I mean… yeah. It’s always beneficial for people not to know how much money one has… I can’t really imagine a situation where it wouldn’t be.

That makes sense.

If that’s the case, why don’t they pull the Renaissance artist scam and just take a bunch of money and swear they’re working on stuff? If they don’t have to prove anything, why use any energy at all?

I didn’t say it was a good choice, not sure I made any kind of statement you could nitpick or impose judgement upon me for, and if I did, I edited it out because I predicted you being insufferable. “I think they’re mining bitcoin” is not the exact same statement as “bitcoin is good” or “AI is good.” I don’t actually mind either bitcoin or AI, I think like alcohol they’re fine in moderation, but that’s not what my post is about.

Yeah it’s really noisy and hot when you mine bitcoin and distract everyone by reading their emails, great distraction actually, kudos

I understand not sympathizing with someone who has been diligently groomed, because we only see the resulting behavior, we don’t see the slow process of seduction. In her case, she was likely groomed by The Algorithm, which the current administration likely paid for.

It’s like he doesn’t understand what’s happening, right? If this were about anything else, he’d be on the cusp of functionality…

wow

When I read these comments I’m always struck by how Leftists think that Rightists are like… uniquely misogynistic. No… its just that a goat can’t smell itself and a fish doesn’t have a word for water. Rightists think we’re misogynistic too, because a lot of us want to decriminalize sex work or whatever, a goat can’t smell itself, the fish can’t see the water they swim in…

Their improvement or non improvement will depend on:

If “the other side” can offer them some sort of tangible benefit, because everyone’s a misogynist at the end of the day, there isn’t a “side” that isn’t misogynistic

If the men/males in their community improve, because as women, especially as women in these communities, they have limited political autonomy

I can’t really imagine not having sympathy for these women because yeah, Rightists are misogynists but so are Leftists, and they’re both self-righteously convinced that this is not so. So, she’s got two piles of shit to choose from, the pile of shit on the left or the pile of shit on the right. I’m guessing she went with whichever pile of shit paid her the most… that’s what I’d do, that’s what any man would do, I’d assume that’s what most women would do. In the choice between two devils, you choose the one who offers you something in exchange for your soul, not the one who wants you to give it away for free. Just sayin

As social media? I’m getting old. It used to just be an image hosting site.

Everyone is posting the same image.