mako

joined 11 months ago
[–] mako 14 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Braver than most western journalists, who regurgitate the corporatocracies narrative and manufacture consent on their behalf.

True

Hopefully she's given a good job and granted asylum somewhere in the west ASAP, so she can go on with her life.

What?

[–] mako 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

@lemmy.ml

Not everyone of course but there's way too many people over there who will justify anything the Chinese government does or just ignore criticism by saying, "what about what the US does?!!?!"

How they cannot understand that the US and China are both dystopian hellscapes is embarrassing.

[–] mako 22 points 6 months ago

There are very little, if any, benefits to using a VPN service to browse the public internet.

This is why it's often best to just avoid the comments completely

[–] mako 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It would take a super genius to understand that they're either a non-native English speaker or made a simple typo/autocorrect issue. Also, since it's completely impossible to even guess at the point they're trying to make through the context of every other word in their comment we all owe you a debt of gratitude for calling this out!

Thank you, corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca, for adding something incredibly meaningful to the conversation and the world as a whole!

Oh no.. I just saw this comment in a different thread from 2 hours ago, and it MAKES NO SENSE:

Doctors today face a demand form their services that, while we can't guarantee will get them.jigher wages, can give them more leeway against unwritten political rules of speech.

What is a doctor's "demand form?" And "them.jigher" isn't a term I could find anywhere on the internet! I don't understand what the author, corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca, was trying to say! It's all just gibberish!

I feel good calling it out though. I'm sure that corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca will be grateful for my much-needed help and not think I'm a dick for detracting from their point to assert my knowledge of English grammar over them.

[–] mako -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Since when are independent shops no longer an option? I just checked their site and it says you can take it to independent shops, but risk warranty.

You answered your question.

the evidence seems to suggest people are happy with their Teslas

Your "evidence" are people who live on your block and your boss. You might be an engineer but you're no statistician.

[–] mako 1 points 7 months ago

It appears that you're in a lot of pain. I'm truly sorry.

[–] mako 28 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Neat, there's a second epilogue update in the game that I can't get past the second level.

[–] mako 5 points 7 months ago

That's 86 F for all you freedom lovers, or the front seat temperature of a Ford F150 with 312 fresh Big Macs in the extended cab.

[–] mako 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's true, I spent way too long replying. I usually avoid engaging but I think it was the absurdity that made me throw away what had to be at least a combined hour of my day. They responded to a comic about atheism by saying the knew the true nature of the universe.

It was obvious pretty quickly that they weren't in a place where they could accept their belief being challenged, but maybe a really bored person read it all and took something away from it.

[–] mako 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Stay in school, kid.

[–] mako 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

On the contrary, if another pandemic killed a bunch of people, many of their homes would be bought up by the same hungry corporations that created and perpetuate the housing crisis.

[–] mako -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I get that you feel like you have to "win" and that since facts and logic aren't on your side you want me to feel upset which would give you some sort of moral victory. You try and change the topic away from you claiming your own god (predestination) in response to an atheism comic no less, to debating my mental health which could put me on the defensive and begin to get under my skin like I have to you.

It doesn't work when you're so transparent though. And even if it had, you'd still walk away knowing that some stranger poked a few holes in the latest belief structure that you were trying to use to make sense of your reality. That would be a fun challenge to an intellectual but just sucks for someone like yourself who wants to be right and feel smug.

There's hope though. You don't have to stay like this. As you get older and mature, your awareness can help you to become someone who's interested in learning instead of being right. Then you could grow into a real intellectual thinker instead of cosplaying one.

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