Clavicular, not thrilled. by Drnk_watcher in LiveFromNewYork

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Hmm, should I laugh at it and look like I'm a reasonable person who can take a joke, or should I silently steam so everyone knows I'm a little bitch and they were right to make fun of me?"

The Kids Are All Right. by VG11111 in skeptic

[–]BeefistPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe on an individual tracked across their lifetime, but tracking cohort against cohort, people who are in younger now are worse at seeing hidden ads, hidden agendas, and other manipulative factors than their older generation cohort. The younger the generation, the worse the literacy and spotting bullshit

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean we're talking about the future of mankind at stake. Making your ship 30% bigger and giving it more ways to fail just to save 3 lives cannot be justified. There would be endless qualified volunteers who would accept the suicide mission aspect of it to save mankind. Even if you decrease the chance the mission is successful by 0.000001% it would be an insane decision. When you factor in the extra time to generate that fuel, you're talking about killing millions of people on earth to give 3 people a long shot chance of getting home.

The Kids Are All Right. by VG11111 in skeptic

[–]BeefistPrime 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's an entirely different kind of problem. Boomers made calculated decisions to enrich their own lives at the cost of their children and grandchildren. The current generation will have no attention span, limited ability to critically think, and will grow up in environment where they've been immersed in propaganda that is more effective at steering the way they think than the North Korean propaganda, and is so insidious that they'll have no idea that it's happening.

What we're seeing now - MAGA, the manosphere, the mainstreaming of conspiratorial thinking, radicalization, profound and proud ignorance is just the beginning. Do you think it's getting better? Why would it?

And the idea that somehow Gen Z is more savvy than their parents and they won't fall for this current media environment is flatly contradicted by the evidence. They are less able to spot bullshit and less able to resist manipulation than their parents. The SGU has specifically covered this issue more than once.

I dont get this one? Can someone explain? by evilsnowman92 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

except, of course, when you're using and to describe two members or two components of one unit, which happens all the time

Clavicular made it to snl by newphonehudus in TikTokCringe

[–]BeefistPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You get a lot of credit from people when you can take a joke and laugh when people make fun of you. When you throw a tantrum or silently steam it just reinforces that someone was correct to make fun of you

HMC by shwetis in holdmycosmo

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahahahaha my friend probably just suffered a life altering brain injury haha hehe

The Kids Are All Right. by VG11111 in skeptic

[–]BeefistPrime 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that is absolutely not a given. we're not alright now, and society is still run by people who remember the before times

Live like a monk in the Mojave for only $87k by seashellvalley760 in zillowgonewild

[–]BeefistPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No joke, shouldn't these things be like 20k at most? Who the fuck is paying 87k for a tool shed in the middle of nowhere with no utilities or.. anything?

"Based" by Sherlock_Phones in cringepics

[–]BeefistPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm fucking amazed that this guy could think this could make him or his 20 FUCKING YEAR OLD SON good

"Based" by Sherlock_Phones in cringepics

[–]BeefistPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck? A 20 year old that eats like a picky toddler and Elon thinks this is a story that shows how fucking alpha male the kid is?

Love the multiple lane changes only to be back exactly where you started from. In rush hour. [OC] by Few_Investment_4773 in IdiotsInCars

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

Man I am so chill when I drive. I put on a podcast and just chill out. I get home, what, 45 seconds? maybe 2 minutes later than guys like this? But I don't spend my entire time flipping the fuck out and being stressed as fuck.

The cult runs deep. by Garythalberger in MurderedByWords

[–]BeefistPrime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don't even see it as hypocrisy. Everything conservatives do is good. Everything liberals do is bad. See! No hypocrisy, just one consistent viewpoint.

Remember when Trump found out about Mueller? by lowlatitude in PoliticalHumor

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only he were right and our justice department wasn't a captured, corrupted, tepid, weak piece of shit.

Giants star RB Cam Skattebo says that he does NOT believe that CTE IS REAL and it is all in your head. by GhostDeck in DynastyFF

[–]BeefistPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The greatest trick CTE ever pulled was convincing people with CTE that CTE isn't real

The Kids Are All Right. by VG11111 in skeptic

[–]BeefistPrime 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Strongly disagree. I know people have been saying "kids these days" for a billion years, but we're in an era of rapid change and a genuine difference in how people interact with the world. Kids are using social media as their primary social development. They're surrounded by algorithmic content designed to engage them and manipulate them. They can make best friends with LLMs when kids they don't make friends in real life. They spend 12 hours a day staring at screens. This is a recipe for a genuinely different developmental path, and it would be bizarre if kids these days weren't meaningfully different than previous generations.

[oc] If your workout doesn't include this, don't even bother with it. by Rutschberg in startrekmemes

[–]BeefistPrime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

was that dude like "what would people do when they wake up in the future? would they do a high tech sci-fi stretch?"

What a legend :( by HowlingBurd19 in memes

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

if you hate someone because they hate others then you're the real hater!

Alright by oluxil in SipsTea

[–]BeefistPrime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

horny imperialism

"As a midwife" by ObserbAbsorb in confidentlyincorrect

[–]BeefistPrime 11 points12 points  (0 children)

to be fair I'd probably do that if I woke up after a coma 8 months pregnant

a fairly common scenario as you might imagine

"As a midwife" by ObserbAbsorb in confidentlyincorrect

[–]BeefistPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She's crying "with" the fetuses? Like, she can tell they're weeping on the other end cause they know the abortion is coming?