MonsterHighStan

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Holy cow, you weren't kidding!

when a generation habituated to unquestioning adulation enters a labour market in which competition is global “the approval bath stops. The world doesn’t know your name or care who you are.” That’s a shock for a generation used to “years of being coddled in schools without failure and provided unearned rewards and medals for mediocre performance so their feelings wouldn’t be hurt or egos threatened,”

Brooks argues a lack of morality leads to a focus on self rather than the well-being of others. David Foster Wallace agrees: “This is a generation that has an inheritance of absolutely nothing as far as meaningful moral values.” Brooks recommends turning off the screen, which too often acts as a mirror to yourself, and getting involved in the outside world

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that's actually super interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

And the content that makes up top posts isn't what you want to make top posts..

X now rewards Premium subscribers with an ad revenue share tied to the number of impressions, or views, of ads a user generates in their tweet replies," he said.

"This incentives X users to post content that sparks the most replies, and the characteristics of content that typically generates the most replies is content that is divisive, polarising, provocative, and controversial... exactly the sort of content that brands do not want to have their ads placed amongst.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I don't know why they didn't! It's not like it's copyrighted ....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I agree completely with everything you've said. The way it is now, the police are pretty much just a legally protected gang. It doesn't feel like they're here to protect civilians at all. I just have one question - does it make sense to take guns away from cops when the US has a gun problem? In England there are significantly fewer guns, which is just one of several reasons why it works for the police there. I feel we would need significant overhaul to be able to get to the same point, and only after we did so could they start to build trust with the public again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Someone's been watching season 4 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think they're just listing situations where it'd be bad to get sick. The article also mentions to wear masks in crowded places like on the metro or plane rides. Probably a good idea to wear one at the store though too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same! I was a long time Reddit user and decided to leave after the whole spez thing. I'm hoping to build up some of the same communities that I really loved. The apps will also make a huge difference imo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

God forbid they have religious freedom 🙄

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I'm really not sure how you get "abortion = commodification of human life". If we're going there, it's the women forced to carry dead babies and schoolgirls giving birth in toilets who are being commodified.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
  1. Making abortion illegal (or burning down centers where they happen) doesn't stop abortions. It just makes it significantly more dangerous for women with BOTH wanted and unwanted pregnancies.

  2. Planned Parenthood provides a significant number of other services in addition to abortion that are geared towards sexual health and women's health. Some of this care wouldn't be accessible to the patients without a PP.

  3. Burning down a Planned Parenthood doesn't stop abortions. See point 1

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