Qwazpoi

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[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When confronted with any questions that make people evaluate their dissonance people will often fall back on "I don't know" and refuse to engage information that contradicts their beliefs. If they do engage at all it may come in the form of circular logic, "Things are this way because they just are".

It can basically become a parent getting exasperated trying to explain why the sky is blue to a kid when they don't really know themselves.

The disconnect is often that their worldview is they are "right" and they just know that they are, and trying to prove otherwise kinda circles back on the sky argument. Saying that they are wrong is like telling them the sky is neon yellow, they know you're wrong in their mind.

So yeah I'm not sure how to get through to that other than people being social and usually abandoning ideas if they conflict with everyone around them and offer no options for people to engage with them, but that can be undone fast with an echo chamber of false information or really anything that reinforces their beliefs.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Go to your attorney general's website and fill out a form for a complaint. Check the box says you don't mind getting the news involved and detail everything you've done so far that hasn't worked.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

The one in Panama actually makes sense because it is near the rainforest and acting as a buffer against them. These facilities only work if they are near the flies, you can't use sterilized flies unless there is a population of flies to use them on.

When you put that together this almost looks like they are signaling plans to abandon support for the Panama facility and allow them to spread through all of South America up into Mexico.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Public transportation is non existent in a lot of the US and the cost of taking a cab is higher than a car payment. We have sprawling cities where if you don't want to work a commute that would be 3+ hours each way you are precluded from most jobs and you better have 3-6 months of money saved to job search in your area at that point.

Millions of people are stuck in places where if you don't have a car you're going not going to finding much work or working a living wage.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 97 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So when they turn to the camera guy at the end they repeatedly keep saying you're not allowed to record due to FBI rights. That is something I've never heard before.

Unless they are trying to refer to something from the Patriot act the FBI has the same rights as everyone else.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Most yeah, but ICE seems leaning into having militarized gear and I wouldn't put it past them expensing out level 4 armor or at least some plates to go in back.

Definitely look into friends, target practice, army training manuals. None of that is going to hurt if things go south.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got a few.

N64 command and conquer I can still hear the commando blowing up logo and saying that was left handed.

Ocarina of Time

Skies of Arcadia

And kotor, but for some reason I remember the pazak mini game more than anything else.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's a 7. 7 and a half.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The backend on YouTube is pretty much designed to encourage skub (ragebait/"engagement"). Having comments that are incendiary is good for the video's performance.

Does that make it the perfect breeding ground for astroturfing and pushing misinformation? Probably. Bad actors can basically use it as a cheap form of advertising and pushing ideas that benefit them. Even the creator of the video if it was a video that has a completely opposite viewpoint of those comments still stands to benefit from having them because that increases engagement and their revenue.

So I guess my point is is that YouTube has a lot of problems and there is a multitude of reasons why comments like that have a home there and motives for them.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Them:" I saw someone once who spoke a different language than me once. What is that if not GLOBALISM?"

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