Yeah, I’m not engaging with the bear vs man debate, lol.
I’m more concerned about how some reacted to it than the debate itself.
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kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
SnotFlickerman nailed it, so I’ll just add that the “man or bear” saga taught me what a “scissor statement” is.
For me, that was the biggest revelation of the whole thing.
You had people encountering the same general words in the same general order, but understanding them to mean completely different things, and not being able to comprehend how anyone could disagree with them.
It was like a rehash of “the dress”, but not so whimsical.
It was really kind of distressing, the extent to which it laid bare (no pun intended) how poorly we’re actually communicating with each other online, even though it otherwise seems like we’re communicating more than ever.
Aaaaand then we just kinda shrugged that off and went back to internet as usual.
EnthusiasticNature94@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Jesus Christ. Even if I do think the story is fictional, I could believe that our current media landscape has been ruined by advertising firms.
Here’s an example of a scissor state entrance that I’ve been calling out for years: the Israel-Palestine conflict. It’s designed to be something that divides people. Not inviting your israel-supporting aunt to Thanksgiving and blocking your Palestine-supporting nephew is what the Man wants. That conflict, for as strongly as people feel about it here, does not matter to Americans. Nearly as many people have died fighting in the Myanmar civil war, and I don’t know a single person who even has an opinion on that.
Tw4tnoM0r3@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
Nearly as many people have died fighting in the Myanmar civil war, and I don’t know a single person who even has an opinion on that.
Wait you guys were sending bombs to myanmar as well?
That conflict, for as strongly as people feel about it here, does not matter to Americans
Of course it doesn’t. Americans are inherently suppremacist and doesn’t think of foreigners as human.
Which is why I don’t consider you as human. Works both way. In short, if I’m ever given the choice between fascism here and a genocide in america, well, I hope you have a place to hide. Bitch
Tw4tnoM0r3@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
Last year my friend in lebannon got widowed.
Your uncle is a scum and you should invite him to feed him strichnine.
And maybe swallow a bit for having voted for genociders.
Your entire country is morally fucked. And so are you
Scum
pycorax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe I’m generalising it a bit but it does seem like the main issue is the lack of open mindedness, compassion and an inclination for aggressive responses rather than simply agreeing to disagree.
Which unfortunately is a difficult thing to achieve since you need both sides to have the same mindset for any healthy discussion to happen. The moment one side decides to be antagonistic, it quickly derails the tone of the conversation regardless how open the other side may be. Heck this happens all the time here. It’s called no stupid questions but people will still flame others for asking questions lol.
The scissor statement just serves to accelerate whatever problem already exists.
Dumbitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Cool link but the blog writer is clearly mentally ill.
sinceasdf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean that’s kind of the point. What types of experiences can make someone “mentally ill”? Can it be weaponized against an otherwise cohesive society?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
That link is fucking crazy. Thank you for sharing, fuggen bookmarked.