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Very happy with the people doing that, keeps the place sane. If you want a dozen daily hysterical takes on the latest thing that Trump&co did, go on r/politics. I have no interest in seeing any of that here.
Considering that the most upvoted and active posts are related to DOGE, it appears that your interests are not aligned with the interests of many others on the site.
I don't want to hear about Trump all day either. I'd rather just hear about tech and science. But what's happening is having a huge impact on tech and science. If it weren't for Musk and DOGE these posts wouldn't even be here, so you can blame them.
> Very happy with the people doing that, keeps the place sane. If you want a dozen daily hysterical takes on the latest thing that Trump&co did, go on r/politics. I have no interest in seeing any of that here.
The fact that you are reading and posting in this thread suggests otherwise, my friend. If you truly had no interest, you wouldn’t read or post in threads about Musk and Trump.
I do not claim to have a neutral position, I vote in every election, especially on the local level, where I actually express my non-neutral position.
It is also essentially impossible not to hear about the major things happening in the country, so staying informed is not much of an issue these days.
On the other hand driving yourself mad by doomscrolling and liking dozens and dozens of random posts about some random crap someone did that day does no good for anybody.
You're saying opinions like they are facts. Here are some of my opinions that differ.
I like getting a spread of news here. It is not an inevitability that I get it all in the same way from other places. I like an angle of logic over partisan screaming or head in the sand so I especially like people who tend toward logical arguments discussing things where I'm reading them.
I don't consider any of this "driving myself mad" or "doomscrolling" nor do I think blatant, egregious lies and corruption are "random people doing random things" and finally I think it DOES do good to know about and see (some of the) discussion about it.
I think there is a very real problem in willful ignorance of or ambivalence to corruption. I dont love when people try to tell me not to see or acknowledge or discuss things.
It's probably best to treat the articles like these (and the dietary advice in general) as an invitation to experiment and see how it works for your particular case, not as a definitive statement that "X is good for everyone always, Y is bad for everyone always"
Very, very interesting to see all these random accounts immediately showing up in mass to defend the Kremlin. Especially on a post like this, where it is not some outlandish accusation. Those countries are coming up on a third year of a full scale war, it'd be more surprising if they didn't have a disinformation campaign to discredit each other.
Having observed them over a decade or so, I came to the conclusion that they don't need to be subtle because to be successful they just need to spread messages (photos, clips, etc.) that are in line with your view. For example, during BLM riots, they were inciting emotions on both sides of the conflict.
Subtlety was never their asset because once we get to the bottom of things, they have no real argument. For example, Putin pushes the narrative that Hungarians living in Ukraine would be happy if their land was Hungarian. But if you really ask these Hungarians if they choose a war over their land in order for this to happen, they would call you a madman. There is nothing to discuss and Putin knows it, and also these trolls know it, so they need to resource to not-so subtle arguments.
It seems to work better when it’s not subtle. You’ll get all the *chan bois relaying your disinformation for the lulz. YouTube and podcaster hucksters trying to make a name for themselves to get a payday from some weird billionaire’s self-funded media machine. In the end you’ll get some local politicians on-board and maybe a US Senator or two.
Russia lost the cultural/ideological war in Ukraine, that doesn't give them the right to right to invade a soverign country and kill people. Ukraine asked for help and got it.
You're the kind of person who would be skeptical of the war machine against Nazi Germany in 1940. There's a famous photo with person carrying a board with "Why not negotiate with Hitler?". Just like Hitler, Putin is not interested in negotiating with Ukraine, evidenced by his insistence that the western support needs to be pulled before negotiation can start, thus removing any negotiating leverage.
Ultimately what you're implicitly suggesting is to surrender to the aggressor, but that's not going to happen. Even if the West stops support, Kyiv is conquered, there will be guerilla war for years to come.
> Ultimately what you're implicitly suggesting is to surrender to the aggressor, but that's not going to happen. Even if the West stops support, Kyiv is conquered, there will be guerilla war for years to come.
That's what everyone thought at the beginning of this war. Unfortunately, I think the lack of a massive guerilla movement in the occupied territories disproves this theory. Russian brutality and torture is very effective at fighting guerilla movements.
The Russian invasion needs to be beaten back on the field! Please, vote for candidates that support Ukraine.
My favorite story related to the south pole medivacs is the russian scientist that had to be evacuated after he got stabbed by his colleague for supposedly spoiling the endings of books they had at the station:
Not saying stabbing people is acceptable but as far as stabbings go this one is almost understandable. You're stuck on that station for god knows how long and someone is repeatedly ruining one of the only forms of entertainment you have.
Yeah, that works wonderfully when it's enforced. That's why the most prosperous countries with the highest quality of life are all communist, just redistribute everything equally from the most productive and everyone becomes rich, simple as that.
Dude, if you feel the existential urge to write something pithy and sarcastic, kindly do us all a favor and first read the entire thread. You might notice that your well-though out comment has no relation to what was actually said and save us all the embarrassment of having to read it.
Is it just me or is there a noticeable increase of the "left to far left" comments on HN recently? I don't remember seeing that much of a "eat the evil rich exploiting the poor and virtuous" stuff here before. People migrating from twitter?
Mitsubishi marketed the SUV as the Montero in North America, Spain, and Latin America (except for Brazil and Jamaica) due to the term "pajero" being derogatory (meaning "wanker") in Spanish
> The correct answer to the question: "How do I use a hammer to tighten a screw" isn't a lengthy description of how to perform some magic with a hammer. The correct answer is: "You don't. Use a screwdriver."
My car broke down in the middle of the desert because of a screw that came loose and all I have is a hammer. You have just condemned me to death because you assume you know better.
