Demosthenes @Demosthenes@qoto.org

@freemo I've been wanting to ask you, with the Overton Window becoming ever-narrower, why are you so public with your political opinions? Don't you worry about how wrongthink could impact your career or legacy?
I'm not saying you're wrong, I just find it interesting. Most successful people seem to be extremely guarded.

Laws and social norms exist to moderate the behavior of individuals so that society as a whole thrives. If we don't suppress harmful behavior then it will destabilize society.

This line that shouldn't be crossed is obvious in things like assault, rape, and other actions that directly disrupt people's autonomy. The line gets blurrier and more difficult to define when actions indirectly disrupt autonomy.

It's also important to note the effect of social media on violent social contagion. I was on 4chan between the years of 2011 and 2013. At the time, they formed a community that supported and glorified violence, school shootings, and eventually Nazis. I'm positive that such contagion contributed significantly to both our school shootings and current political instability.

There is a lot of disagreement on the need of censorship of certain communities. Mastodon itself was created partly as a response to censorship in Twitter. Because of this disagreement, I'd like to start a conversation.

Do you think any form of censorship should belong here? Why or why not?

I think I got food poisoning yesterday evening from some chicken fried steak I ate yesterday. Its diameter was larger than my head!! We'll see if it was worth it though. 😭😭💩💩

I consider myself somewhat of a sardine conniseur. I regularly get them, as well as oysters and occasionally anchovies and canned crab.
It is my professional opinion that this brand of sardines is the best I've ever had. It had olives and spices in it that turned me 80% Italian for 20 minutes. Would recommend.

I've seen a ton of shills and a conspiracy about a downed UFO on 4chan(likely distraction/slide threads), so shit must actually be serious, but I have no idea where it came from.

I don't understand why #CivilWar is trending on Twitter. Trump's already signalled that he will let the presidency transition.

I've been trying to use Windows as my primary OS instead of Linux and it's pathetic. Fan noises constantly. Virtualization is slow and laggy. Then updates start while a VM is processing some videos, and the damn thing starts thrashing due to memory exhaustion.
I am trying windows because OBS works better on it, but I haven't even used the damn thing.
Me thinks Debian will be supplanting this shit-stain soon.

there it is again
I haven't eaten hot dogs in months

my fart smells like hot dog

Facebook to start policing anti-Black hate speech more aggressively than anti-White comments: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/03/facebook-hate-speech/

What's the most illegal thing you've ever done and gotten away with?

Would you 3D print a gun if given the opportunity?