wordsinaline (u/wordsinaline)

wordsinaline commented on Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship polygon.com/news/616835/v... · Posted by u/mrzool

makeitdouble · a month ago

> I have zero idea what is going on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Puritans_in_N...

> some puritan groups

People with the same question:

https://puritanboard.com/threads/who-are-the-modern-puritans...

wordsinaline · a month ago

im sorry how is the internet being controlled here? you linked to a wiki page and a forum? confusing.

wordsinaline commented on Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship polygon.com/news/616835/v... · Posted by u/mrzool

makeitdouble · a month ago

> They're not puritans

They don't need to. I'm saying that we've seen the same pattern for a while now, and puritan groups have enough money/influence to dictate a lot of how the online world looks like now.

I'd argue Visa/Mastercard could deal with the issue if they really wanted to, but as you point out they're following the money, and I wouldn't expect them to do otherwise either. I still think they share the blame (being opportunistic doesn't mean being above criticism), but you're right that more or it lays on other shoulders.

wordsinaline · a month ago

can you please list some puritan groups you refer to? maybe explain with an example what theyve done before to shape the internet atm? i have zero idea what is going on.

wordsinaline commented on 4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak knowyourmeme.com/memes/ev... · Posted by u/LookAtThatBacon

ToucanLoucan · 4 months ago

> I feel too many people conflate /pol/ with the whole website.

That's probably why a lot of websites use moderation to avoid having one section of it turn into a cesspit of every -ism you can imagine, up to and including fascism, because once you have a section of your website that is openly coordinating the pushing of fascism on society, everyone kinda forgets about the diverse and interesting other things it might have, because of the fascism.

wordsinaline · 4 months ago

I like that there can be wild places on the internet where people can pieces of shit. 4Chan had communist trolls, Jew-hating trolls, Zionist-trolls, pro-Christian trolls, anti-Christian pro-pagan trolls. It didn't foster any fascism in society. It was just a place where people could say mostly what they want.

wordsinaline commented on Fraud, so much fraud science.org/content/blog-... · Posted by u/nabla9

jimbokun · a year ago

I think the error is putting trust in scientists as people, instead of putting trust in science as a methodology. The methodology is designed to rely on trusting a process, not trusting individuals, to arrive at the truth.

I guess it also reinforces the supreme importance of reproducibility. Seems like no research result should be taken seriously until at least one other scientist or group of scientists are able to reproduce the result.

And if the work isn't sufficiently defined to the point of being reproducible, it should be considered a garbage study.

wordsinaline · a year ago

This error really went viral during the pandemic and continues to this day. We're in for an Orwellian future if the public does not cultivate some skeptic impulse.

wordsinaline commented on Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent theguardian.com/science/a... · Posted by u/_Microft

wordsinaline · a year ago

Anyone want to sell me some tartrazine?

wordsinaline commented on The Scale of Life thescaleoflife.com/... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

wordsinaline · a year ago

Every second a million lbs of coal gets mined? Hard to fathom.

wordsinaline commented on 10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023 miamiherald.com/news/nati... · Posted by u/apsec112

vundercind · a year ago

A bunch of Floridians who are, or are descended from, folks who had their land and businesses seized during the revolution are holding grudges and won’t let go of them until they’re given their stuff back or a ton of money, which, this far on, isn’t happening.

Florida is important in Presidential elections.

US elections are structured such that dumb stuff like a relatively small—but loud—and also hopeless interest in a single US state can influence policy and make a whole bunch more lives worse for no good reason.

AFAIK that’s basically the story.

wordsinaline · a year ago

I would still hold a grudge. I hold historical grudges going back centuries.

wordsinaline commented on It's getting harder to die plough.com/en/topics/life... · Posted by u/baud147258

vundercind · a year ago

Recently watched someone close die over a couple days, after a long decline.

The last 24 hours were monstrous to inflict on anyone. Torture. Evil.

Hours and hours of faltering breathing, often restarting with what was plainly a panicked adrenaline-pumping response. It looked like they felt like they were about to drown every few minutes, hour, after hour, no relief. No IV fluids (terminal anyway, so no trying to keep them alive with techniques like that) and unable to drink, so certainly terribly thirsty the whole time. Unable to communicate or really engage with surroundings, and quite high on pain meds anyway (the closest thing to a mercy in all this). It’s fucked up that that’s a fairly normal way for dying people to make their exit. I’m sure there are all kinds of problems with trying to provide a way out when someone can’t make the choice for themselves, without opening it up to abuse, but damn, I hope this isn’t the best we can do because it’s terrible.

wordsinaline · a year ago

When I think about having a kid I think about how this is how they will end. When you give birth you also give death.

wordsinaline commented on Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago torrentfreak.com/napster-... · Posted by u/luuurker

wordsinaline · a year ago

The day I discovered Napster is the day I unplugged. Wait forever for my favorite song as a kid to come on the radio or MTV? No thanks, the future was Napster.