magnetosphere

magnetosphere, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

People invest insane amounts of money in a college degree. After spending years to earn that “piece of paper”, hoping for a decent job in return isn’t entitlement.

These are people who are looking for an opportunity to earn money; they’re not expecting a handout.

magnetosphere, 9 months ago

I’ve never been in a position to make hiring decisions, and probably never will. If I ever am, though, an interviewee being interviewed with a parent would be a HUGE red flag (unless there was an obvious medical reason).

If the parent was just there for moral support and stayed in the lobby, fine. Unusual, but fine.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

I assume these will be as carefully and expertly placed as YouTube ads.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

You’re asking this in a thread where someone describes exactly how it’s an issue for them.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

The same thing happened to me. The downvotes don’t bother me nearly as much as knowing that trolls can stalk us like that. It’s creepy. That’s the real issue.

Everyone telling you not to care about downvotes is missing the point.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

Yeah, trolls really care about being “called out”. Trolls can’t stand negative attention, so be sure to tell lots of people who they are and what they did!

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

Looking at post histories isn’t stalking. That take would be a bit paranoid. Please don’t put words in my mouth.

Abusing someone’s post history to harass them is stalking, though.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

That’s even weirder. I’m sorry to hear that.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

In your interpretation, maybe. I just think it’s obnoxious and rude to do it to all of someone’s comments. If someone genuinely disagrees with what I’ve posted, that’s not a problem.

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

Or deliberately misinterpret what’s being said, either radically or just subtly enough to make their obnoxious “point”

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

Right? Leave me a comment telling me why you disagree! Maybe you have a point of view that I hadn’t considered. Maybe I got a fact wrong - I’d rather be corrected than keep on being wrong! I’m a big boy; I can take it.

Or, maybe I’m just being a jerk and all someone needs to do is talk some sense into me. By itself, a downvote doesn’t tell anyone anything. Reply! Talk to me!

magnetosphere, 10 months ago

Okay. Yeah, I was being sarcastic, but now I see we had different kinds of trolls in mind. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

magnetosphere, 1 year ago

Fine. Let her appeal. I’ll enjoy reading about her losing again.

magnetosphere, 1 year ago

Those “antiwoke” people disgust me. I encourage disagreements. I don’t encourage thinly veiled hate disguised with code words. Tolerance isn’t “far left”.

magnetosphere, 1 year ago

I think hardcore conservatives simply don’t have an inherent sense of empathy. That’s why they don’t really care about the victims of a crime, disaster, etc. until it happens to them personally. They do not have the perspective to put themselves in another person’s shoes.

It’s NOT an intelligence issue. It’s easy to write people off as stupid, but that’s not the case. For them, being unable to think with empathy is as natural as being unable to see infrared light.

They’ve figured out that making themselves appear to be victims can sometimes make people listen, but they can’t fully explain why. That lack of understanding is why they don’t see the hypocrisy in banning people from their platforms, but then whining loudly when they’re treated the same way.

This is all just guesswork, but it’s the best explanation I’ve been able to come up with that doesn’t make my head explode.