@mathlover I mean, I *like* the news to some extent. But there are so many people that are posting this shit to prove how fucking much they care about those poor people over there and it's just so much bullshit. They don't give a shit. They don't give a shit about their next door neighbor let alone what's happening on the other side of the planet. Who fucking cares what's happening in North Korea when there are poor people in your hometown that you don't give a shit about. It's not that I require people to care about the people in their hometown. Maybe they can just not give a shit.

It's just the fucking virtue signalling that gets me down.

It's the same shit with climate change.

Posting about it on the internet makes everyone think you're oh so cool, but ask someone to put on a fucking sweater, walk to work, read an analog book and all of a sudden their little world collapses.

People fucking suck.

@peterweyand

2. Not everyone who posts about climate change or politics is virtue signalling. Many are actually trying to address the problems they complain about. Heck, many of the people I follow on the issue of climate change, including many on this server, are *climate scientists*. Just because Twitter promotes virtue signalling idiots to the head of the feed on climate change or other issues doesn't mean that Mastodon is the same way; indeed, Mastodon really doesn't have an algorithm to speak of in that sense.

3. I find North Korea fascinating for a variety of reasons. I know *I* can't do anything about it, but it's fascinating from psychological, cultural, and historical perspectives to see how that country operates and has operated. There's also a lot we *don't* know because the regime is so secretive.

3. You realize you can do a timed mute, or even a regular mute, right? Because it's rather presumptuous to follow a person and then demand they don't post or boost stuff you don't like. I'm not going to change my boosting habits simply because you find certain topics to not be worth it.

@mathlover oh yeah I know. I like calling people assholes occasionally. As far as climate change is concerned I have views on this. See attached - much of this is based on Marvin Minskey's Society of Mind (which I only found later). Anyway. I'm just allergic to a bunch of people who have found this new technology and want to be the next hot shit Twitter superstar. So many assholes.
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