[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Credibility is earned by being consistently credible. A source that posts misleading or false articles can be assumed to not be credible, and I don't trust them just like I don't trust people who say stuff that ends up being not credible.

With newer information, concensus between difference sources us a good indicator as well.

What I am far more likely to use to dismiss something is checking out the purpose of the group. If they have a website and their description sounds like a weasel pretending to be a benevolent protector of a hen house then I just ignore them. Anything that sounds pie in the sky, like revolutionizing or disrupting an established industry is probably another Theranos and easily dismissed. If they say anything that sounds like conservative doublespeak, they get ignored.

It seems to be a pretty reliable system even if the occasional thing that is too good to be true slips in because I want it to be true. But having low expectations and recognizing potential being different from the results helpas a lot with being pleasantly surprised when things turn out better than they sounded.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

You can choose another last name when you get married in the US too, but people just don't choose to for the most part. The marriage license name change is a shortcut to a regular name change that can be made through the courts.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

Shame on you for deadnaming!

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 36 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Cyberm would be a silly first name.

It is obviously Cyber M. Ass.

The M is short for My.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

Having one name is easier for social reasons. Going with the man's name is easier for social reasons.

It all comes down to social pressure to keep the status quo. I even offered to take my wife's last name and she declined and took mine instead.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

The article headline contradicts the article, which states multiple companies did see it and made offers that apparently were not high enough to meet the arbitrary floor that the Warner Brothers executive who did not see the movie had set.

People like Zazlov or whatever his name is can't accept being wrong so there is zero chance of the movie ever coming out as long as he is in charge, even if someone offered more.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

An important thing to know is that all cultures have practices that involve shunning people, and that they are all applied to people who did nothing wrong and are not applied to people with enough connections or wealth. Some bad things that are almost universally punished but with differences in severity are being pregnant out of wedlock, not being a member of the dominant religion, being LGBTQ+, and speaking against other cultural norms. Exactly who is shunned does vary, but Japan's is also pretty terribly implemented.

Almost everywhere the main coubter to shunning is connections and/or wealth. Royalty, high level politicians, people like Epstein, etc. are able to get away with stuff until they piss off the wrong people and lose their connections. Some may even make it to their graves without ever being punished.

The main people that suffer from being ostracized in practice are oppressed minorities. It is never fairly applied, even if some places do a slightly better job of mostly targeting the people who deserve it.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Nah, this will be much worse as you know they will still be censoring the stuff conservatives don't like. They want free speech for hate and discrimination, like how Musk is handling twitter.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 28 points 8 hours ago

Trump's pick to lead the FCC, Brendan Carr, wants Big Tech to start contributing to federal funds.

So they should pay taxes? Agreed.

and to be compelled not to censor content.

Oh fuck off.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 55 points 8 hours ago

When will breaking news be posted on regular news websites again instead of the Muskie boi hate propaganda machine?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Digital will be quicker while they do the work on the 1080/4k releases.

Exclusive releases on streaming or physical copies is bullshit. Everything should be available in all the formats.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

This sounds like pre-pre-pre-pre-production, not 'on the way'.

Time would be better spent getting Dogma on all the streaming services.

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