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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hey! I'll have you know that at least one out of every hundred fights looks vaguely like a boxing match!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, also they're sourcing from ISW. Which is fine, if proper considerations are made.

But, they were not. Really low-hanging fruit of an article imo.

 

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This community differs from other MMA communities in that it specifically focuses on themes of leftism and left-leaning in general as they show up in the sport. Which they do, constantly.

Conservative nonsense will be stamped out. I also make content on this subject (non-monetized, I do it as a small hobby) that explores various leftist themes in the MMA world that I'll be posting there. You can check those out and drop videos of your own if you're into that kind of thing.

The hope is to have a few smaller conversations with like-minded folk, serving as a bit of an oasis from the traditional conservative MMA fanbase. I'll likely set up event threads to discuss particular events if enough people join, otherwise we'll just let it chill as a small group.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The VA is a broken program. Where's the lie? When did I mention civilian healthcare?

You wouldn't have to strawman me if you had a meaningful point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Calling the VA socialized medicine is correct.

It is also incorrect. Because it is a broken program.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is this sarcasm?

The DMV is government-regulated and has a legal duty to safeguard your data. Unlike the corporations we were happily discussing before you decided to try out as Ben Shapiro.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Product is sold by weight. Some settling during package and handling may occur. You can be assured of the proper weight regardless of settling.

Enjoy your 6 cornrings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is the entire (and only) point I was making. x)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On the contrary, I'm not conflating two specifics. I'm speaking in general terms about the demonstrable public perception (read: billions of social media users who happily hand over their data vs. the palpable unease over data publication in all walks of tech discussion) and how it is innately hypocritical.

It is perfectly normal and useful to discuss societal contradictions. For example: "We hate school shootings, but we do fuck-all to stop them from occurring." That statement does not conflate two different vocal minorities, it purports to accurately describe the generalized societal contradiction at hand.

The rest of your post is completely off-topic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why? The masses have no issue forking data over to big tech. What difference does it make if it's one or a million corporations using that data when it's being sold willy-nilly to anybody with a checkbook?

The point is not how many actors have access to your data. The point is that in both scenarios (public data vs. single-corporation-controlled data), your data is pragmatically public from data sales, data leaks, and so on. However, in only one of them, your data is ostensibly "protected" by a corporation - the lie at hand. In the other scenario, you are under no spell that your data is protected or private - the truth.

My comment was simply pointing out how they're effectively the same thing. Giving your data to a big tech firm is effectively the same thing as making it public. Hence, the outrage over one not matching the outrage over the other is amusing to me because it implies how effective the corpo framing of this issue is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (10 children)

There's something amusing about people feeling violated by their activity being made public, but not necessarily by corporations hoarding and capitalizing on that activity & data. I mean, one of them is out in the open. The other is pure abuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's a race thing. The term "expat" is used almost exclusively by us white folk to spare us the dreadful indignation that is being labeled an "immigrant."

Seriously, it's a race thing.

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