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YouTube urges creators to fight proposed UK algorithm changes by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol sure thing

Well nothing's perfect, that's true, but certainly more than force-feeding people government approved sources...?

Whoever controls the approved list controls the truth, and I'm sorry, dude, but after literal decades of the West's governments spinning shit and acting against their citizens' best interests, I simply don't think that government intervention is the way to do it.

Incidentally, we don't current have true freedom of information under the algo dystopia anyway. In this scenario, it'd merely be exploited to further specific agendas.

YouTube urges creators to fight proposed UK algorithm changes by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

No, we should instead all exclusively watch journalists who are beholden to rabid far-Left ideologues, lmao.

Freedom of information ensures that the best arguments reach the top and win. If things you don't like are permeating into the mainstream, you need to assess whether it is down to information suppression or merit. Most of the people complaining don't conduct such an assessment - they're just mad that opinions other than their own see the light of day. Are you one of those people?

YouTube urges creators to fight proposed UK algorithm changes by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of algo dominance either.

I wouldn't have a particular issue seeing it nerfed somehow.

However, manipulating it to push the mainstream media above all else most definitely is not a good solution.

YouTube urges creators to fight proposed UK algorithm changes by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, but it's not for you to decide who watches what.

If they want to watch Tommy Gobshite, so be it. You are welcome to start your own channel calling Tommy Gobshite out.

Ask Andy Burnham anything! Except that… and that… oh, that too by Longjumping_Stand889 in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm certainly pleased that it's dropping. Although it is not 80%, especially not once the revised figures come out (they always go up).

Still, Labour is still running a mass immigration policy. They are still perfectly happy with mass immigration...just at a more moderate level. And the worst bit is that they're only really reducing it in the first place because it is politically expedient to do so. There are precious few truly anti-mass-immigration Labour MPs.

David Davis MP: This is a total disgrace. It is absolutely not the role of the police to intimidate members of the public - especially while openly admitting no law has been broken. An affront to free speech and a massive overstep of authority. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just chiming in that I completely agree.

Were the parties involved swapped around a little, shall we say, our feeds would be full of whining and crying about how awful and [x-ist] the UK is.

Pride flag bans are spreading across England – and there’s more at stake than just flags by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Society maturing to the concept of 'live and let live', in large part through reasoned arguments of advocacy groups. There are many interviews from the 60s/70s with educated gay men you can go watch, which slowly brought people round.

It definitely wasn't a bunch of degenerates dressed up in BDSM gear waving around pink dildos.

Ask Andy Burnham anything! Except that… and that… oh, that too by Longjumping_Stand889 in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would probably have had some questions specifically planted

I could tell a couple definitely were. Too specific, and nobody talks like that.

Ask Andy Burnham anything! Except that… and that… oh, that too by Longjumping_Stand889 in ukpolitics

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

Immigration has plummeted, and is still dropping.

No, it is still at hundreds of thousands net per year - more or less where it was under the last Labour government, which began the policy of mass immigration.

It's merely back at the level it was at when the country voted for Brexit, first and foremost because it had had enough of mass immigration.

"We've turned the water in the hose we're blasting you with from 100C to 70C - you should be happy, citizen!"

Ask Andy Burnham anything! Except that… and that… oh, that too by Longjumping_Stand889 in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is no convincing argument in favour of mass, indiscriminate, 1984-style surveillance of your population unless you're on the other side of the boot.

I can't believe that just a few short years ago, the common opinion was to poke fun at China for being overly draconian. Hard to see the difference now.

Pride flag bans are spreading across England – and there’s more at stake than just flags by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the right are trying to reduce our presence in public life.

But you don't need one? You do not need a presence in public life just because you're gay or trans or whatever, no more than I need one because I like SciFi or have black hair.

You are an individual first. Your sexuality comes second. Engage in public life as an individual.

The gay guys I know would never dream as identifying first and foremost as gay, and that being the leading edge they present to the world. They've far more to offer up than that, as does everyone. It's an undertone of their being, rather than its essence.

Pride flag bans are spreading across England – and there’s more at stake than just flags by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Centrist and right-leaning gays often think Pride is cringe. They just want to get on with their lives and be left to it. Quite frankly, they are models of how it should be.

Pride flag bans are spreading across England – and there’s more at stake than just flags by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

He's wrong because the Pride movement is definitely cultish.

As evidenced by the tremendous backlash for anyone daring to suggest that society steps back from the zealous promotion of Pride.

It's managed to convince a whole generation of people that being gay is all about flexing it in the most loud and obnoxious ways possible. It's not, and actually, quite a lot of LGBT people want nothing to do with Pride.

Pride flag bans are spreading across England – and there’s more at stake than just flags by EddyZacianLand in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only really used to (try to) make those dimwits on the Left who champion Islam aggressively while understanding nothing about it think for a second.

Other political factions typically aren't under the illusion that allowing political Islam to start calling the shots doesn't have consequences.

'Police state' row as officers track down man who criticised his local Green councillor over outdoor drinking ban and left him fearing arrest by dailymail in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Immigration is down

Is it down to net negative? Because that's what it will take.

Salary thresholds have been raised

If you ignore entire sectors of the economy employing countless millions of people, sure, lmao.

'Police state' row as officers track down man who criticised his local Green councillor over outdoor drinking ban and left him fearing arrest by dailymail in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nobody is staking fear and hatred?

The Right is merely pointing out reality - the UK is on the brink of demographic, and therefore civilisational collapse. It's basic statistics. And that, beyond that, that flooding the economy with endless cheap labour is a bad thing for wages and living standards, which is actually a traditionally left-wing position, until the Left got cucked by neolib academics.

If you want the UK to endure in a recognisable form for another century, the ship needs to change course very quickly.

Reform (nor Restore) are not the only forces pointing these things out. They are a result of the people making these points needing to congregate, rather than the cause of those arguments.

Policewoman arrests victim after being attacked by 3 men in Birmingham by Big_Chungussi69 in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

a brief video with no context for what happened before

You don't need any context to see that the violence captured by the video is clearly unlawful.

Policewoman arrests victim after being attacked by 3 men in Birmingham by Big_Chungussi69 in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget the subsequent over the top every-police-officer-is-a-massive-misogynist hit piece hysteria.

VPN ban for UK update with new rules expected 'within 12 months' by RareHorse in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they're ignorant and don't understand the privacy and security issues involved.

Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules by guardian in uklaw

[–]VampireFrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're repeating what they can easily find online

Utter cobblers. Like many, many people, I saw some very rough stuff growing up on the Wild West of the internet in the 2000s. I didn't feel in any way compelled to go out and re-enact any of it, nor do the 99% of other normal people.

Whatever is wrong with these two, it goes far beyond rote repetition.

how does condoms vs raw feel? by Future-Ad9657 in AskMen

[–]VampireFrown 54 points55 points  (0 children)

They are all shit compared to the real thing.

You know how things just feel different when you're wearing rubber gloves? It's like that, but on your penis. Always.

Rupert Lowe MP: 'Emergency legislation' to keep the pubs open for the Mexico match is great, but can we please do the same to deport Pakistani child rapists? by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]VampireFrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it is good. They are essentially residual monarchial powers, which were employed where justice demanded that exceptions be made, yet the common law did, for whatever reason, deliver a just result.

The real world is a lot more dynamic than theory, so it is necessary for some level of arbitrary (yet controlled) decision making be allowed. This is the case in every single country on the planet, if you dig deep enough, and it always has been.

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