[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Thank you, kind stranger!

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

The actual PSA slogan was "steal a car". It only turned into "download a car" in a meme edit. This guy's just committing to the bit.

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

I'm guessing I'm probably slightly younger than you, but I'm still old enough to remember how things were before the web took everything over. I definitely agree with some of your point, but I think there's some cause for optimism!

  • finally democratize information - Information really is more democratized than any other prior time in human history. There is a bunch of bad information mixed in as well, but that doesn't negate the benefits that the internet has brought in this regard. If I have the time and the motivation I can give myself a college level education just using free resources on the internet.
  • do away with misinformation and pseudoscience - this is definitely a problem on the internet, but I think if we didn't have the internet it would still be a problem. We have whole news networks that were founded specifically to pump out misinformation. That just happened to start around the advent of the internet but was not caused by it.
  • promote critical thinking - yeah, I don't think the internet has helped much on this front, but again I don't think it has actually made it much worse. People are overall much more educated today than they were decades ago. Their ignorance is just also much more visible.
  • freedom and democracy - the internet has enabled a new rise of fascism which is horrifying, but it has also enabled unprecedented coordination and strength in minority communities on a global scale. I think we would be much farther behind socially if the internet hadn't appeared.
[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago

Eternity gang

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

Get in, loser

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

Opposite, no question. I don't hate being AMAB, and there are parts I like, but a lot of aspects of it are really boring to me. Lack of clothing options/self-expression being a big one. It's frankly always felt like a box I've been forced into even though parts of it fit well. That said, I'd probably feel the same if I were AFAB, just about different aspects. I don't want to transition in my current life, but I'd definitely switch in a new life.

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 19 points 6 months ago

Last night I burger james bonded your girlfriend

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Ultimate 196 hack revealed

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago
[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

Thanks!

For the even lazier:

"Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport."

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

I think that guy is speeding

[-] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

No joke, I knew a guy named Richard who went by Chard!

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