Garden_Ramsay @ Garden_Ramsay @sh.itjust.works

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Take a look at the Hong Kong protests. Twitter was a huge way to show the world what was going on. But also full of shills and bots sewing discord

Honestly at this point I can't tell if I'm happy or sad about things like Twitter going away. It was full of horrible discourse and bots and misinformation, but also helped a lot of people. Back in the day it was insanely helpful for directing large areas affected by disasters.

I just don't see the good uses of these platforms ever coming back from all these primadonna CEOs

Your pally can lose their oath minutes after making the character. You become an oathbreaker with its own set of cutscenes and stuff. Alignment is very much in play at all times. You can kill party members or turn them evil or good. Sounds like everything is fair game.

Not sure how humans work, I'm assuming you can either do the racial bonus or put 2/1 in any stats but idk.

Baldurs Gate 3 comes out August 3rd on PC, Sept for consoles. It's right up your alley. Early access is going on still if you want to try it. You can fully flesh out your character in pretty much every way. 10/10 would recommend.

I'm not an expert by any means but can't this be used to launder money?

OP, I know you're discouraged but please don't deny the world your fat can.

I hate how the American polarization of political, social and economic spectrums is contaging other parts of the world

You claim to be a critical thinker but somehow think Americans invented & propagate polarizing beliefs? In what world are you living that Europeans were bereft of polarizing viewpoints before American politics somehow tainted them?

left leaning on social issues, right leaning on economics

One can be, but that doesn't mean one can't also be mocked for such child-like views of politics. If your beliefs are so paper thin that a few downvotes on Lemmy cause you to throw a tantrum about "save Europe from American politics!", I really question whether or not you have ANY critical thinking ability.

It's also ridiculous to say you're fiscally right and socially left. Social issues are inherently economic. You cannot cherry pick ideals from vastly opposing viewpoints and say that is your stance without reconciling the friction that opposition creates. Not even acknowledging it is the least amount of critical thinking I can think of.

It’s either you are fascist republican or communist democrat…

No one called you a fascist in this thread so that disproves "it's either or", are you dredging up some past experience? Why are you dealing in such absolutes? Again I don't think someone who "thinks critically" would say that "both sides" are always one thing or another. Just sounds like you have a lot to learn about yourself and the world.

I believe they forced him to step down because of his stubborn stance on EVs right?

Ow my eye! I'm not supposed to get Lemmy in it!

Bots and shills accounts are a huge problem in any public discourse about any topic, but they really come out in full force when "hot button" topics come up. IE: I watch Doctor Who, also a highly political and progressive show with "fans" suddenly and inexplicably divided the second there was a whiff of casting news regarding a new Doctor.

Years ago, before Jodie Whittaker got the role officially, there were reports that Phoebe Waller-Bridge might be in talks to play the Doctor and the Doctor Who subreddit exploded with "as a woman I don't think the Doctor should be played by a woman" posts. After Jodie was announced the posts exploded again. Then later, there were talks a black actor could be playing the Doctor and once again inexplicably tons of 'as a black man I don't care about representation... " posts went flying.

Even little subs like PrintSF for sf/fantasy etc. books got the occasional comments when it was time for Hugos. Any mention of female or diverse authors being nominated got random accounts never accessing the sub before saying shit like "anyone else notice all the books are by LGBTQ authors? I'm just asking questions" never to be seen again after Hugos were over. There's still a remnant of Sad Puppy/Puppygate bad faith posters and shills sewing discord years later after the whole drama subsided.

It just seems like anytime potential division can be created there's an influx in new/ random accounts pushing it where it makes no sense, like with Star Trek or Doctor Who specifically being great examples. I hope fediverse places make this kinda blatant discord harder to create.

I have to imagine a lot of this "I'm done with woke star trek" crap is perpetuated by bots and shills. Post histories on Reddit for accounts saying these right wing talking points were either days old in response to some new Trek show or episode, or years old accounts that haven't posted in forever then suddenly posted a bunch of talking points in every thread they could find.

There were definitely legit accounts of people upset by new Trek for other reasons but far outnumbered by "anti wokester" puppet accounts. When it came to Twitter I wouldn't bat a lash if one out of every hundred accounts were bots. After noticing their trends they get easier to spot. It's the only thing that makes sense when the alternative is there are legions of trek fans that never noticed how progressive the shows were and suddenly decided to be angry in the past couple years.

For sure. My small city sub was hilarious. Always people asking "anyone know why there's a helicopter flying over our city?!"