CrocodilloBombardino @ the_abecedarian @piefed.social

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The point is that it's marketing for ai companies in general and they can sell them to Hollywood

Get to the emotional reasons why they hold one or more of the dissonant beliefs, then try to both make them feel heard and to plant a seed for addressing that emotion, while offering a non-dissonant alternative

Life doesn't come with a meaning, you are free to find one that speaks to you

This is an old apologia for colonialism. I would suggest reading some of the works that have come from people from colonized places for the best perspectives on this argument: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4810-colonialism-as-a-system-for-underdeveloping-africa?_pos=4&_ss=r

There are whole course readings from universities around the world that can help you get up to date.

Things happen and we may say someone "deserved" it, but I don't believe in any supernatural force making it happen. We have no evidence for that

Why do you think her appearance is meant to attract sex partners or to fool ppl about her age?

Now is an important time to help onboard people to Linux. Bear with these posts or maybe start an advanced Linux users community

Read books, do light stretching, journal with pen and paper, meditate, any quiet activity like that without a screen.

Agreed, its just a bit of a different structure now

We deserve an internet that is not merely a surveillance farm for billionnaires and governments.

It's not the musicians' fault. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5006-new-hegemonies-streaming-platforms-and-music-production

Nothing under a capitalist economy is rewarded for merit, only profitability for the business owner or shareholders

yeah, same. I think being tired of capitalist pandering is totally fine.

I am generally skeptical of anyone who considers themself "anti-woke" or who complains about "wokeness" as wanting to have a sincere conversation about these things. I imagine in 99% of cases, it'll be more likely that they complain about corporate wokeness because they simply don't want to see representations of happy, successful lgbtqia+ people and people of color in mainstream culture, even if it's just marketing. Maybe test the waters by making a similar point about the companies that market themselves based on pandering to the right and see how enthusiastically they agree about how bad corporate cooptation of culture is. At least then, you can say "and the same goes for corporations pandering to the left!"

Still, the fact that seeing a bunch of rainbow logos actually bothers these people for reasons other than being sick of capitalist cooptation of liberatory movements would not give me much hope that that line of argument will be meaningful to them.

You're afraid of your own class when you should be meeting, building trust, and organizing with them.

The capitalists hate and fear their own workers and yes, would rather they live at the edge of survival rather than give up a cent of profit. The govt is putting force behind that by cutting benefits, hiring cops, and building prisons.

https://thedigradio.com/archive/ - "politics, history, and economics everywhere" [one of the absolute best analysis podcasts out there, IMO]

https://rustyquill.com/show/the-silt-verses "The Silt Verses is a full-cast audio drama that lurks in the grey area between horror and contemporary fantasy. Carpenter and Faulkner, worshippers of an outlawed god, are travelling up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations amongst the reeds and the wetlands. In these forgotten rural territories, new and strange gods of have flourished and Carpenter and Faulker must navigate this world of ritual, hidden language, and sacrifice. As they find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, the question remains: just how deep does their faith run?" [So, so well written and so, so amazingly acted]

Do whatever your hosts do with theirs

Spotify wants this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sNsrwokPSY

You will eat your fermented fish and you will like it!

(Just meant that ppl who eat halal or vegetarian or something can get that lol)

Every single human, regardless of work, should have nutritious, culturally appropriate, tasty food; a dignified home suited to their needs; clothes in good condition etc.

It sucks, but just ask for numbers or emails