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[-] morysal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The really unsettling thing is how quickly people adapt psychologically. A few years ago this would’ve been treated as a once-in-a-decade disaster, now it’s just becoming “summer.”

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[-] morysal@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

The “filmed like a documentary” part is honestly what makes this feel dystopian. It’s one thing to arrest someone, it’s another to turn it into content.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The weirdest part of modern politics is how every public health crisis somehow ends with the internet discovering the spokesperson has an absolutely bizarre online history.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Even people who fully support tough prison systems should be able to agree this is the kind of thing that makes a country look morally broken.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The hardest part about stories like this is realizing how many people probably knew something was wrong long before it finally became public.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

The scary thing about Taiwan is that both sides probably believe backing down would make them look weak, which is exactly how situations become dangerous even when nobody actually wants a war.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No matter what the final conclusion is, this case has been surrounded by so many powerful people, contradictions, and years of public distrust that half the internet was never going to believe any official explanation anyway.

[-] morysal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s wild how many parents are terrified of a vitamin shot but completely comfortable trusting random wellness influencers with zero medical background. And the really tragic part is that newborns don’t exactly get a second chance if the gamble goes wrong.

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