TankovayaDiviziya

Of course it's Hank Green who would question it lol. But you're not the only one!

Tbf I didn't see the bottom part until much later.

I like how the media is hammering in the identity of the hero not because of "DEI" or "wokeness", but to counter the obvious bad faith right wing actors that would spread fake news.

So that's what it is about.

I work in a highly automated job so there is plenty of downtime between tasks. We are allowed to use our phones even though officially we are not meant to be. That said, there is plenty of self-productivity activities you could do. You could read books, ebooks or audiobooks, listen to podcasts, watch gym training videos, learn and hone skills in self-learning sites like Udemy or Brilliant, etc. Of course, one could consume brain rot media like Tiktok, Netflix or Instagram to unwind but we all know it's not productive in the long run.

This is not imploring anyone to do it immediately, but in my case, I do side hustle of day trading and market speculation. While I am doing it, I learn as much as I could with how to trade better and reading the stock market news. I am not rich but I get couple of bucks every now and then. On the luckiest of days, I could earn hundreds within days. That supplements my income. It does not always work of course, I had my "bull run" two months ago but the stock market slowed down and declined even due to uncertainty in the market.

Trump and MAGA is really just showing what US has always been, which the country pretends not to be.

This should be in Not the Onion. This is so farcical.

Exactly. I hear so many "fails" on school books from across the world. I think a lot of the time school books are not getting reviewed enough before being published, and the author will see if his/her prank fails. Sometimes, however, there is intentional propaganda being peddled.

But how many are willing to fight?

That was the original intention of the voting system, but most people don't read and follow the rules and guidelines, and presume the system is about popularity contest.

I upvote more than downvote. I don't even downvote trolls and usually reserve the downvotes to obnoxious commentators.

I also think it prevents people from having more meaningful interactions. Rather than replying with 'This was insightful", "I disagree because..." or "that was really funny"

I agree. I see perfectly reasonable comments with hundred of upvotes but with one downvote and it makes me wonder why (maybe that one downvote is being petty for the sake of just having a downvote).

Downvoting is a lazy way to disagree. Back when Reddit was great, the etiquette was to explain why you downvoted and disagree, but spez did away with the guideline.

Tell that to people, not to me. And there is a reason as to why there is a push to regulate social media precisely because of algorithms sheep-herding people.

People are already inundated and tired by the hecticness of modern life. They have to think about rent, or mortgage, putting food on the table, and their bills, and their family. They don't have time to do the necessary research. This fact is exploited by powers-that-be and the more tired a person is, the more susceptible they are to psychological manipulation. They go home tired and want to unwind by scrolling he social media or watch TV to kill time. They are tired, they don't have time to do due research, and they are easily manipulated. The people are merely exploited. While yes, people deserve what they get for voting against their interest, they are exploited. Would you lay blame squarely to trafficked immigrants who agreed to work undocumented and paid less than the minimum wage because of their predicament, despite already being well known that undocumented work never turns out well?