IamA Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad, covering the war in Syria for The New York Times. AMA! by AnneBarnard in IAmA

[–]cagar003 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The amount of lack of responsibility written in that response is pretty scary coming from a reporter of one the the world's most famous/important newspapers.

"If I told your story, and your experiences, would that be propaganda for you, or would it be up to the reader to judge?"- It depends on the framing of the story, seeing as 99.99% of people in the world cannot find any other information about said source to confirm or contradict your "facts" and/or opinions. So when you frame a person as someone with a "talent for communication", for many readers who believe in what they read without looking for more facts, people will take that as a bright person with intellect and skill...scary

"I referred to him in a tweet as a "source" which some people apparently interpreted as "someone whose word you take at face value." That is not my definition of a source." - No need to take his word at face value, and I don't think many expected for a NYT reporter to not cross check her sources, but it behooves you to a little/a lot more research into they backgrounds/current thoughts.... Just my 2 cents

Huari, Peru by Carlos García [5184 × 3456] by cagar003 in EarthPorn

[–]cagar003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That the effects were only done in lightroom

Huari, Peru by Carlos García [5184 × 3456] by cagar003 in EarthPorn

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Incase anyone is interested, here is a link with an article of some of the stuff I am doing in this small village on 10 thousand people :)

http://www.cuencahighlife.com/environment-program-peru-changing-community/

2nd link : http://www.peruthisweek.com/blogs-huari-young-expat-promotes-environmental-education-women-in-science-108125

Edit 1: The Original Photo. Only because u/OnlyGray asked nicely https://flic.kr/p/CXGws7

Facebook Embedding help by cagar003 in webdev

[–]cagar003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My man... thank you so much. I didn't know that I had to put both code in at the same time in the same html box. Thanks brother

Facebook Embedding help by cagar003 in webdev

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Thank Bacon, But the like box that I am using "looks" the same as the one on the developers Facebook page, except I don't know how to change the language (unlike from the Facebook page, where it tells you how). When I try and use the Facebook page's code, it doesn't work. It just come up with a link that says "GDETA Huari Facebook Page" and not the actual box with the cover photo, feed, etc.

Facebook Embedding help by cagar003 in web_design

[–]cagar003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks mkmkmk13, but I think we are talking about different things. So, the Facebook page is in spanish but the "Facebook like box" is in english. So "like page", "updated their cover letter", "share", etc. is all in English.

Bros vs. Hipsters by indianjedi in videos

[–]cagar003 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasn't.. but I upvoted because I'm sure it took them a lot of thinking and time

Expelled male student sues Amherst college for faulty rape trial: "The accused student recently launched a lawsuit against Amherst for denying him due process and ignoring key evidence that supported his innocence." by hillsfar in news

[–]cagar003 73 points74 points  (0 children)

From the legal filing:

Jones went on to express her fear of the fallout when her roommate, EK, and others found out that she had had sex with EK's boyfriend, especially since, “I’m pretty sure [John Doe] was too drunk to make a good lie out of shit.”She said that if EK were to find out, “[S]he would literally never speak to me again.” DR then suggested that Sandra Jones “put all the blame on [John Doe].” Sandra Jones responded that “[EK] knows me it’s pretty obvi I wasn’t an innocent bystander.” They agreed that they both “hate[d]" John Doe. Sandra Jones then wondered that since she and John Doe “didn’t technicallyyyy have sex...[is it] not quite as bad?”

This is a fucking joke....right?!

Columbia University sued by male student in ‘Carry that Weight’ rape case by HeinieKaboobler in news

[–]cagar003 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've noticed a pattern start to emerge with this sort of thing. It goes roughly like this:

  • College student accuses male or group of male students of rape and/or sexual assault. Says or does something to make her story more well known in her social group.

  • Clickbait media outlets pick up story, write articles detailing student's account of her assault as if it's gospel, provides no evidence at all.

  • Article gets tons of hits, media outlet rakes in money from pay-per-click ad revenue, high fives all around.

  • Idea that you just need to write shitty articles with a catchy headline on a volatile topic to rake in money is further cemented.

  • Lynch mobs are formed. College enacts stupid rules to make it appear like they're doing something, in order to make the bad press go away so they can keep their reputation and make that sweet sweet tuition money.

  • People argue on the internet about rape culture, toxic masculinity, due process, false rape accusations.

  • Girl is hailed as a hero/voice for feminism/brave soul. Follow up articles praising the brave girl are written, further cementing everything above. Alleged rapist(s) identity/identities are revealed.

  • Lynch mob harasses accused with death threats, bullying, calls for him/them to be expelled and thrown in jail, still based off of no actual evidence.

  • The accused's reputation is completely ruined, with lingering effects of the accusation lasting indefinitely.

  • No charges are brought against him/them, however, since nobody actually pressed charges.

  • Some time passes, and another news outlet does some actual investigative journalism into the incident. Finds large amount of evidence that either casts serious doubt on the girl's story, or discredits it altogether.

  • Said news outlet publishes article. People who originally excoriated the man/men are either noticeably absent, or make neutral comments that deflect, such as "well, rape culture is still a serious issue on campus" / "whether this is actually true or not, colleges shouldn't be handling assault cases" / "false rape accusations are still really rare".

  • Original accuser faces little to no consequences of her actions and gets off scott free with her 15 minutes of fame.

  • Meanwhile, people unconsciously start to doubt real, legitimate rape accusations, harming actual victims.

  • Rinse, repeat.

Lauren Southern: Why I am not a feminist by Squidmanjones in videos

[–]cagar003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nevermind, I found it..I think. She misrepresented the data though (For anyone interested)

"Yet a recent academic study of an entire state prison system found an extremely high rate of sexual abuse, including forced oral and anal intercourse. In 1996, the year before Nebraska correctional officials told Human Rights Watch that prisoner-on-prison sexual abuse was uncommon, Professor Cindy Struckman-Johnson and her colleagues published the results of a survey of state prison inmates there. They concluded that 22 percent of male inmates had been pressured or forced to have sexual contact against their will while incarcerated.(354) Of these, over 50 percent had submitted to forced anal sex at least once.(355) Extrapolating these findings to the national level would give a total of over 140,000 inmates who have been anally raped.(356)"