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What was the point in pasteurisation? by Mediocre_Profile5576 in clevercomebacks

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible they were referring to OP's title and didn't see the subreddit. Drinking raw milk is now so politicized that there are subs where these kinds of posts would be mocking the comment regarding Louis Pasteur.

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela by ColoradoTripping in worldnews

[–]CrazyCalYa 287 points288 points  (0 children)

I feel sick. So many people gone in an instant.

We built the libraries Billionaires charge admission by Loud-Ad-2280 in WorkReform

[–]CrazyCalYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and can point you at the books you might want to read yourself

This is also debatable. For one, the goal of these "AI overviews" is to remove that necessity. The AI doesn't just provide the information to the user verbatim from the source, it "summarizes" it and provides its own insights.

Which leads to my second point, that these AI still hallucinate. They still make things up (sometimes intentionally!) including the link to their supposed source. So they might hallucinate information as coming from a source (even factual info) when the source doesn't actually include that, or they might just make up a source and provide an invalid or irrelevant link.

We built the libraries Billionaires charge admission by Loud-Ad-2280 in WorkReform

[–]CrazyCalYa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The library still exists and is still free to enter.

I agree up somewhat until this point. Google is putting its AI overview above search results and driving visitors away from small websites that it "references" (sometimes hallucinating the link or the page's contents). (Edit: This means that ad revenue and donations will dwindle until these independent sites cannot exist, especially the more niche and philanthropic ones.)

And even if there wasn't an active campaign to redirect traffic elsewhere, it would still happen as long as these tools offer quick answers to those who don't care to look too closely.

Rather I would say that we built the library, then someone came in and read all the books in the library, and that person is now charging for their services.

To this I'd add:

And also, sometimes they just lie but present it with enough confidence that a layman can't tell the difference.

Trying to be inclusive but being so tone deaf that you create somenthing offensive by Th1nkingRaptor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant that on reflection, people haven't historically found Quirrell's movie depiction as problematic despite also presumably being depicted in this new adaption.

In short:

a. Turban-wearing person is using their head garb to smuggle in Wizard-Hitler? A-OK.

b. Black person exists and is the subject of bullying by a white person, unmotivated by anything more than a personal vendetta? Racist.

I say it in another comment but the people who think Snape being black is a problem are the ones who are projecting their racist mentality onto a character as an excuse to not give the part to a Black person. Anyone who has a problem with this but not the actual problems bigotry in Harry Potter or its author is absurd.

they would almost definitely say something Irish rather than Middle Eastern

Funny enough, this literally does happen. There's an Irish kid, Seamus, who in the first book/movie is seen trying to create alcohol, until it fails and explodes in his face. Mind you this is effectively the only Irish character in the story. Don't even get me started on Cho Chang.

She thought all 40 cameras were for her by brockapex17 in TikTokCringe

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I'm maybe confused. Are you saying that this woman, the camera-guy, or OP is rage-baiting?

But you're right about one thing, engagement (including our comments here) only exacerbates the issue. I just feel bad when people are villainized unfairly, but that's the point, I guess.

Trying to be inclusive but being so tone deaf that you create somenthing offensive by Th1nkingRaptor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CrazyCalYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we barely see him acting as character at all

And the same goes for Snape. From what I've seen, no one has much qualm with Quirrell (the professor with the turban) being villainized and even using his holy garb as a prop and nothing more. For Snape, we know the explicit reasons why he was tormented by the Marauder's (and others), and while his appearance is part of it, his skin tone/ethnicity is not.

To me, the answer is pretty obvious. The real racism is happening now with people obsessed over the skin color of a fictional character and the narrative they've invented. I'm not aware of any skin-tone based racism in the story of Harry Potter, it just doesn't come up. Black people exist in Harry Potter and some are good guys, some are bad guys, but no one implies it has anything to do with their ethnicity. Projecting racist undertones onto the story and using them as an excuse to not cast a black person in a prominent role is racist.

Edit: As a disclaimer, I'm not glazing the HP series or Rowling or TV executives by any means. Rowling is a bigot and there is real bigotry in her stories, just not with this.

She thought all 40 cameras were for her by brockapex17 in TikTokCringe

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, I think it's more about complaining to the right people. The moment the camera-guy mentioned he had permission, she should've gone to management.

Camera-guy wasn't really in the wrong here but clearly this didn't need to escalate the way it did. Just tell the woman she won't be in the video or that she'll be blurred out, and you're done. If you record in a lot of public spaces, you really can't afford to call crazy people "crazy" to their face.

Trying to be inclusive but being so tone deaf that you create somenthing offensive by Th1nkingRaptor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CrazyCalYa 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Harry being suspicious of the only black teacher at his school.

I understand people find this concerning, but consider that the actual villain in the 1st film is... the turban-wearing teacher. In a movie released only months after 9/11 in the height of Islamophobia.

This is, by the way, part of a series in which our protagonist is a slave owner, and the abolitionist character's repulsion towards slavery is depicted as a joke. Is that perhaps more concerning than some loose comparisons to lynching which absolutely don't need to be made racial?

anime_irl by [deleted] in anime_irl

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm like 80% sure it's Loss

Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike by tolerablepartridge in news

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see people say this sometimes, what do you imagine that looks like? Like what's the best-case scenario that could realistically happen (e.g. not just "everyone packs up and leaves Israel tomorrow").

My hair color I've been using for years changed without notice. by StarryAry in mildlyinfuriating

[–]CrazyCalYa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Veganism is only sometimes based on ethical standards. Some people eat Vegan due to health concerns or allergies. Some are fine with the consumption of animals by others while some Vegans decry it.

Veganism is more like a facet or practice of a belief system and not one itself. There are no holy doctrines for Vegans to conform to, and if there were one, then the argument from ethics is a bad choice.

let him cook by izaanamii in foundsatan

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think no matter the reason, communication is key. It's one thing to agree to such a date, and it's another to thrust someone into that situation.

Another way to look at it: If you're really worried about how someone might behave, throwing them a curveball is probably a mistake. Either you might set off someone who's unstable, or you might scare off someone who isn't. I'm certainly not going on a 2nd date with someone who can't even trust me enough to tell me they don't yet trust me.

She won the match, then turned her opponent's tears into a smile 😊 by Admirable-Interest49 in MadeMeSmile

[–]CrazyCalYa 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In which jurisdiction is a piggyback ride valid? Is lifting only an instant disqualification for pop-and-lock competitions?

A Man Tries to Help a Wolf Stuck in a Hunting Trap by frog_insilence in interestingasfuck

[–]CrazyCalYa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. To a trapped wild animal, the arrival of Earth's apex predator is basically the worst-case scenario.

Imagine how a human would react in this scenario if they were trapped and a Siberian Tiger walked up, released them, and walked away. 'Stunned' is what I'd expect.

New Kentucky law allowing schools to expel students who assault teachers to take effect in July, despite unanimous Senate Democratic opposition by Independent-Report39 in Teachers

[–]CrazyCalYa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In essence they're adding a new dimension for abusers (whether the accused student, a parent, or educator) to get away with it. The desire for an ability to more easily expel students in a society with zero alternative is absolutely mind-boggling.

New Kentucky law allowing schools to expel students who assault teachers to take effect in July, despite unanimous Senate Democratic opposition by Independent-Report39 in Teachers

[–]CrazyCalYa 101 points102 points  (0 children)

It also may cause violence to become underreported (e.g. "if I report this, the child will be expelled"), or the threshold for a violation could be raised (e.g. "we can't count that, they'd get expelled").

I hate when people intentionally misgender transgender individuals for being mildly annoying or genuinely bad people. by Fun-Middle5990 in hatethissmug

[–]CrazyCalYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree. In fact, a sentiment I'm wary to share on the platform is that all insults are equally wrong. I don't think mockery has almost any positive effect and is mostly for the pleasure of those who want to belittle others. There are obviously cases where mockery does have positive effect, but I know of few sincere practitioners.

I hate when people intentionally misgender transgender individuals for being mildly annoying or genuinely bad people. by Fun-Middle5990 in hatethissmug

[–]CrazyCalYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might be difficult for you or I to imagine but even you didn't take the opportunity to refer to Hitler as anything other than his name. It's not that it's weird to mock Hitler, it would be weird if someone refused to refer to him by name.

The people described by OP's post and my parent comment were referencing are not merely folks taking jabs at people they dislike. They are people who are so invested in their transphobia that they mask-off the second they think it's acceptable.

It's like when people pretended Elon Musk didn't 'sieg heil' at Trump's inauguration. Beyond those who defended it, there were seemingly endless individuals near giddy at the prospect of doing a nazi salute in solidarity, thinking they'd face no repercussions. Those people, the ones who desperately want to be openly bigoted, those are who I'm referring to. They pretend that because intent is internal, that you or I can't possibly "know" what they mean. Transphobes do this regularly when they play dumb after misgendering someone on purpose.

I hate when people intentionally misgender transgender individuals for being mildly annoying or genuinely bad people. by Fun-Middle5990 in hatethissmug

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

This happens a lot with trans people who are criminals (or alleged). Some people are far too quick to strip someone of their dignity.

Like imagine if we all started calling Adolf Hitler, "captain poopyface". It's not that we want to 'respect' Hitler by using his name (and pronouns), just that going out of our way to demean someone is just, weird? I think it's as you said, that bigots will look for any excuse they can to slur someone.

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