Demosthenes @Demosthenes@qoto.org

@freemo what are your thoughts on my ass's highly technical statical analysis of the chances of rioting and war now? 💩

https://qoto.org/@Demosthenes/105263090345483650

If there ever was a time to not make "Gargleon Deez-Nuts" jokes, this would be it, lol

Maybe if I refresh faster, then I can speed things up and get it over with. That's how it works, right?

Guess I should have kept my night vision monocle after all...

To be clear, mean words don't cause a loss in safety. Tribalism can lead to a loss. But more dangerous than both of these is the damage that such thought-policing and fear-mongering has on our democracy. It amplifies divisions for no reason.

Social media companies are beholden to advertisers. Advertisers are beholden to angry mobs. As long as this is true, social media companies will continue to restrict free speech, then will justify their restrictions under the guise of "safety."

@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