Cancel culture.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Shawk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Playing a game like ECO shows how flawed these policy making things are IMO. Just like voting it depends on people actually participating, few people participate or care or even know when anything is happening.

Dunno if that is a feature or a bug though.

No idea what ECO is

You are right that most people are uninformed. They are living in their little echo chamber surrounding themselves with like-minded people, and usually only taking in information in two forms, often both at once:

1. Something that validates how they already felt about something
2. Something that is being peddled by an experienced outrage merchant, because outrage sells

This is true, and a major flaw, for both sides

[Jibartik]

Why are lumber prices up?

Because they're holding onto their lumber waiting for the fed to write huge infistructure checks so it can unload it at a massive profit.

Who suffers? Middle class.

[Byue]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is true, and a major flaw, for both sides

Ah yes.
The post doctorate flaw that makes you want to be validated and thus only taking in the information you care about and this is very exactly how you get a PhD.

America largely divided by education level.


ouch.

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Byue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And people make fun of my English.

For good reason [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Byue]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For good reason [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's really hard to make grammatical mistakes when your whole comment is 3 words long.

It does show us your level of command, though.

Stop trying to cancel me because I am Canadian, French or because my English is not on your level.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Byue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah yes.
The post doctorate flaw that makes you want to be validated and thus only taking in the information you care about and this is very exactly how you get a PhD.

America largely divided by education level.


ouch.

I have no idea how you get a PhD because I don’t have one. Do you?

You would be blind to not realize that social media is programmed to feed you mostly information that it thinks you would want to take in. And what it assumes (correctly so for most people) is information you want to take in is information that confirms your pre-existing beliefs

Also, it is human nature to want to shut down the opposition. If there more of one party in a particular location, that party will tend to bully the other one out of that location. Both parties do this. We tend to want to surround ourselves with people who validate and don’t challenge how we feel, because that’s considered (and correctly so) therapeutic

Or am I wrong on this. Do you attend conservative rallies and insist on surrounding yourself with mostly conservative friends by choice and not because they are the only ones available? Bravo if so, but you would be an anomaly

Also, most news media on both sides are outrage merchants peddling clickbait headlines, because it sells. I can deny the ethics of such a tactic all day, but I cannot deny the efficacy of it

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Byue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's really hard to make grammatical mistakes when your whole comment is 3 words long.

It does show us your level of command, though.

Stop trying to cancel me because I am Canadian, French or because my English is not on your level.

Doesn't need to be any longer.

It does.

No.

[Jibartik]

less is more

[Shawk]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No idea what ECO is

It's a good game.

[Byue]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have no idea how you get a PhD because I don’t have one. Do you?

You would be blind to not realize that social media is programmed to feed you mostly information that it thinks you would want to take in. And what it assumes (correctly so for most people) is information you want to take in is information that confirms your pre-existing beliefs

Also, it is human nature to want to shut down the opposition. If there more of one party in a particular location, that party will tend to bully the other one out of that location. Both parties do this. We tend to want to surround ourselves with people who validate and don’t challenge how we feel, because that’s considered (and correctly so) therapeutic

Or am I wrong on this. Do you attend conservative rallies and insist on surrounding yourself with mostly conservative friends by choice and not because they are the only ones available? Bravo if so, but you would be an anomaly

Also, most news media on both sides are outrage merchants peddling clickbait headlines, because it sells. I can deny the ethics of such a tactic all day, but I cannot deny the efficacy of it

So basically, you are in favour of cancel culture and against freedom of speech?

Also, can we stop saying news media on both side?
We know who owns 95% of American news outlet and none of those white dude a leftist.

They're conservative making money, shaping our discourse.

P.S: I have a baccalaureate, and have many friends with a phd.
It's not hard, it's dedication to learning a thing just so some shithead on the internet can say that you research is fake.

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

less is more

I agree.
Less outrage, please. Especially against someone expressing themselves in a way that is not 144 characters or less.