The B-plot in Ender’s Game tells a compelling story of a couple of young adults nefariously posting their way straight into the Presidency. And people want to believe this is how real life works so badly that they’ll watch a plutocrat elevated by other plutocrats into an office historically held by plutocrats and conclude “Shitposters on the internet did this”.
When the nice guy
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 2 months ago
But to be fair Ender’s Game was written in 1985, before the modern internet.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean with LLM’s it’s not hard to have an arbitrary amount of bots posing as users pushing a false consensus on political issues.
It’s even easier when the bot accounts are used to falsify advertising data.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Shockingly accurate depiction of what bloggers think they’re doing
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Surprise anyone who calls themselves a “nice guy” was never actually nice.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They always say shit like “at least I don’t hit her” or “at least I’m not an alcoholic” while missing that those qualities are a given.
I think it’s a form of narcissism where they can’t handle that their personality is shitty so they project it into the world. They have to use outlandish examples because they’re not such hot catches themselves.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What else would I call myself? I mean, if someone says “hey, what type of guy are you?” Am I supposed to dance around the word “nice” because someone coined a social media buzzword for it mean “guy who thinks hes owed a blow job for holding a door open”?
So now when someone asks: “What type of guy are you?” and you just stick the nikes on and:
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My 7th grade English teacher didn’t let our class use the word “nice.” She considered it a lazy word, one easily replaceable by a variety of adjectives without any meaning being lost. Every time we thought to use the word “nice,” we were challenged to explore our vocabulary and come up with something more fitting and descriptive.
Therefore, the argument that there is no better word to describe one’s self than “nice” is weak. English is a rich language full of diverse vocabulary, much of which carries more powerful meanings than “nice.” If 12 year olds could do it, I’m sure you could too.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
If you’re legitimately worried about someone asking you that exact question (which is sort of an odd phrasing, I don’t think it would happen often) and you’re worried it would be done by people who don’t know you well, just talk about a hobby or something.
- What type of guy are you?
- For work I do blah, for play I do blah, and I’m really into hobby.
Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I just say that I’m the worst.
luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 months ago
hey, what type of guy are you?
I’ve never been asked that question without some context like food or music. I don’t know why anyone would ask that in a sense of “are you a nice guy or an asshole?” There’s just no way to be sure you’re getting a useful answer: many people think of themselves as nice, some have self-esteem issues and put themselves down instead and very few are actually genuine assholes and unashamed to admit as much.
So if someone were to ask me that without context? I’d respond “what do you mean?”
JamieDub86@piefed.social 2 months ago
I’ve been to The School of Hard knocks, The University of Life, and Facebook jail. Be very afraid
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He’s the jokah baby
Dragonstaff@leminal.space 2 months ago
Look, buddy, if you think jerking off while playing Baldur’s Gate 3 is “nothing” that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 months ago
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Meanwhile, War Thunder players be leaking classified documents on vehicles to prove that it isn’t modeled correctly in-game.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Based behavior, they do it for the love of the game and being correct in online arguments.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
You had me in the first half there.
MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 2 months ago
I mean I’ll take a stack of edgelordy over one tumblrina or Blue Skyer.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Wasn’t there some famous quote that went something like “the three things to fear are a moonless night, the sea in storm and the wrath of a gentle man”?
baines@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
isn’t this the better outcome
dressing up in trench coats and shooting up their school is much worse
or attacking a church
scytale@piefed.zip 2 months ago
You forgot bottom text.
MourningDove@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Precisely
kreskin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think its a little early still.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 months ago
at some point when armed armored men bust down your door you will miss “the nice guy”
Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You get the memes you deserve!