bearboiblake

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[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's not at all unlikely, it's almost entirely guaranteed. The AI can and will make shit up.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago

no one gives a shit

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Search engines are dying, I doubt they'll have much relevance in ten years or so, unless something radically changes. Walled gardens, SEO, AI spam, and so on.

I wonder where the solution lies. The way the modern internet works is completely hostile to the idea of crawler-based search engines, so I feel like the focus should be on creating an alternative, people-first internet which is completely hostile to brands, corporations and advertisers, ran by communities and individuals, etc.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

not everyone you offend is like that. 90%+ of people you'll hurt with your words will say nothing to you about it, they"ll just feel like you're less trustworthy, less respectable, less professional and less considerate. if you want to take all of those disadvantage because... wait, why is it you don't want to be considerate of the feelings of others, again? you... don't want to learn new things? okay then.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The solution is for the state to guarantee that everyone must have a place to live. Shelter is a human necessity, it should not be conditional.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (5 children)

you're adding way too much into this. who said that someone would guilt you? normally when you make someone sad they don't say anything about it, they just feel a bit worse and continue with their lives

i'm just explaining to you, there's no way to rationalize your way out of this. you are in complete control over what you say, unless you have verbal tics. and people will understand if you accidentally say something offensive from a tic. do you not understand this? it's just about responsibility.

take some responsibility for what you say. that's all.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (7 children)

so you think other people should take responsibility for something they can't control, but you should have no responsibility for something you can control?

you can't stop yourself from feeling sad, but you can stop yourself from doing something that makes someone else sad

having no concern for the feelings of others is just really irrational and selfish imo

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social -1 points 5 months ago (15 children)

feelings are important, though? if i can avoid hurting someone and all it costs me is saying blocklist instead of blacklist, that seems like an obvious slam dunk

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social -2 points 5 months ago

here's a question - if you had a friend who was making a mistake, would you try to encourage them to reconsider?

if you think I would poke fun at you, you have absolutely the wrong idea about my motivations. i don't want you to fail, i want you to succeed. i just know that this boycott won't achieve anything, and all of the time and energy put into it will be completely wasted.

i want people to take all of that time and energy and put it towards something that will actually achieve something meaningful. i want people to join a union and find a local activist group, and start actually making connections, building solidarity, and taking collective action that actually will accomplish something!

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

i'm encouraging people to find an alternative to this boycott, because it will not be effective, and it will take away energy and oxygen from other forms of activism which are much more effective. boycotts and petitions almost universally achieve nothing, and they discourage people from getting involved with real activism.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago

firstly, thank you so much for the thoughtful message. reading insightful comments like yours, where it's clear that you're genuinely trying your best to make the world a better place, and you actually think about what i wrote, makes all of the hate i get totally worthwhile.

in my opinion, it's more the unity of the working class, that's what scares them - when we work together, and when we're organized.

that's the biggest flaw with petitions and boycotts, they are all focused on individual action. You don't get together and organize a picket line, you don't get to meet like-minded people, you don't learn about how capitalism affects anyone other than yourself.

i've been involved in activism efforts for a long time now and if we could get just 5% of people who signed a petition to instead get involved with a local activist group, we would have won this fight by now.

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