That was my reaction as well upon seeing this post lmao

This is great! Thank you so much for compiling these resources. I’ve bookmarked it for reference. Please don’t delete it!

Fuck those racist suburbanites. It’s not ok to disseminate the racist myth about a border “crisis” just to win political favor. Fuck anyone – Democrat, Republican, or other – that contributes to this.

Edit: That sounded really negative. If you support open borders, then I hope you have a great day!

I have that about:config setting in Firefox that makes videos only play if you manually click them. Many news sites refuse to display the video at all with this setting.

Another thing they do that makes them unusable for me and anyone else with impaired vision is they aggressively disable the “force pinch to zoom” accessibility setting that browsers have. ABC News does this, for example. I actually did file an ADA report about this, but it was rejected, even though it’s a clear violation of the federal ADA guidelines. Worthless corporations protected by worthless government agencies that only exist to protect the rich.

To make a long story short, I have no qualms about not giving these sites my money. Let them burn.

As a 2FA supporter, I get a bit addled when the time sync isn’t working properly and my discord login won’t accept the code

I feel like ads got worse over time to the point that one can barely fathom visiting a news media site without an adblocker.

This could be a good thing in that it could potentially help democratize journalism, taking it out of the hands of billionaires. Conversely, it could make harmful conspiracy theories more widespread.

Most likely, it would be a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.

Also, why the hell is this downvoted? Am I missing something?

One thing that is not on my bucket list is climbing Mt. Everest. Any natural wonder and charm it once had have been destroyed by mindless tourists.

No one person can represent an entire culture though. That’s why it’s on us to learn how to be respectful.

For example, someone from Mexico might be just fine with offensive Hispanic stereotypes, but that doesn’t excuse such behavior. You can’t just ask a random person for a pass, like what? Even asking for something like that would be utterly tasteless lmao

But cultural appreciation is not what is meant by “cultural appropriation.” Cultural appropriation is when it’s done in a disrespectful manner.

I grew up with some utterly racist experiences in school – the feather “headdress” and cardboard tipis, the sombreros on Cinco de Mayo, etc.

I wish I’d had someone at the time to explain why that was wrong.

To me, the term “cultural appropriation” refers to things like schools having kids make chicken feather “headdresses” to “celebrate” Native American Day, or wearing a religious symbol in a disrespectful way. Even though people like the person in the post can be annoying, I think it’s still progress that we’re able to have these discussions, and I think it’s too bad that for many people the takeaway seems to be “cultural appropriation is never problematic.” I’d take the person from the post any day over someone who thinks they’re immune from criticism when they unintentionally engage in behavior that truly is disrespectful.

This has been my experience as well. I feel this every time I have something social planned, and even moreso when depressed.

I can be totally aware of what I need to do to feel better, and still get hung up on that first damn step. The psychological struggle is real.

Yeah, I think that’s fine, but some people get super direct or almost aggressive about it. Asking for more details is fine, but often the OP doesn’t have additional details, and people need to be willing to accept that. For instance, this situation sounds a lot like a general observation and not something that’s unique to one particular set of circumstances. It’s also something I’ve experienced, so I guess for me, I understand what he’s talking about exactly.

Some people also don’t read the other comments in a thread before posting theirs – a lot of people – and then it gets super exhausting as the OP to have to respond to each demand for context individually, when they’ve already responded to someone else. I feel like I still have trauma from the time I made a post on reddit that accidentally depicted someone from Australia instead of the US, and I must have had like 50 comments telling me, even though I’d already responded to the first person who told me by admitting my mistake and apologizing for the mixup.

But I got a bit sidetracked there. What I mean is, something like “Does this happen in any specific place or circumstance?” is reasonable and non-confrontative. Saying, “There must be more to the story that you’re not telling us” is unreasonably rude and aggressive. It’s really unkind to make veiled accusations against someone, unfounded and unprovoked – especially in a community that’s expressly about sharing unpopular opinions! Like, wouldn’t you want more people to share their unpopular opinions? That seems like the whole point!

I agree! Hearing people being very enthused and happy about something is very comforting to me.

As others have pointed out, there are exceptions – flat earthers, religious fanatics, violent people – but even then, it’s not the hearing part that’s the problem – it’s more the problematic content itself

This was me for a while. I’ve found that when I’m depressed, taking the first step out the door can feel like an insurmountable task.

Also related, I’m actually in a conversation with a discord friend right now about how hard it is to feel connected to something as we get older. It’s still possible, but it takes a concerted effort. Add things like depression and exhaustion to the mix, and you’ve got the ingredients for a downward spiral.

There are so many people out there who I’d love to give a big mental hug. So many people hurting.

Holy shit, that governor really made an ass of himself. He just kept doubling down lol

Thanks for the links!

I’m in an American midwestern small town, and people do the same thing here. The more rural the community, the worse it gets.

I’m not sure people here even realize they’re staring – they’re just not very good at interacting with people who aren’t the few individuals they see every day.

I feel like he made it clear in his post:

there are some adults that will just look and look and look at you when you enter a room

These people are just starting unprovoked. He doesn’t say that everyone does this, everywhere he goes. He says that some adults will stare at you.

And guess what? I’ve totally experienced this. Personally, I think part of it for me is living in a small-ish town, but still, it’s unprovoked behavior.

Even if you’re walking into lectures, it’s still not good form for people to stare, and the farting is something you’ve totally conjured out of thin air. None of these details were in OP’s post. We don’t need more details. When he uses the word “just,” that implies this is simple unprovoked behavior.

The idea that “further context is warranted” is absurd. The OP has already made clear in another comment that there is no further context.

Edit: Okay, I’m exhausted now lol. Good luck out there, OP!

I miss Radio Shack, but also I feel like toward the end there the workers wouldn’t even let me breathe.

A good Samaritan reported it and was basically charged with hacking the state

Wait, really? What would I search to read more about this? Do you remember which state?

Sorry, there’s not more to the story

Oh boy, this is the other thing people do lately, isn’t it? I’m sorry to get sidetracked, but I think they want so badly for something interesting to happen that they imagine there must be some big reveal or twist behind any story.

You could give certain people a detailed and graphic breakdown of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s murders, and they’d be like, “Well, we haven’t heard the full context. I don’t want to pass judgment.”