For example, I don’t use TikTok. I never have, and I never will, and I’d advise everyone else to get off the platform too. I genuinely believe it’s objectively harmful to people’s mental health and possibly even a threat to democracy. That said, I also believe people should be free to decide for themselves whether they want to use it or not, which is why I’m against the U.S. government banning it.
I eat meat. And I eat it without thinking too much about it. But I believe I should stop normalizing it and I should be more aware of the life behind the food. Sure, I can’t avoid harming any lives, but I should be able to be aware of the harm I’m doing and to reduce unnecessary harm. I am afraid how worthless my empathy actually is in the battle against the customs.
I too crave violence, yet consider it to be the worse choice at the same time. If peaceful reasoning cannot win against violence, then we’ve already lost as a civilization pursuing a higher state. Because in doing as such, no matter how far we travel, that higher state can only ultimately be violence.
I hate postmodern “art”. Like shitting in a bowl and spend hours “explaining” that it’s a symbolism of the societies inability to grasp the needs of its constituents. Or some other bullshit.
But if that’s your thing, go ahead!
Jury Nullification
“If you have to ask if you’re the asshole, imagine what the world would like be if everyone did it.”
I firmly believe this in my core, and it applies to almost anything: standing in doorways, camping in a corner in online shooters, veering between lanes without signaling while driving, stealing, throwing trash on the ground, etc.
BUT I am far from perfect. I eat meat despite being an animal lover, I am somewhat wasteful, I can be quick to anger, I support unethical companies that I hate, and I don’t keep in touch with old friends and family. Stuff like that…
This is a very relatable comment. I think a lot of the reason I am so angry is how selfishly people act though. I think it makes me a worse person to observe that kind of shit. I’m sure the anger makes me more selfish too, ironically.
And the fact that Donald Trump won the election in America kind of proves how pathetically selfish a huge swath of Americans are. This and 2016 and 2020 shouldn’t have been anywhere near close, 10% of votes is the highest number of votes he could’ve gotten without making me upset. But people don’t give a shit about the harm to others, as long as they think they’re not being harmed…
I think many people on here, me included, would rather be using Reddit simply because of all the content.
I’m here for the distinct lack of content. I can browse for a bit, hit the bedrock loop of top 6hr, and come back hours later. It’s not endless here… And it shouldn’t be.
If I need info for a niche, I’ll find a forum. Lemmy, reddit, etc are poor places for such things anyway.
Honestly tho it’s been downhill over there. I’m getting old reddit vibes here and I’m cool with never posting on reddit ever again.
Reddit is still better for communities based around hobbies (at the moment at least) just due to it’s shear size.
I find discord servers are filling that in much better for me
I’m probably behind the times. How do you find stuff on discord?
I truly believe in Scrum, as it can make a team’s work very efficient when it’s done right. Been there, done that.
Now the thing is, it forces people to actively collaborate, and I’m quite an introverted person. Also, a good Scrum workflow includes regular demo sessions (perhaps even with customers), and I absolutely hate that. But I accept it, it’s part of the game and I think it did contribute to my own self improvement as well.
Right for “criminals” to vote. Laws are some kind of consensus, if you start removing people that can have an opinion on it, it slowly ends up stop being a consensus, and are more like the opinions of the ones that managed to stay afloat during the trip.
That people should try things before they fully pass judgement. I’m not particularly pro TikTok but a lot of Lemmy’s anti TilTok views are ones they’ve picked up from media parroting.
Yeah same with heroin just try it once it’s fun
Now obviously TikTok isn’t heroin, but it’s deliberately made to be addictive and I’d find it hard to believe that a given person has never seen TikTok content outside of TikTok. So it’s known garbage with known addictive properties and your question is why don’t we just give it a try before we pass judgement on how fun it is to scroll through a large quantity of that same garbage.
Also don’t forget TikTok content existed before the TikTok addiction algorithm. Early YouTube was like that before the algorithm change to promote ten minute vids. Vine existed and was rejected (thank god) by my generation. Etc. it’s not new content it’s just a new tool
Everything that is built for profit is designed for maximum retention of users i.e. addiction.
I’m not sure I follow what you mean by “I’d find it hard to believe that a given person has never seen tiktok content outside tiktok”
I’m not defending TikTok blindly here, it just annoys me when people pass judgement with pretty much zero knowledge on something except from what they’ve heard/read.
I know TikTok is flawed yes but no more or less than any other profit driven app/site. If you don’t like short form content then that’s fine, personally I think there’s a time and place for it.
