Russian shills have spent the last 20 years salting Facebook with retardium and it catalysed.
jobby
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Sure, but not endlessly.
I was just pondering this on my way to work. Balzac’s “Behind every great fortune is a great crime.” (I’m doubtlessly misquoting it)
Whether it’s directly adjacent the monetary gain or displaced by distance and time, it always holds true.
I voiced a calm opinion. Others seem to be more ‘engaged’ in trying to shout me down. Just as I thought might happen.
Yeah I hear you. TBH I think it’s because Lemmy is so quiet, sometimes 100% of the time in some communities, that I frequently don’t care what sort of engagement I get as long as it’s something.
Chasing the dopamine of social interaction I guess.
I can’t promise to only foster empathy everywhere but I’ll do my best to be cool here.
As long as you’re not Armalite!
TBH I actually have a lot of empathy but I also love going off half-cocked online. Probably as a release valve for my inner demons which don’t get exercised enough in daily life.
I’m rarely actually serious (apart from my hatred of the disfunction-by-design of the RightWing) but it’s easy for that to get lost in translation.
Poe’s law etc.
I’m glad someone did this study, even if it’s not going to change my use of the slur against rabid gun owners.
Funny how people get so butthurt and rage-filled when it comes to aesthetic opinions.
It Trump tripped on his own shoelaces, they would say it was a political witch-hunt.