most jobs in super markets would net you the same (if you have no experience.) Germany here.
Good.
Re:Self-compassion is not self-indulgence on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:52PM (#26587999)
They're vapid, meaningless. They don't give you any fulfillment, they only act as a distraction from your problems.
I can't believe how many people in every comment section there are who defend RMS.

He's a genius for sure, but the dude is just an awful public figure, there is a reason he's being memed to death and it's because he takes every chance to make a fool out of himself when is presenting something.

The stuff he said about pedophilia is frankly disgusting and the things about homo- and transphobia just shocking.

He is extremely intelligent, but only in this highly specific area. He is completely oblivious to everything else around him and just awful with people. Quite the important skill for somebody in a representative position.

If you think the stuff he said about pedophilia is OK, I don't know what to tell you. This is not a mob, these are normal people who are disgusted.

I quote: "We can imagine many scenarios, but the most plausible scenario is that she presented herself to him as entirely willing. Assuming she was being coerced by Epstein, he would have had every reason to tell her to conceal that from most of his associates."