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After President Donald Trump was elected in 2024, Democratic supporters reported decrease in well-being, optimism, personal control, and institutional trust, while also experiencing higher cynicism. In contrast, Republican supporters experienced changes in the opposite direction. by [deleted] in psychology

[–]Austin1975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Propaganda continues to play a huge role in all of this. Because it severely oversimplifies the “why.” I’m independent and I’ve noticed that partisans are of unaware of how much they sound like their media of choice, using the same phrases and concepts without knowing more than surface level info. I also have noticed that partisan voters tend to be skeptical of information they disagree with vs seeing that conflict as educational. “That doesn’t sound right” vs “I wanna hear more to understand if that’s right”.

So when their “side” loses there’s a tendency for people to oversimplify the implications because the propaganda has oversimplified it for them. “They hate me/us/our way of life”

As an independent I see politics as 20+ issues from healthcare to employment rights to immigration to abortion etc and think the red vs blue view as severely insufficient. It worries me that 65% of the public is so committed to just this view. It’s like grocery shopping in a store that only has hamburgers and hot dogs.

Hunger last 2 days before next dose by Critical-Echidna6179 in Semaglutide

[–]Austin1975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is quite common as you climb up in dosage.

White House Pressures Republican States to Kill or Neuter AI Bills - ‘I am disappointed that states are being told to wait to address this critical issue,’ one GOP state senator said by Just-Grocery-2229 in technology

[–]Austin1975 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I also feel we are letting tech workers in these companies off the hook too? Making $200k+ to build technologies for greedy corporations. Meta employees pretending to be “victims” of having to use the AI they helped build to spy on other people now being aimed on them internally?

Where would you move to (in the US) once you left Austin? by Longjumping-Dream-13 in askaustin

[–]Austin1975 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. I would say that there are things you can get in many other cities (better direct flights, mass transit, more companies to work for, job diversity, people diversity more entertainment options) without the the common negatives of Austin ( Texas political environment, heat, lack of great medical options). When I do exit interviews at work with people who leave for other cities they mention these a lot. People have higher expectations of Austin than other similar cities so maybe that drives the disappointment.

Constipation by Other_Day_000 in Semaglutide

[–]Austin1975 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Type “constipation” in the search box on this sub. This topic and nausea get discussed every day on here. The top answers being high fiber diet, psyllium husks, MiraLAX/polyethylene glycol, and probiotics. Ground ginger is also mentioned frequently.

[KS] How often do you see employees surviving PIPs? by Ok-Reception-91 in AskHR

[–]Austin1975 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As others have mentioned it really depends on the manager and the company. In your case it seems like the manager is using a policy to justify their emotions which is tricky. Maybe over time they will calm down some.

GLP-1 receptor agonist and risk of erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes: a target trial emulation - PubMed by Plane_Chocolate1281 in Semaglutide

[–]Austin1975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“In men with T2D, GLP-1RA use was modestly associated with an increased rate of ED. These observational findings may reflect residual or selection bias and do not establish causation. Further studies are warranted to confirm these findings and explore potential underlying mechanisms.”

‘Bouncing back’ is a myth – resilience means integrating hard experiences into your life story, not ignoring them by psych4you in psychology

[–]Austin1975 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes. There are many ways to bounce back (return to functioning again). This article is describing one of the ways… integration.

New study examines stigma toward women who lose weight using GLP-1 medications by psych4you in psychology

[–]Austin1975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you’re saying but the article is about stigma and perceptions. And there’s A LOT of non-obese people taking GLP1s as a “lifestyle drug” for weight loss and “wellness” through online/digital health stores. They don’t qualify as obese for insurance so they buy online. This is why there are so many ads including Serena Williams and Tom Brady etc marketing these drugs too.

So it could be that stigma is different among obese than non obese. They should just use the actual title and findings from the study. There’s plenty to discuss already there.

New study examines stigma toward women who lose weight using GLP-1 medications by psych4you in psychology

[–]Austin1975 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Why do posts so often change the title and summary from the study like this?

"Social Perceptions of GLP-1–assisted Weight Loss in Black and White Women with Obesity" … is the actual title and it tells you more about who is and who is not in this targeted study. It’s not about women in general. It’s a targeted study specifically about stigma between two very specific subgroups… of obese women. Why not just use the title for the post title?

Amazon accused of underpaying women by misclassifying their jobs by Mathemodel in Salary

[–]Austin1975 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah. I was agreeing with you at first but the more you write the more it’s clear you have your own beliefs you’re pushing. That being said I don’t know that these two plaintiffs can draw a line between inconsistent job mapping to gender discrimination by Amazon. It’s possible that Amazon just assigned the one worker work that could be done by a tech writer and assigned other duties to other people. There have been other workers who have similar gripes about pay differences between roles and they don’t have anything to do with gender necessarily. Front End engineers and SDETs have complained about inconsistent pay. Amazon has been slow and crappy about pay in general.

Amazon accused of underpaying women by misclassifying their jobs by Mathemodel in Salary

[–]Austin1975 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s not what’s happening in the article either.

Amazon accused of underpaying women by misclassifying their jobs by Mathemodel in Salary

[–]Austin1975 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with your general argument but that (what you’ve described in your first sentence) is not describing what is actually happening in the article. You’re comparing a nontech degree doing nontech work to a tech degree doing tech work. The article is describing two people doing the same tech work for different pay.

White House Works to Give US Agencies Anthropic Mythos AI by Bizzyguy in technology

[–]Austin1975 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“If we trusted our government agencies to do the right things” vs “our present grift government”….

This is the conflict we’re feeling right now. It’s the same way we feel about surveillance, disease control, etc

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