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[–] mecfs 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Things like the internet research agency (russian keyboard army propaganda organisation ) and chinese equivalents are far more widespread than most imagine

[–] mecfs 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would agree but unsure because there are the intricacies of orbit cycles and timings and the 3d plane of space

[–] mecfs 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hope my shitty drawing helps

(replying from my alt)

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Yep. I’m very confused though because the tolerance towards tankies makes me think the mods are further “left” (authoritarian left) then the userbase, but then the MBFC bot makes me think the opposite.

[–] mecfs 7 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Reading through all that, I’d have to say I’m on your side, as I don’t really see evidence of “stalking”.

I reported an account for stalking once on politicalmemes that got permabanned, but thats because in the three minutes after I replied to them, they went out of their way to comment insults on random posts of mine from MONTHS ago.

The same memes over and over “both sides are bad don’t vote” usually decently downvoted but still appears in my feed just the same are really annoying on c/politicalmemes, so I really get where you’re coming from.

I have to note its a funny coincidence that I couldn’t find your original thread as turns out the account you are arguing had been previously blocked by me.

[–] mecfs 8 points 3 months ago (17 children)

would be interested to hear you elaborate on this.

[–] mecfs 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are one or two million eligible US voters on reddit by estimate. A decent chunk of those are progressive left. People like u/leninmeowmeow have been increasingly taking over left wing subreddits, and pushing pro-russia and “don’t vote both sides bad” propaganda, which does impact US voters.

I had a health emergency in June 2023 and was pretty much unable to use reddit until April 2024. Going back, the same subreddits felt like a different world. A bunch of subreddits I frequented, that had been social democrat and pro-ukraine, became subtly pro-russia. This is the reason I left reddit for lemmy. I felt like my political ideology (idealistically I’m an anarcho-marxist, but I still vote for the better candidate to shift the overton window, and I’m critical of Chinese and Russian imperialism, and really all the authoritarian “communist” regimes) had no place on reddit anymore.

[–] mecfs 1 points 3 months ago

Polling wise VP’s have historically changed very little in elections.

[–] mecfs 20 points 3 months ago

That comment was wrong. I replied to it.

They misquoted the paper.

It was 10-12% for vaccinated people and 10-30% for unvaccinated people (very broad range because unvaccinated people are less likely to particiapte in studies).

If you want to look it up its a Nature Review called Long Covid, Major Mechanisms

[–] mecfs 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is this from the 2000BC anti piracy video

[–] mecfs 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I have never felt so insulted! May your harvest be smaller than in drought!

 
 

NYT but link is gift article from me

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🌎 Jul 24, 2024 🌍 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7 ⬛🟦🟦🟩🟨🟨🟥 = 7

globle-capitals.com #globle #capitals

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/15180564

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Mental illnesses are real. But the construct of “mental illness” isn’t. There is no such thing as an “illness” that is completely psychological in nature, ie. only “caused by thoughts and behaviours”.

What are called mental illnesses belongs into three broad categories instead:

Biological Illnesses

Many “mental” illnesses are genuine biological illnesses that have been shunned from fields such as neurology and stigmatised by calling them mental.

Ie. Schizophrenia (part genetic, several brain changes), Bipolar (genetic, HPA axis dysregulation + structural signs), Major depressive disorders etc. I’d like to remind that many genuine illnesses that dont even affect the brain were called mental illnesses before we fully figured the pathology out. From peptic ulcer to lupus.

difficult living conditions manifesting through changes in behaviour

ie. Some cases of anxiety disorder (maybe its normal to be anxious in the case you’re living, ie. stressful 9-5 with lots of responsibilities), reactive depression (it isn’t a mental illness to be depressed when your spouse dies, its completely normal)

Normal behaviours that society chooses to brand as deviant

ie. Gender dysphoria is not a mental illness, it is NORMAL, Same thing as homosexuality was called a mental illness in the past

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17793163

It's unbelievable how vocal the minority of conservatives on reddit have suddenly gotten in the one sub where a large demographic of important voters often interact. Hmmm. Coincidence?

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