protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 25 points 8 months ago (5 children)

There also weren't people broadcasting mass shootings live on Facebook and inspiring copycat shootings, or being indoctrinated into incel culture alone in their bedrooms. There are legitimate pros and legitimate cons to 24/7 connection, this isn't just some "boomer yells at the sky" thing

[–] protist@mander.xyz 56 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Don't forget no cell phones. It's hard to overstate the (I believe negative) impact constant connection and notification has had on every aspect of our lives

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

What kind of bullshit headline is that

[–] protist@mander.xyz 37 points 8 months ago (4 children)

...are...are people using these browser extensions on purpose?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (7 children)

You fought off covid by being exposed to a weakened form of it? Did you get the Novavax shot? Or has the brain fog persisted and you're just a little bit confused

[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

That these things exist independently of capitalism, probably

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Routine treatment for autism is applied behavior analysis. While ABA has its origins a hundred years ago, the field as it currently exists is very new, having really only developed in the last 25 years

[–] protist@mander.xyz 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That "hate and ridicule" was the beginning of the right wing media takeover we're still dealing with today, coupled to with an emerging corporate media that only reports scandals and problems to draw ratings. It was and still is absolutely awful.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 8 months ago

This suit is on display at the Menil Collection in Houston. Totally surreal to see it in real life, especially as part of a surrealist exhibit

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

But we don't have to jump through so much shit to make it work. We use science to treat or eliminate health issues in animals that existed well before modern medicine, or even before domestication. Be clear I'm not talking about the horrors of factory farming, but about veterinary medicine. People suffered before modern medicine too, but we've reduced mortality by a ton

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