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#81
May 27 2020 08:50am
Quote (thesnipa @ 27 May 2020 16:47)
it just sounds like u dont use reddit tbh. in many communities even with millions of subscribers there are still topics from all viewpoints, sort by NEW not TOP and you'll get an even better exposure. then dig into the comments, ideas from all sides even in biased subs with biased posts.


I do use reddit, although just for nonpolitical hobbies. Discussing anything political on reddit is cancer.
But even on those nonpolitical subs, there's usually one prevailing point of view on any contentious issue, with opposing views being downvoted into oblivion. Perhaps my subs just happen to be particularly toxic....
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#82
May 27 2020 08:51am
Quote (Thor123422 @ May 27 2020 10:46am)
:rofl:

Theres a non zero chance that if I shoot you in the head 20 times you won't die. Doesn't mean if I post "shoot him 20 times in the head, he won't die" I'm telling the truth and can't be fact checked.

There's a non-zero chance that the sun explodes tomorrow and it causes elections to be held early, the population to go up 10 fold, etc. etc. add as many ridiculous things as you like. The possibility being >0% (because literally nothing has a 0% possibility) doesn't mean it can't be fact checked.

Hell, you can apply this stunningly stupid standard to the past as well. There's a non zero chance Jesus was a flying monkey that authored the bible through totally random chance, akin to monkeys on a typewriter producing Shakespeare. So therefore it can't be fact checked since it has a non-zero probability!

God, you're posting something this stupid and still trying to act superior.


The Sun exploded yesterday. <--- Past event, binary, mutually exclusive, can be fact-checked.

The Sun will explode tomorrow <----future event, binary, mutually exclusive, can't be fact checked because even though the probability is 1^-10000 power it's still a non zero probability.

Was thinking moving down south but my god southern education is garbage if a college graduate can't grasp very basic logic.
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#83
May 27 2020 08:53am
Quote (ofthevoid @ May 27 2020 09:51am)
The Sun exploded yesterday. <--- Past event, binary, mutually exclusive, can be fact-checked.

The Sun will explode tomorrow <----future event, binary, mutually exclusive, can't be fact checked because even though the probability is 1^-10000 power it's still a non zero probability.

Was thinking moving down south but my god southern education is garbage if a college graduate can't grasp very basic logic.


Except it's possible the sun exploded yesterday and nobody noticed, our eyes are playing tricks on us, and our instruments all malfunctioned at the same time leading us to believe the sun is still there. If you apply the standard that a non-zero probability means it can't be fact checked then literally, and I mean literally in the most literal sense of the word, no claim ever made by anyone under any circumstances can be fact checked.
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#84
May 27 2020 08:53am
Quote (Black XistenZ @ May 27 2020 09:50am)
I do use reddit, although just for nonpolitical hobbies. Discussing anything political on reddit is cancer.
But even on those nonpolitical subs, there's usually one prevailing point of view on any contentious issue, with opposing views being downvoted into oblivion. Perhaps my subs just happen to be particularly toxic....


most hobbies, and im into a LOT of them, have prevailing idea for a reason. at least the ones im into. blacksmithing, woodworking, gardening, etc. there is a right way. but many of the political subs im in have a humorous undertone, which i think is a better way to approach politics than cutthroat debate.
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#85
May 27 2020 08:53am
Quote (Ghot @ May 27 2020 07:43am)
You keep thinking the US is a Democracy... it isn't.

As for voter suppression... that's the biggest crock since... I dunno... since France said they would fight in WW II. :D


EC and gerrymandering together have mangled our elections..
Have put the rural vote to 1.7x the value of an urban vote.
If your are so partisan that you think this is good?
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#86
May 27 2020 08:54am
Quote (thesnipa @ May 27 2020 07:45am)
im calling you out. u use terms as if they have legal weight from a false ivory tower because your posts have proved you're a legal novice who is faking it here as if anyone buys your shit.

if u have a legal argument that twitter legally should be regulated, and that the terms you're using have actual merit, then prove it.

i went to law school, and i know the terms you're using are nothing but opinions certain justices might argue for. there's nothing concrete here.

but no you're not MY little bitch.


If you can't google platform immunity and publisher regulations, respectively, you aren't worth talking to. 3 seconds to pull up the relevant regulations and statutes. Don't demand I do your work for you. Do it yourself or shut the fuck up. For an alleged law school student, you're hopeless as shit.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ May 27 2020 07:45am)
1781 Yorktown victory was given by France for real americans, not for people like you.


Amazing that France has to go so far back to be relevant.

I mean, I guess you could consider them incredibly relevant to WWII. Given their excessive demands against Germany after WWI are what led to the conditions that caused WWII. :)

Quote (thesnipa @ May 27 2020 07:53am)
most hobbies, and im into a LOT of them, have prevailing idea for a reason. at least the ones im into. blacksmithing, woodworking, gardening, etc. there is a right way. but many of the political subs im in have a humorous undertone, which i think is a better way to approach politics than cutthroat debate.


I'm somewhat curious what "prevailing idea" exists in say... Woodworking? I mean, if I want the "ultimate desk" and that's my only criteria, won't there be exactly as many ideas on how to make the "ultimate desk" as there are woodworkers?

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on May 27 2020 08:57am
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May 27 2020 08:56am
Quote (thesnipa @ 27 May 2020 16:53)
most hobbies, and im into a LOT of them, have prevailing idea for a reason. at least the ones im into. blacksmithing, woodworking, gardening, etc. there is a right way. but many of the political subs im in have a humorous undertone, which i think is a better way to approach politics than cutthroat debate.


Ok lol, I can see how this type of sub is chilled and non-toxic.
I'm subbed to soccer, squaredcircle (pro wrestling sub) and pathofexile. Internet wrestling fans are the most miserable, toxic, entitled and whiny bunch on this whole goddamn planet. The PoE sub is also full of entitled crybabies. The soccer one is probably the least toxic one among them, but it still suffers from tribalism and group think.
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May 27 2020 08:57am
Quote (Saucisson6000 @ May 27 2020 10:45am)
1781 Yorktown victory was given by France for real americans, not for people like you.




And even then... the French were late and almost destroyed the entire endeavor.

/e It's kind of interesting to think, that if they had been just a teeny bit later....the French would own the US. ^^

Oh wait...

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#89
May 27 2020 08:57am
Quote (Black XistenZ @ May 27 2020 09:56am)
Ok lol, I can see how this type of sub is chilled and non-toxic.
I'm subbed to soccer, squaredcircle (pro wrestling sub) and pathofexile. Internet wrestling fans are the most miserable, toxic, entitled and whiny bunch on this whole goddamn planet. The PoE sub is also full of entitled crybabies. The soccer one is probably the least toxic one among them, but it still suffers from tribalism and group think.


I've never had an issue with the PoE sub.

I played for about a year and a half and browsed it daily and never saw anything that seemed toxic or entitled.
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#90
May 27 2020 08:58am
Quote (Thor123422 @ 27 May 2020 16:57)
I've never had an issue with the PoE sub.

I played for about a year and a half and browsed it daily and never saw anything that seemed toxic or entitled.


Which year was that? It's gotten A LOT worse over the last 2 years I would say.
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