[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

worst thing is a lot of their “personal experiences” with fraud are pure bullshit.

They don’t try to empathise or understand someone who’se disabled. They see their neighbour get out their wheelchair and walk a few steps once and then decide “he’s a frauster”. Never mind that a large chunk of wheelchair bound people have the ability leave their chairs and stand up for short periods of time. They just can’t do it regularly or with any consistency. Or doing it worsens their underlying conditions.

But never mind, the conservative genius saw them leave their wheelchair once so now since he never has faced disability and his view is based on simplified steorotypes, thinks the person is faking.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Nuke’s behaviour in the NCD-Blahaj drama was quite dodgy. But the SJW admins cleared that up nicely.

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!fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Since the lemmyverse is rather small, this community, while of a relevant topic only saw a couple posts per month and limited discussion. On top of that, the only mod of this community (me) is having health problems and is unsure whether I will be able to be active as a moderator.

This has led to the decision of “merging” this community with !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com, which is larger and has a more generalised topic. The theme of the community we are merging with is very much linked to astroturfing, and so any content that relates to astroturfing will likely fit there. In the future, it may be open to discussion to re-open this community, if lemmy has a larger userbase. But as of now, it makes little sense to have a community with a couple posts a month, when these posts would still be relevant and be seen by more in a larger community.

Here’s the link again !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com.

A special thanks to @flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com (the head mod of !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com) for making this possible.

If you have any thoughts or concerns about this, you’re welcome to share them in the comments below.

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On so many different news items, threads, etc. People are the first to claim pretty much anyone who has made a mistake, or does something they disagree with deserves to die.

Like, do some people not have the capability to empathise and realise they might have been in a similar place if they were born in a different environment…

I genuinely understand, you think a politician who has lead to countless deaths, a war criminal, or a mass rapists deserves to die.

But here people say it for stuff that falls way below the bar.

A contracted logger of a rainforest (who knows if they have the money / opportunity to support their family another way). Deserves to die.

A civilian of Nazi germany of whom we know nothing about their collaboration/agreement with the regime. Deserves to die.

Some person who was a drug dealer and then served their time. Deserves to die.

Like I don’t get it? Are people not able to imagine the kind of situations that create these people, and that it’s not impossible to imagine the large majority of people in these positions if born in a different environment?

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u/LeninMeowMeow moderates a large amount of big subreddits, r/therightcantmeme, r/gamingcirclejerk, r/animememes, r/greenandpleasent (a known russian propaganda subreddit source: Center for European Policy Analysis (think Lemmygrad)) and much more.

Anyways on r/lemmy, he says that lemmy.world is right-wing and thatcherite. I reply that it is more social democratic.

I instantly get banned from the subreddits he moderates and blocked by him. I have not commented or participated in any of their subreddits before, and this is my first ever encounter with them.

Weird and concerning behaviour. I fear that tankies are taking over most left wing spaces on reddit (not that I really use reddit for politics anymore, that’s why I’m on lemmy, but for the implications to our democracies, as a non-negligible chunk of voters are politically influenced by reddit).

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The condition has put significant strain on patients and society — at a global economic cost of about $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates.

(Article is gift — Unpaywalled)

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[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 75 points 3 months ago

Oh god looking at this guys account has so many gems

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 108 points 3 months ago

It’s not gonna happen, we need 2/3rds of states, but when republicans block it, it sends a clear message who the wannabe autocrats are.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 94 points 3 months ago

I guarantee you a week ago this dude was crying because “Biden’s rhetoric was too crazy and led to the Trump shooting”

(Despite the fact the Trump shooter was a conservatuve)

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 88 points 4 months ago

Yep I really don’t think their asking that the person be a professional graphic designer and VFX producer.

Sounds like they want someone who can use imovie and canva.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 127 points 4 months ago

Great news for disabled people. Gives us a much better chance at finding a job willing to hire us!

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 74 points 4 months ago

Why not work

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 127 points 4 months ago

It gets even better

In the footage, the PM told two schoolboys: “I’m a Coke addict. A total Coke addict.”

After a brief pause, he clarifies: “Coca-Cola addict. Just for the record. Just to be totally clear. I am a Coca-Cola addict. I have seven fillings to show for it.”

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 84 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

On that subject…

Just in case anyone needed proof that Elmo (Elon) is a Nazi.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago

I’m always disappointed hearing news about Biden. So boring and normal. Where did my emotional rollercoaster of reading the news when Trump was president go?

Dark brandon better beat that facist dumbass come november though.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago

This is why I hate it so much when authors overstate their findings in abstract, which unfortunately is extremely common in medicine.

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