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Arguing on the internet
  • I do not understand what you mean and rather than asking probing questions so I can understand you better, I will imagine you belong in this box of things I don't like and explain why I don't the things in that box are bad.

  • Why trolls, extremists, and others spread conspiracy theories they don’t believe
  • None of this is new. What is new is the internet giving an even voice to everyone. The anonymity of the internet is what causes it to be noise and lies. There are no real world consequences nor is there a mechanism for determining if something is a source of truth, in the data aggregation meaning of that term, not people's meaningless personal truths.

  • I feel bad for Schrödinger's Republican, but at the same time I don't
  • Being able to cause a stronger than normal hurricane does not mean one is capable of controlling the climate.

    Micro vs macro.

    Memes like this and the endless defense of them have broken any illusions I had that the left is significantly more intelligent than the right.

    It's a team circle jerk that is aggressively defended because the self pleasure is more important than the messaging.

  • I feel bad for Schrödinger's Republican, but at the same time I don't
  • Is the claim that the left controls the weather patterns.

    My point was simply to point out the hypocrisy here. When a climate denier says, it's cold today so climate change isn't happening, we mock them for not understanding. This meme is making that same mistake.

  • You can't turn away from it.
  • Cool story. Good job working the crowd.

    Clearly none of you have ever hit a deer with a car or known anyone that has. Those accidents can cause serious injuries.

    But you are also a humorless bunch which I find extremely humorous.

  • You can't turn away from it.
  • Nope. I also don't hunt nor did it ever occur to me to control the deer population by intentionally hitting them with my car. I'm sure there are people who have intentionally hit deer but unlikely with any sort of population control mindset.

    The fun part is I totally understand why this seems like a logical connection for you but I would be banned for saying it and you wouldn't believe me anyway.

  • You can't turn away from it.
  • Without hunting more deer will get hit. That is a far less humane way to die. Dead deer carcasses attract more animals which will lead to more animals being hit.

    If we take the absolute position to reduce all harm, the path would likely lead to the spay and neuter of all wild animals until there are no left to cry over.

  • Elon Musk takes @America handle from X user to promote Donald Trump
  • I have no issues with her. And I think she will be a better leader than we've had in a while. Possible bette than Obama who seemed too afraid to be bold in his actions.

    But the news cycles are all about Trump and I know people who still plan to vote for him and the polls are still awfully close that it could easily swing either way.

    I feel like I am stuck in a political demographic where I am the outlier. It sounds like the view might be better from where you stand.

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