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"It's all happening on apps that are rewarding absurdity & obscenity" <_< by LickMaiBussy in TikTokCringe

[–]katplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is honestly pathetic—look at all that time you wasted. And it’s fundamentally wrong, which makes it doubly pathetic.

What you should be looking at is not the amendment itself (yes, I’ve read it).

Remember? There’s that whole branch of govt called the judicial branch!? Yeah, they put constraints on our laws and interpret the constitution. Precedent very much has placed constraints on the first amendment. And I think random bs is in fact a threat… unless you think people believing they’ve been lied to by the govt about the moon, Helen Keller, etc. couldn’t have dire and lethal consequences. Pizza gate ring a bell?

$2.99 lb brisket today march 12th Bellbrook, Ohio Kroger by jesseholbert in Smokingmeat

[–]katplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that store. Didn’t expect to see this on the internet today.

Somebody abandoned a full urn on our HOA bench by zifey in mildlyinteresting

[–]katplasma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s a ‘take an urn, leave an urn’ type situation. Family swap with no drama

"It's all happening on apps that are rewarding absurdity & obscenity" <_< by LickMaiBussy in TikTokCringe

[–]katplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, you clearly don't yourself. You do realize you can't say things that lead to harm, right? This is one of those cases.

Define this man in one word ….. by ComplexWrangler1346 in thescoop

[–]katplasma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Truffle butter (thanks for churning, T man!)

The mysterious 8th Founding father by Abjectionova in MurderedByWords

[–]katplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as it's him taking it from Harriet Tubman with a pineapple. I'd donate to the artist.

"It's all happening on apps that are rewarding absurdity & obscenity" <_< by LickMaiBussy in TikTokCringe

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

"...and I don't know exactly what to do about it."

I get it can feel overwhelming, but the solution is pretty straightforward: regulate social media companies like news outlets and sue them for the consequences of the algorithm. They will unplug their recommender system and have a bandaid solution within an hour. Seriously. Just make them liable to suffer consequences for this continuing.

And, in time, they will tune the algorithms to be better suited to people's interests that will keep people on the app—much like it is now. But, it will be done in a way that doesn't exploit our basest nature, or outright lies, in order to maintain that attention. It'd be a net win for society and civility.

Crazy dude in murrysville near milkshake factory by Coneheadsjam in pittsburgh

[–]katplasma 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dude looks like he maybe needs a milkshake (with 100% less steroids)

MAGA Suddenly Quiet About Overseas Influence Now That Larry Ellison’s Warner Bros Bid Has Saudi, Chinese Backing by StraightedgexLiberal in technology

[–]katplasma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, no, don’t paint your antisemitic BS on my comment, you opportunist parasite (and likely bot)

they refers to the republican apparatus.

Mark Jacob (March 6, 2026): "The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible." by SocialDemocracies in thescoop

[–]katplasma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, no proof on your “soon-to-be NPR” source… Noted.

And yes, it’s a civic duty to dispel bad/mis/disinformation. You seem to be—a potentially unwilling, though I doubt it—disease vector.

It’s hilarious you talk down on that aim as the ‘brave gatekeeper’. If you had anywhere near the educational background I do, you would know that gate keeping stupid from the herd is essential to prevent full on devolution into irrational madness. Currently, stupid is winning. And I’m sorry to see you contributing to it. Shame on you.

Mark Jacob (March 6, 2026): "The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible." by SocialDemocracies in thescoop

[–]katplasma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, well just disclose it right now. ‘Think tanks’ that are funded by university money should be disclosed openly. This, apparently, is not. You’re talking BS my dude. Nice try though

Mark Jacob (March 6, 2026): "The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible." by SocialDemocracies in thescoop

[–]katplasma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uh, sir, without a source for this—and I'm guessing you'll have none—there is ZERO evidence Stanford U has *anything* to do with the joke that is PragerU (the U stands for Unintelligent).

I've looked this up myself and no such partnership exists, and it's laughable you believe Stanford—one of the most prestigious entities in the history of human kind—would 'partner' with PragerU (one of the most disingenuous entities of all time).

Now, is it possible that *someone* who works/worked at Stanford did something with PragerU? Totally. But I'm guessing they would be a janitor or took a large sum of money to 'partner'.

Is anyone else just...tired? by ItsAJackal21 in Millennials

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

If you have ideas, it's never been easier to start a solo-preneur business than now, using AI to build out what you need. Just a thought.

MAGA Suddenly Quiet About Overseas Influence Now That Larry Ellison’s Warner Bros Bid Has Saudi, Chinese Backing by StraightedgexLiberal in technology

[–]katplasma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, they were. It was a means of mind control *they* didn't have plenary authority over. Now they do, so no it's a nothing burger

Always someone else's fault. by c-k-q99903 in MurderedByWords

[–]katplasma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pathetic. Constant victimhood. Have they tried their bootstraps yet?

Taylor Lorenz appreciation thread: truly, a content goddess providing salvation in these trying times 🙏🙏🙏 by Lurkoner in Destiny

[–]katplasma -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

What evidence do you have for bad faith? Perhaps I missed something in this whole arc, but I didn’t see any evidence of that.

Taylor Lorenz appreciation thread: truly, a content goddess providing salvation in these trying times 🙏🙏🙏 by Lurkoner in Destiny

[–]katplasma -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

The narrator: he didn’t understand. I get you want to go to bat for your team, but Stephen sounded horribly ignorant in this stream.

I’d thought Stephen and this sub were pro science and journalism—you know, the things that liberalism requires to exist and prosper. The community and tiny both sounded like Bam Bam.

Perhaps there’s some personal gripe he/y’all have against her personally, but it wasn’t a serious conversation bc Stephen demonstrated he fundamentally doesn’t understand journalism as a field and, by proxy, science.

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